David123
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Anyone have a specific answer to this question beyond "divine plan"?
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"Beyond" divine plan?
I see no reason to suspect we've ever even worked UP to divine plan...
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Well, if I weren't here, I'd be there. But I'm not there, so I must be here.
We are here to gather sufficient self knowledge to be able to answer 'Why are we here'.
Once the question is answered to one's own satisfaction, one is here.
PyramidHead
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We're here because our parents needed company.
Shadowy Man
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How about "cosmic accident"?
As far as I can tell, we're here because we are.
Other than that, no idea. Is it impossible that nothing and no one intended life to have developed the way it has? That's a concept that is confusing for a brain that evolved to seek and understand intentions, but also evolved with the capacity challenge its own perceptions. If there's an answer to this question, I don't see how it can be answered if we aren't willing to question our assumption that because we humans survive and thrive in a cognitive framework consisting of intelligent intentions, that the whole of life and the universe must be squeezed into that box.
Other than that, no idea. Is it impossible that nothing and no one intended life to have developed the way it has? That's a concept that is confusing for a brain that evolved to seek and understand intentions, but also evolved with the capacity challenge its own perceptions. If there's an answer to this question, I don't see how it can be answered if we aren't willing to question our assumption that because we humans survive and thrive in a cognitive framework consisting of intelligent intentions, that the whole of life and the universe must be squeezed into that box.
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I am here because of a fifth of scotch, a New Years Eve party, a lab report that said my mom couldn't get pregnant and a hotel room at the Sheraton downtown.
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Lab reports are SUCH a turn-on.
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In the immortal words of Buckaroo Banzai:
Because, no matter where you go, there you are.
Because, no matter where you go, there you are.
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You are here because your parents fucked.
Your parents were here because their parents fucked.
Why would you need more than that?
PyramidHead
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"A coin is examined, and only after careful deliberation, given to a beggar, whereas a child is flung out into the cosmic brutality without hesitation." -Peter Wessel Zapffe
None of us were given a choice in the matter, but once here, we found it nice enough to make us want to stick around for a while.
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We don't stick around because it's nice. We stick around because our survival instincts compel us to.
I don't know about you, but I'm having a great time. I'm in no hurry to move on.
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Even if you weren't having a great time, you would probably not end your existence, hence the fact that you're having a great time is probably not the reason you are sticking around.
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To understand.