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Starboy · 09-14-2002, 11:51 AM

You missed the question that most struggle with every day. "WHERE SHOULD WE GO FOR LUNCH?"

OwnRules · 09-14-2002, 06:44 PM

I admit to having spent considerable time in trying to answer many of the same questions the OP asks. So far, I've only come to one conclusion: wishful thinking is not one of them.

Other than that, I have none. And I strongly suspect that holds true across the board.

Meantime, I'm here, why not just make the best out it whichever way I happen to define that "best" to be? It's all I've got.

diana · 09-15-2002, 07:47 AM

What makes balisongsong think his questions are even valid, let alone that he has an answer to them?

A simple question I've been asking for a couple of decades now but never had answered with anything that doesn't simply provoke more answers is: "Why do you assume your life has meaning, anyway?"

Oh, and WHAT CAN WE KNOW? That's a good question, really. I don't know the answer, but for some reason, I have no problem going through my life anyway. I have apparently settled on KNOWING what brings me and others pain, and I avoid those things. That's my starting point. What's yours?

Isn't it ironic (don't you think?) that those who believe in fairy tales ask those of us who at least have a logical and sensual basis for our knowledge questions like WHAT CAN WE KNOW?

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abe smith · 09-16-2002, 05:46 AM

Love you, Bro Bibliophile (you shd pardon the expression). I'll take it in (cheap) vodka tho, if that's K w/y'.= it's closer together =I like to travel light. Cheers!

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09-14-2002, 11:51 AM	#31
Starboy Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Tallahassee, FL Reality Adventurer Posts: 5,276	You missed the question that most struggle with every day. "WHERE SHOULD WE GO FOR LUNCH?"

09-14-2002, 06:44 PM	#32
OwnRules Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Tropical living Posts: 16	I admit to having spent considerable time in trying to answer many of the same questions the OP asks. So far, I've only come to one conclusion: wishful thinking is not one of them. Other than that, I have none. And I strongly suspect that holds true across the board. Meantime, I'm here, why not just make the best out it whichever way I happen to define that "best" to be? It's all I've got.

09-15-2002, 07:47 AM	#33
diana Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Colorado Springs Posts: 6,471	What makes balisongsong think his questions are even valid, let alone that he has an answer to them? A simple question I've been asking for a couple of decades now but never had answered with anything that doesn't simply provoke more answers is: "Why do you assume your life has meaning, anyway?" Oh, and WHAT CAN WE KNOW? That's a good question, really. I don't know the answer, but for some reason, I have no problem going through my life anyway. I have apparently settled on KNOWING what brings me and others pain, and I avoid those things. That's my starting point. What's yours? Isn't it ironic (don't you think?) that those who believe in fairy tales ask those of us who at least have a logical and sensual basis for our knowledge questions like WHAT CAN WE KNOW? d

09-16-2002, 05:46 AM	#34
abe smith Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: springfield, MA. USA Posts: 2,482	Love you, Bro Bibliophile (you shd pardon the expression). I'll take it in (cheap) vodka tho, if that's K w/y'.= it's closer together =I like to travel light. Cheers!

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