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If you had your 1 minute of fame, on the TV for example, what would your message be?
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C.S. Lewis said:There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
If you had your 1 minute of fame, on the TV for example, what would your message be?
Quotona I am in the habit of disagreeing with you for some reason or other. However I think thats a great thought, if you give it a chance. At least a lot of what I value, for instance faith or love, is intimately related to ones interpretations beacuse they are grounded in ones perception.Anything about reality that is significant to you is the product of your own interpretation.
I am in the latter group because I know the Guy personally. I think that formalistic reverence might be appropriayte for example int a liturgy, but if you want a personal relationship with God remember that we are not robots.There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."
That quote Neitzschean and existential, withsome positive humanistic psychology for good measure. Does that sound fair?With all due respect to believers, one does not have to believe in the existence of deities to have meaning and purpose in life. We are products of evolution, but no matter our origins, our lives are worthwhile in themselves. Our lives do not have value merely as a means to some afterlife, so do not fear that death will take away that meaning. The past may leave, but will always have happened, so one's life is like a diamond that shines in eternity. Take hold of that thought, chisel that diamond to what beauty you can, and shine!
We also have our own personal fire of creation, our talents and the drive to use them, and our great task in life is to use that fire to create values. Such values can be great or modest, and can have to do with any life-affirming activity, such as art, science, business, philosophy, engineering, and entertainment. There is great meaning to be found here.
In brief: Love your life, discover your talents, improve your character, strive to self-actualize, and reap the rewards of earned self-esteem.
eudaimonia,
Mark
If you had your 1 minute of fame, on the TV for example, what would your message be?
That quote Neitzschean and existential, withsome positive humanistic psychology for good measure. Does that sound fair?
Pythagoras' theorem then?Sound bites are fleeting. Live for something eternal, which is going to take more than 1 minute.
Pythagoras' theorem then?
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