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[Neodog] Solar · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 2:29 pm Post subject: The process of belief

Time to get this forum crowded...

I have a good question:
What is your belief and life philosophy, and how do they communicate?
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Bjorn · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 5:59 pm Post subject:

Not sure if you're on the right forum, though of course... in here almost anything is acceptable.

I believe in the existance of life, the universe and everything. I do not believe in God or any such being. I believe that my existence ends when I die, which doesn't really bother me. According to my philosophy, there's theoretically no point to anything that happens, but most the things that happen have some consequence on the general well being or fun factor of some concious being. Not sure yet where to go from there though... until now just trying to help people out and having fun.

[Neodog] Solar · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 6:31 pm Post subject:

Nice philosophy... Here's mine (btw, this is off-topic, so I thought it would be allowed :)

I believe that people that believe in powers, sources or gods, if you will, generate them by believing, manipulating the reality. By doing this, many gods have lived... and many have died...
I believe in the rule of duality... there are two poles, two sexes if you want... and the poles need be in balance.
I believe in chaos, because I think that is the most natural way of things.
I believe that there are more universes, and that our universes are part of a multiverse.
And, as a last sentence:
I believe in reincarnation.
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Ninkazu · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 6:51 pm Post subject:

Instead of starting a flame war on religion and what-not, go to neozones' philosophy board so you can have an unintelligent conversation with the dumbass known as JMB.

[Neodog] Solar · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 6:54 pm Post subject:

It is not supposed to be a flamewar, but a comparing and enriching post to see one-other's philosophy and belief, and enrich your own.

Wow
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Ninkazu · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 6:55 pm Post subject:

[Neodog] Solar · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 6:57 pm Post subject:

lol
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BigManJones · Scholar Joined: 22 Mar 2003 Posts: 196

I'll tell you what I DON"T believe in: Life after death.

When you do away with a belief that your spirit lives after you die then that pretty much does away with any need for religion since that is the prime motivator of all religions; fear of the unknowable.

I do believe there is an underlying structure to the universe that could be called God (a 'greater than human reality complex' according to Joachim Wach). All I know is that when I try to be a good person, good things happen to me.

Modanung · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 9:00 pm Post subject:

I believe in nature and the science that explains nature.
No higher beings, fait/destiny or reincarnation. I see no purpose in living or the exsistence of the galaxy. We still live because most people like it here, and we have a will of surviving and repoducing. Because we want to stay alive we'll just have to make our time alive as nice as possible.
I believe in every proven theory, as far as I can remember.
I do not believe in life after death, conciense is somthing that exsists in our brain... if the brain doesn't work, neither does conciense/soul, whatever you want to call it.

And Bjorn, you read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy too much. :)
Yeah, I believe in the coming of the great white handkerchief.

js71 · Wandering DJ Joined: 22 Nov 2002 Posts: 815

I belive that all of our actions have no impact on anything whatsoever, seeing as the universe is far too big to be affected by one tiny planet. therefore there is no point in life. No, I am most CERTAINLY not depressed by this, I don't care If I can't change anything, I just want to do what I love and have fun doing it.

Bjorn · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 10:08 pm Post subject:

Indeed, you gotta see things in the right proportion. As such, you say everything is pointless by comparing it to the whole universe but you could also say every little thing you do has a major impact by thinking in terms of atoms.

About the multiple universes though... Georg has once explained to me that the universe is not infinite while at the same time it doesn't have an outside. Not sure how multiple universes would work out then. Maybe Georg can explain that too? Or can Solar shed some light upon his belief?

Jocke The Beast · Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2003 10:30 pm Post subject:

My belief and life philosophy:
I never drink water. Fish **** in it. ;)
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Rainer Deyke · Demon Hunter Joined: 05 Jun 2002 Posts: 672

I believe that most people's mental model of the world is deeply flawed. I believe that most people's mental model of the world has some useful elements in it. I believe that it is possible to arrive at a more useful mental model of the world through experience, clear thought, and experimentation.

twinsen · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 2:13 am Post subject:

[Neodog] Solar · Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2003 5:34 pm Post subject: