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ANNOTATION:
pitiful

In my opinion, we are pitifully equipped organisms in the midst
of infinity. Our purpose is to infect the universe with our 
presence until eradicated. Our value is a matter of perspective,
universally speaking: in an infinite universe, nothing we have ever
done or ever will do will be anything other than completely futile
and without significance. When you ask for the meaning of life, do
any of the above fit...description, purpose, value as part of a
meaning. I mean, what does meaning mean?  And why do some of you
seem to insist you know what 'it' is?  Isn't the first step 
towards wisdom to realize you know nothing?  You bible thumpers
are especially irritating...constantly confusing belief with fact
and condemning and judging and punishing left and right. I find 
it hard to believe anyone could be eternally punished for any 
deed while living on earth, given that we are all so pitifully 
equipped to understand anything. The religious among us are
perhaps the least equipped to guide society, since they
are, the most gullible, and least able to think critically 
about the myriad of plausible explanations for our existence.


Author: Bill Sharkan (perlyte@tidalwave.com)
Date: Nov 22, 2000

REPLY: Great thoughts here

What can I say but thanks for your thoughts. They are exactly right!

Bill Sharkan


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