I will respond one last time, and then return to Cath's original thread on fire...
There are things wrong with every living person on this planet, so what else is new? what ever you think is wrong with you is nothing when compared to some one else, think what it must be like to be a street orphan in a south American city where even the police want to rape you or shoot you.
Yes, I do think about that from time to time. That's why I thank God for the peace and security he has given me, and also do my best to give up what I have to the less fortunate.
It also means that whatever you think is wrong in life is nothing compared to me. I haven't criticised the way you deal with what's wrong in your life, so why criticise mine?
THAT'S LIFE... every thing that lives dies eventually, some lives only last a day while other last for hundreds of years, the only thing they all have in common is that they will eventually die, each and every one of them.
I absolutely agree. Yet I also hope for something that is beyond all this. I have hope. What do you have that's comparable?
Nothing lasts forever, nothing, but not every thing let's you down, a dog won't let you down, if you have children you will more than likely let them down by dying before they do.
A dog and children will very much have the potential to let one down.
'It's tempting to trust in something invisible'?? what are you a child? do you still need an invisible friend to get you through the difficult parts? learning to cope with life and what it can bring is what growing up is all about, by the time you think you have it sorted you die.
Indeed I am a child. Can't you see I'm only 23? I am very much learning, not just to cope with life, but to excel in it. I'm not satisfied with merely coping - I want to succeed, and I've already got my path set before me.
Life is not fair, some people have love and no money, others have money and no love, the lucky ones have a lot of love and enough money.
Agreed. But in God I have everything I need. Unless you can say that you've got everything you need, I don't see why you believe my belief is inferior to yours. Mate,
I've got everything I need. What do you have that's comparable?
You can talk back to blind people, they can touch you to see if you are real, they can smell you, for them the only thing they can't do is see you.
If you are going to start believing that just because you can't see something it doesn't mean it doesn't exist, where do you draw the line?
do you say to yourself, 'I want this to exist so I will believe in it, but I don't want that to exist so I won't believe in that?' why do you need to fool yourself anyway? why don't you just live your life, change the things you don't like if you can but if you can't then learn to live with them.
Don't let your logic jump around too much. Let's explore the concept a little bit more. If you don't need all your five senses to prove that something exists, what is the minimum number of senses you need to prove that something exists?
Learn to live with the fact that one day you are going to die, don't dwell on it just face the fact, after all you're not alone, every one and everything will be doing it right behind you.
Yeah, I do that now. What's the difference between you and I?
I know I said this is my last irrelevant post in this thread, so you may have the last word (if Cath so kindly agrees). If your replies require counter replies, perhaps we should start a new thread.
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Meanwhile, fire.
Cath, didi you think this topic up in response to the Koran-burning threat?
