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Subject: meaning or nicing?

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Ron

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Date Posted: 08/31/02 1:42pm
In reply to: mredd 's message, "Meaning of life" on 08/30/02 3:05am

>>>Man must assign a meaning to life since it is obvious
>>>life has no meaning.
>>>
>>> Comments:
>>
>>
>>I don't think people have to assign anything to life
>>to live it. We'll continue living despite any apparent
>>meaning in life, hence, I don't think there is any
>>need to decry a meaning.
>Damoclese,
>
>I must disagree on one salient point. We will continue
>to exist without a meaning. A 92 year old man on a
>ventilator with a feeding tube and the appropriate
>drugs will exist. Day in and day out he will exist.
>Nothing more. He is. No input, no outcome.
>
>Mu 11 year old on the other hand lives. She thinks ,
>she dreams and she lives. One is a physical existence.
>The other is the potential for joy, pain growth and
>dreams.
>
>Life is more than a physical presence. There is a
>cognigtive process involved. Call it the soul, life
>force or the human mind. It is more that a collection
>of neurons, cellular structures and body parts. Itis
>the intangible that cannot be readily quantified. Only
>qualified.
>
>Later,
>mredd

That we differ on this may mean that meaning is simply in the mind of the beholder.

Thanks,

Ron

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Subject	Author	Date
Meaning	Baz	09/27/02 9:18pm