Posts: 3837
Threads: 197
Joined: August 28, 2013
Reputation:
38
RE: Great News: I've Found My Calling!
May 9, 2014 at 9:44 am
(May 9, 2014 at 9:40 am)Sejanus Wrote: (May 9, 2014 at 9:08 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: Forgive me for being blunt but, what does it matter if you found your passion if this life is just killing time for the next one? Sounds like the theist equivalent of "if there's no god, why don't you kill yourself?". Dick move.
Sort of I agree, but I want to hear the reasoning behind this, especailly from a intellignet and articulate christian like aractus.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Posts: 2921
Threads: 26
Joined: June 25, 2013
Reputation:
41
RE: Great News: I've Found My Calling!
May 9, 2014 at 9:48 am
Believe it or not, most Christians care just as much about their life on earth as the next person. I find no fault in this, regardless of their or anyone else's beliefs.
Posts: 15351
Threads: 118
Joined: January 13, 2014
Reputation:
117
RE: Great News: I've Found My Calling!
May 9, 2014 at 10:21 am
Awesome! Good for you, Aractus. I am sort of in the middle of this transition myself. I am in the process of quitting a job I hate, taking a job I'm not crazy about, but that gives me the freedom to pursue my passion. It is important to have that drive in doing what you are passionate about.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
PM me your email address to join the Slack chat! I'll give you a taco(or five) if you join! --->There's an app and everything!<---
Posts: 5389
Threads: 52
Joined: January 3, 2010
Reputation:
48
RE: Great News: I've Found My Calling!
May 9, 2014 at 10:25 am
(May 9, 2014 at 8:56 am)whateverist Wrote: (May 9, 2014 at 6:39 am)Zen Badger Wrote: Mind you, being at TAFE with a bunch of 17yo was a bit weird.
But it was where I met Kichi.
True story.
Somehow I thought you two first met here online. Who joined up here first, you or Kichi?
I joined first.
![[Image: mybannerglitter06eee094.gif]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i118.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fo112%2Fpussinboots_photos%2FBikes%2Fmybannerglitter06eee094.gif)
If you're not supposed to ride faster than your guardian angel can fly then mine had better get a bloody SR-71.
Posts: 7167
Threads: 12
Joined: March 14, 2013
Reputation:
72
RE: Great News: I've Found My Calling!
May 9, 2014 at 10:25 am
(May 9, 2014 at 2:33 am)Aractus Wrote: Now you might ask why begin now, you'll be 31 when you start and 34-35 when you finish? The proper response to anyone who wonders if it's necessary to "start young" in any endeavor is "I'll never be younger than I am now."
Good for you, taking your future into your own hands and not just settling for whatever life decides to dump in your lap. Good luck with it!
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould
Posts: 12231
Threads: 324
Joined: April 14, 2011
Reputation:
140
RE: Great News: I've Found My Calling!
May 9, 2014 at 10:48 am
Lemonvariable72 Wrote:Buahaha, I bet most of your high school class that went to university had no idea what they wanted to do and just went to university because they felt they should.
That's exactly what I've done :/
Posts: 3837
Threads: 197
Joined: August 28, 2013
Reputation:
38
RE: Great News: I've Found My Calling!
May 9, 2014 at 10:49 am
(May 9, 2014 at 9:48 am)Bad Writer Wrote: Believe it or not, most Christians care just as much about their life on earth as the next person. I find no fault in this, regardless of their or anyone else's beliefs. That's certainly true, but it seems to be a case of cognitive dissanonce.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Posts: 2921
Threads: 26
Joined: June 25, 2013
Reputation:
41
RE: Great News: I've Found My Calling!
May 9, 2014 at 10:51 am
(This post was last modified: May 9, 2014 at 10:51 am by Bad Writer.)
(May 9, 2014 at 10:49 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: (May 9, 2014 at 9:48 am)Bad Writer Wrote: Believe it or not, most Christians care just as much about their life on earth as the next person. I find no fault in this, regardless of their or anyone else's beliefs. That's certainly true, but it seems to be a case of cognitive dissanonce.
But I don't think it's an inconvenient one.
Posts: 3837
Threads: 197
Joined: August 28, 2013
Reputation:
38
RE: Great News: I've Found My Calling!
May 9, 2014 at 10:53 am
(May 9, 2014 at 10:51 am)Bad Writer Wrote: (May 9, 2014 at 10:49 am)Lemonvariable72 Wrote: That's certainly true, but it seems to be a case of cognitive dissanonce.
But I don't think it's an inconvenient one. Of course its not, but I'm interested in how Christians resolve this, especially from one that is actually capable of intelligent discussion.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
Posts: 2921
Threads: 26
Joined: June 25, 2013
Reputation:
41
RE: Great News: I've Found My Calling!
May 9, 2014 at 10:55 am
I'm wondering if most even worry about it.
|
![[Image: 10314461_875206779161622_3907189760171701548_n.jpg]](https://scontent-a-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t1.0-9/10314461_875206779161622_3907189760171701548_n.jpg)
