How do you tell the difference between "men acting in the the name of a religion" and the "religion"s that you claim haven't lead to massive war? If it walks like a Pope and quacks like a Pope, holds the keys of Saint Peter like a Pope, then surely it's a Pope?
If we're a bag of chemicals then why not do anything? That my life has no devinely mandated purpose does not detract from the fact that I am great. Obviously not as good as say, rock dwelling bacteria for most life-related purposes, but still pretty good.
In fact how would a devinely mandated purpose help give life meaning? you just pushed the problem of purpose into someone elses lap; you've added another layer of complexity to the problem without actully addressing the issue.
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Re: Two things
Date: 2004-01-23 03:26 am (UTC)If it walks like a Pope and quacks like a Pope, holds the keys of Saint Peter like a Pope, then surely it's a Pope?
If we're a bag of chemicals then why not do anything? That my life has no devinely mandated purpose does not detract from the fact that I am great. Obviously not as good as say, rock dwelling bacteria for most life-related purposes, but still pretty good.
In fact how would a devinely mandated purpose help give life meaning? you just pushed the problem of purpose into someone elses lap; you've added another layer of complexity to the problem without actully addressing the issue.
Paul