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Wasim · 05-14-2002, 12:04 AM

Wasim is in the house

Is life a perception? Does God exist? What is the meaning of life?

- WHO CARES!? -

I intend no disrespect towards anyone who makes such enquiries. But, so what if anything is 'yes' or 'no'.

There appears to be no benefit acrued from such specious reasoning and wild rhetoric, which has very limited correlation with ones sense of rationale and knowledge.

There you go - knowledge, which you all take fgor granted. It is impossible for anyone to KNOW anyhting.

Live life, how you see fit - who cares what You think.

What is life? It is like the spark of the firefly in the night. It is like the breath of the buffallo in the winter breeze. It is like the shadow that loses itself in the summer. Life is neither long nor short. It just is.

Wasim is leaving the building

Adrian Selby · 05-14-2002, 05:09 AM

"Is life a perception? Does God exist? What is the meaning of life?

- WHO CARES!? -"

Silly me, but I care.

Laurentius · 05-15-2002, 03:44 AM

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Initially posted by Wasim:
Wasim is leaving the building

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Initially posted by Wasim:
- WHO CARES!? -

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Ierrellus · 05-15-2002, 04:47 AM

Man, while waiting for his world to die,
Invented a novelty game called WHY?

Ierrellus

abe smith · 05-15-2002, 06:02 AM

Some care. Some not-care. Who cares who cares?*Live it.*

crocodile deathroll · 05-15-2002, 03:21 PM

Well! Now than I am here, lets make a party of it.

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Originally posted by abe smith:
<strong>Some care. Some not-care. Who cares who cares?*Live it.*</strong>

Wasim · 05-16-2002, 12:03 AM

Wasim is in the building

To all those peeps who think they are SO unbelievably funny - big up yourself. It doesn't matter what you think!

Hey, I'm just cruisin' glidin' slidin' limousine ridin' champagned drinkin' baghra dancin' all the way to the end of the world!

Respect

Wasim has left the building

Kim o' the Concrete Jungle · 05-19-2002, 05:01 PM

Are you the bastard child of Ali G or something?

Adrian Selby · 05-19-2002, 11:12 PM

Wasim, it does matter what I think, not to everyone, but to those I employ at least, and to my friends and family.

It also matters to me what other people think on this board, about all kinds of topics.

If you mean it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things I'd argue it matters as much as anything else in the grand scheme of things.

But you know how it goes, if it looks like it matters, and people behave like it matters etc. etc.

Adrian

Kim o' the Concrete Jungle · 05-20-2002, 05:22 PM

Adrian,

I would argue that there is no grand scheme of things. Scheming, as such, is a human activity. It is not a quality of the universe, because the universe is not a sentient being. It cannot think, or feel, or scheme, or plan ahead. It cannot care about anything.

On the other hand, human beings do care about things, because that is part of the nature of being human. We cannot not be human. So there is no point in trying to step outside of our human perspective. Because we are human beings, our human context is a necessary part of everything we think about. Therefore, everything is important and everything matters (not in the grand scheme of things, but in the human scheme of things -- which is the only possible scheme of things that is available to us).

How's that for an argument?

05-14-2002, 12:04 AM	#1
Wasim Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: UK Posts: 10	Why bother at all? Wasim is in the house Is life a perception? Does God exist? What is the meaning of life? - WHO CARES!? - I intend no disrespect towards anyone who makes such enquiries. But, so what if anything is 'yes' or 'no'. There appears to be no benefit acrued from such specious reasoning and wild rhetoric, which has very limited correlation with ones sense of rationale and knowledge. There you go - knowledge, which you all take fgor granted. It is impossible for anyone to KNOW anyhting. Live life, how you see fit - who cares what You think. What is life? It is like the spark of the firefly in the night. It is like the breath of the buffallo in the winter breeze. It is like the shadow that loses itself in the summer. Life is neither long nor short. It just is. Wasim is leaving the building

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05-14-2002, 05:09 AM	#2
Adrian Selby Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Farnham, UK Posts: 859	"Is life a perception? Does God exist? What is the meaning of life? - WHO CARES!? -" Silly me, but I care.

05-15-2002, 04:47 AM	#4
Ierrellus Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Canton, Ohio Posts: 2,082	Man, while waiting for his world to die, Invented a novelty game called WHY? Ierrellus

05-15-2002, 06:02 AM	#5
abe smith Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: springfield, MA. USA Posts: 2,482	Some care. Some not-care. Who cares who cares?Live it.

05-16-2002, 12:03 AM	#7
Wasim Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: UK Posts: 10	Wasim is in the building To all those peeps who think they are SO unbelievably funny - big up yourself. It doesn't matter what you think! Hey, I'm just cruisin' glidin' slidin' limousine ridin' champagned drinkin' baghra dancin' all the way to the end of the world! Respect Wasim has left the building

05-19-2002, 05:01 PM	#8
Kim o' the Concrete Jungle Regular Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 475	Are you the bastard child of Ali G or something?

05-19-2002, 11:12 PM	#9
Adrian Selby Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Farnham, UK Posts: 859	Wasim, it does matter what I think, not to everyone, but to those I employ at least, and to my friends and family. It also matters to me what other people think on this board, about all kinds of topics. If you mean it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things I'd argue it matters as much as anything else in the grand scheme of things. But you know how it goes, if it looks like it matters, and people behave like it matters etc. etc. Adrian

05-20-2002, 05:22 PM	#10
Kim o' the Concrete Jungle Regular Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 475	Adrian, I would argue that there is no grand scheme of things. Scheming, as such, is a human activity. It is not a quality of the universe, because the universe is not a sentient being. It cannot think, or feel, or scheme, or plan ahead. It cannot care about anything. On the other hand, human beings do care about things, because that is part of the nature of being human. We cannot not be human. So there is no point in trying to step outside of our human perspective. Because we are human beings, our human context is a necessary part of everything we think about. Therefore, everything is important and everything matters (not in the grand scheme of things, but in the human scheme of things -- which is the only possible scheme of things that is available to us). How's that for an argument?

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