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RE: A different perspective
February 23, 2022 at 12:10 pm
Just as there's suffering in life, but it's not the focal point of this mode of existence?
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RE: A different perspective
February 23, 2022 at 12:18 pm
(February 23, 2022 at 12:10 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Just as there's suffering in life, but it's not the focal point of this mode of existence? Ah, but it is. The more you suffer in the here and now, the better prepared you will be for the afterlife.
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RE: A different perspective
February 23, 2022 at 12:22 pm
and the more you suffer in the afterlife, the better prepared you'll be for the ultra afterlife.
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RE: A different perspective
February 23, 2022 at 12:26 pm
(February 23, 2022 at 12:18 pm)Ahriman Wrote: (February 23, 2022 at 12:10 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Just as there's suffering in life, but it's not the focal point of this mode of existence? Ah, but it is. The more you suffer in the here and now, the better prepared you will be for the afterlife.
You figure you’re going to heaven or hell?
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RE: A different perspective
February 23, 2022 at 12:42 pm
(February 23, 2022 at 12:26 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: (February 23, 2022 at 12:18 pm)Ahriman Wrote: Ah, but it is. The more you suffer in the here and now, the better prepared you will be for the afterlife.
You figure you’re going to heaven or hell? Neither. It's not that black and white.
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RE: A different perspective
February 23, 2022 at 12:44 pm
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Like life, and suffering.
It seems to me that you don't actually believe in this stuff in principle. We hear that life is for suffering, to improve us, and that's a good thing - but you balk at the idea that the afterlife is for the same thing. 70-80 years of improvement, some arbitrary cutoff date when we choke on the lobster. That's all we get. Just imagine..the whole of the afterlife filled with underbaked garbage immortals.
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RE: A different perspective
February 23, 2022 at 12:48 pm
(February 23, 2022 at 12:44 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Like life, and suffering.
It seems to me that you don't actually believe in this stuff in principle. We hear that life is for suffering, to improve us - but you balk at the idea that the afterlife is for the same thing. 70-80 years of improvement, some arbitrary cutoff date when we choke on the lobster. This present life is all about suffering, while the afterlife is more about enjoyment.
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RE: A different perspective
February 23, 2022 at 12:49 pm
Ever occur to you that you might be describing your own life, not life itself?
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RE: A different perspective
February 23, 2022 at 12:51 pm
(February 23, 2022 at 12:49 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Ever occur to you that you might be describing your own life, not life itself? What's the difference?
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RE: A different perspective
February 23, 2022 at 12:56 pm
Well, you think life is all about suffering - but that hasn't been my experience.
I get the impression that your life is a hot mess, and it informs your ideas about life itself - but, maaaaaaaybe.... it's just your life that needs improvement. Where's that soul forge when you could use one, eh?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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