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Sabine Grant · 03-08-2003, 11:26 PM

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Originally posted by ju'iblex
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: Yes, tell someone who is quite obviously in a very confusing and frustrating part of their life to 'cheer up'.

and supposedly making meaning was hollow!

You can either add water to the well or add fuel to the fire....I chose the first one.

lpetrich · 03-08-2003, 11:41 PM

Eric Starnes, if you desperately want to believe that you will get Pie in the Sky when you Die, I suggest that you consider converting to Islam. That religion features a Paradise that is IMO much more pleasant than the Xian Heaven of wearing a white robe and singing hymns all day -- you will get to live like a sultan and you will have your very own harem of Stepford-Wife houris.

Though even humping houris for eternity might get boring.

Edit: on second thought, I will have to concede that those houris are a rather sexist fantasy, but as fantasies go, I think I'd prefer them over singing hymns all day.

2tadpoles · 03-08-2003, 11:44 PM

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Originally posted by Sabine Grant
You can either add water to the well or add fuel to the fire....I chose the first one.

Well, there's "a bit blue" and then there's "depressed."

If someone is suffering from clinical depression, telling them to "cheer up" is the equivalent of telling a paraplegic to get up and walk.

Sabine Grant · 03-08-2003, 11:46 PM

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Originally posted by lpetrich
Eric Starnes, if you desperately want to believe that you will get Pie in the Sky when you Die, I suggest that you consider converting to Islam. That religion features a Paradise that is IMO much more pleasant than the Xian Heaven of wearing a white robe and singing hymns all day -- you will get to live like a sultan and you will have your very own harem of Stepford-Wife houris.

Though even humping houris for eternity might get boring.

Mormonism offers quite a" paradise" too.... Ipetrich...also the need to take an ample provision of Viagra

ju'iblex · 03-08-2003, 11:55 PM

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Originally posted by Frogsmoocher
Well, there's "a bit blue" and then there's "depressed."

If someone is suffering from clinical depression, telling them to "cheer up" is the equivalent of telling a paraplegic to get up and walk.

correct, thankyou for such an accurate and well put answer.

Bumble Bee Tuna · 03-09-2003, 12:05 AM

Eric, you're struggling with a common thing. To answer your question: What's stopping you from torturing people as your meaning in life? Well, do you enjoy torturing people? Does that appeal to you? If not, it can't be your meaning in life. You can't be meant to do something you don't enjoy. Therefore, your meaning in life is to do what you enjoy.

-B

lpetrich · 03-09-2003, 02:43 AM

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Originally posted by Sabine Grant
Mormonism offers quite a" paradise" too.... Ipetrich...also the need to take an ample provision of Viagra

Actually, according to some Islamic texts, men will have 100 times their this-life sexual potency, so they will never need Viagra in the Islamic Paradise.

Sabine Grant · 03-09-2003, 06:20 AM

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Originally posted by Frogsmoocher
Well, there's "a bit blue" and then there's "depressed."

If someone is suffering from clinical depression, telling them to "cheer up" is the equivalent of telling a paraplegic to get up and walk.

What qualifications do you have to diagnose any mental illness thru the Internet?

Sabine Grant · 03-09-2003, 06:25 AM

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Originally posted by ju'iblex
correct, thankyou for such an accurate and well put answer.

Clinical depression is a medical diagnosis.. I am amazed how your love for knowledge has placed you in the realm of being able to establish a diagnosis on line.Also I do suggest you read further than the first few words of a post before you decide to dwell on them while ignoring the context.

Shadowy Man · 03-09-2003, 06:38 AM

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Originally posted by Sabine Grant
What qualifications do you have to diagnose any mental illness thru the Internet?

A diagnosis by Frogsmoocher was not made. Note the all important qualifier "IF".

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03-08-2003, 11:41 PM	#42
lpetrich Contributor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR, USA Posts: 16,829	Eric Starnes, if you desperately want to believe that you will get Pie in the Sky when you Die, I suggest that you consider converting to Islam. That religion features a Paradise that is IMO much more pleasant than the Xian Heaven of wearing a white robe and singing hymns all day -- you will get to live like a sultan and you will have your very own harem of Stepford-Wife houris. Though even humping houris for eternity might get boring. Edit: on second thought, I will have to concede that those houris are a rather sexist fantasy, but as fantasies go, I think I'd prefer them over singing hymns all day.

03-09-2003, 12:05 AM	#46
Bumble Bee Tuna Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Middletown, CT Posts: 7,333	Eric, you're struggling with a common thing. To answer your question: What's stopping you from torturing people as your meaning in life? Well, do you enjoy torturing people? Does that appeal to you? If not, it can't be your meaning in life. You can't be meant to do something you don't enjoy. Therefore, your meaning in life is to do what you enjoy. -B

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