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"How are we here?"

Poll: What should we be asking out of the following?
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"How are we here?"
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"Why are we here?"(classic one there).
0%
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Both "How are we and why are we here?"
12.50%
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"Are we here?" just my little tribute to my favourite band there Tongue
37.50%
 3 37.50%
Total 8 vote(s) 100%
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"How are we here?"
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RE: "How are we here?"
November 4, 2008 at 10:40 pm (This post was last modified: November 4, 2008 at 10:40 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(November 4, 2008 at 6:39 pm)CoxRox Wrote: We all create (or receive) purposes in our life, and if you're like me you don't like to wander through life aimlessly. Maybe that's why some of us ponder on 'why are we here?'
Yes, its called the intentional stance and its essential for at least human survival. The by-product of this can often be in seeing intentions behind things that don't actually have intentions.
So at least some people at least sometimes think the universe has an intention/intentions behind it, and some people I guess you could say call this "God" although they very probably have other reasons for believing in God, although perhaps those reasons are often different interpretations of the same thing.
And maybe all the Bible/Koran stuff, etc, etc, are just examples of people seeing intentions/meaning in things when there isn't any.
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"How are we here?"

Messages In This Thread
"How are we here?" - by Edwardo Piet - November 3, 2008 at 6:41 pm
RE: "How are we here?" - by Tiberius - November 3, 2008 at 7:00 pm
RE: "How are we here?" - by Edwardo Piet - November 3, 2008 at 7:09 pm
RE: "How are we here?" - by bozo - November 3, 2008 at 8:19 pm
RE: "How are we here?" - by Daystar - November 3, 2008 at 10:29 pm
RE: "How are we here?" - by bozo - November 4, 2008 at 6:32 pm
RE: "How are we here?" - by Daystar - November 5, 2008 at 11:10 am
RE: "How are we here?" - by bozo - November 5, 2008 at 3:39 pm
RE: "How are we here?" - by Daystar - November 5, 2008 at 4:09 pm
RE: "How are we here?" - by Edwardo Piet - November 5, 2008 at 8:22 pm
RE: "How are we here?" - by Kyuuketsuki - November 4, 2008 at 6:40 am
RE: "How are we here?" - by CoxRox - November 4, 2008 at 6:39 pm
RE: "How are we here?" - by Edwardo Piet - November 4, 2008 at 10:40 pm
RE: "How are we here?" - by Darwinian - November 5, 2008 at 3:17 am
RE: "How are we here?" - by CoxRox - November 5, 2008 at 5:19 am
RE: "How are we here?" - by Edwardo Piet - November 5, 2008 at 11:03 am



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