(February 20, 2013 at 4:21 pm)AtlasS Wrote: EGross, as far as you understand religion , why do you think we're here ?
My purpose is to be me. Yours is to be you. The purpose of a tree is to be a tree and a rock to be a rock. One does not need a divine reason to live, but one needs to create his own reason for living.
I do not require a master to submit to and be beholding to. Yes, I am a stand-alone version that operates without the need of a Master Control Program to operate at my full potential.
It's a deterministic model that I operate from. And so, my use of the software metaphor is intentional, because while yours operates as though it is free, it is not. I operate as though I am not free, but in reality, I am.

All the best.
Eliyahu
“I've done everything the Bible says — even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff!"— Ned Flanders