Philosophy

[The_One]

Maybe people commit crime because 1) they feel it gives them a taste of power - power over life and death, or some sense of control over their own lives, 2) they're scared - for example, a murderer may believe that they've witnessed death at its worst, and they can take comfort that their own death will not be nearly as terrible, or 3) it's fun - there is no underlying cause.
But we're left without simple answers. Though we might think that we're big players on our own little stage, we're just little players when compared to the whole of the world.

how about this : ppl kill because they are weak and they want to know what death really is. They are so scared of it and only seeing with their own eyes how a human dies makes them feel better. Of course , there are also cases of insanity in discussion.

I guess we'll just find out when we die.

that`s right , but wouldn`t it be better to guess now what happens after we die , and then to realise that we were right ? :thumbsup:

 

[Tack]

For me' date='nature itself is ***. Thats all[/quote']
I agree. Personally, I believe that if you're going to believe in something, it should be tangible, you can touch it and see it, there's physical and undoubtable evidence that it's right there. Nature gives us everything we'll ever need - air, food, water, shelter, warmth, etc. - and for that reason, I might as well give thanks to it rather than to anything that I don't know if it exists.

 

[Friðbjörn]

that`s right ' date=' but wouldn`t it be better to guess now what happens after we die , and then to realise that we were right ? :thumbsup:[/quote']Maybe so, but my theory is that we can't know for sure. Of course you can guess all you want, like I myself have done, but you won't find out for sure until you die.

Nature gives us everything we'll ever need - air' date=' food, water, shelter, [b']warmth[/b]

Would you call warmth tangible?

Can you touch warmth?

 

[majinkamahl]

You FEEL warmth. Maybe I will explain to you Mirror Man one day. You will understand.

 

[Friðbjörn]

Yeah I know, and how about right now?

 

[majinkamahl]

Do you meditate^^?

 

[Tack]

All the time. Best thing for calming the mind besides chewing yourself a new *** with a good work out.

 

[Friðbjörn]

OK, what I meant with touching warmth was not that that proves existance of higher beings, I'm saying it being "invisible", "untouchable" w/e you want to call it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I meant not that it proved its existance.

Meditation's very good, for basically everything.

 

[beautywithanaxe]

The thing about the meaning of life is that for every person the meaning is different. Free will is a good point. Technically, you didn't choose to like chocolate, but you can choose to avoid it. Maybe free will is directly tied to willpower in that way. Your resolve not to touch something, even if you like it, may be defiance against that which you had no say in. Therein could lie your freedom - freedom to change. One philosopher said, "It is in change that we find purpose."
I believe that a person never will follow one set path for their entire life, but drift from road to road while searching for the one that they, in their heart, know to be the right one. Finding purpose in change, right. If someone only took one path, they would never learn and thus they would never grow as a person. After all, everyone makes mistakes and therefore learns not to make them again. How would a child ever know the difference between good and bad if they did not occasionally traverse both roads?

As for fate, can't say that I do or don't believe in it. To me, things just happen the way they do.

I totally agree. I believed like probaly everyone else that life is just a test. If we manage to change our path positively we will end up in a better place in the afterlife. Therefore, if we go to a negative path of being weak and absurd we will end up in torment. However, everyone has a such effective opinions that I might have second thoughts.

Fri, Tack and The One YOu guys RULE!!!!!

 

[Clogz]

People...every one of us, have been given the greatest power in the universe...more powerful then any leader or machine or weapon...

We have the power of choice; the power to choose. And we shape everything with it.

 

[majinkamahl]

People...every one of us, have been given the greatest power in the universe...more powerful then any leader or machine or weapon...
We have the power of choice; the power to choose. And we shape everything with it.

A fateist would disagree.

 

[Clogz]

A fateist would disagree.

Fate is definitly argueble and I respect that. But, I stand by my beliefs.