Re: Mind's Eye Re: Question of Purpose

If survival were the purpose for an individual , morality and
patriotism would make no sense. In my opinion man is born without a
god-given purpose , and it is society which builds , develops and
inculcates a purpose in the individual. That would explain the
self-sacrificing deeds of great valor exhibited by many people.

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 6:48 PM, rigs <rigs117@gmail.com> wrote:
> We do not always know what impact lives have upon one another but I
> stand by my opinion that our primary purpose is to live/survive. As
> you know, Jesus made use of sinners- Romans fell on their swords in
> shame- early Christians earned sainthood- Islam distorts martyrdom as
> a war tactic.
>
> On Jan 21, 10:25 am, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> " To live. " As everyone , saint and sinner , lives that makes life
>> purposeless at least spiritually. If mere existing is the purpose then
>> howsoever you live is important and there is no use for martyrdom.
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>> On Monday, January 21, 2013 9:00:28 PM UTC+5:30, rigs wrote:
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>> > To live. How do we know the condition of their souls? Death teaches
>> > the rest of us that life is precious and brief.
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>> > On Jan 21, 8:03 am, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > What you are saying , Andrew , is the spiritual lesson we take from
>> > > the experience of others , but what is the spiritual purpose for that
>> > > child or for the old man ?
>>
>> > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 7:11 PM, andrew vecsey <andrewvec...@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> > > > In suppose the spiritual purpose for the old man is to experience the
>> > > > experience and to give the opportunity for others to react to this
>> > > > experience. The spiritual purpose of the 1 year old is to experience a
>> > very
>> > > > short life. The purpose of any life is to experience, learn and teach.
>> > From
>> > > > the old man we can learn to be thankful of our own lives and learn how
>> > to
>> > > > live it right to try to avoid having a stroke. From the 1 year old we
>> > cam
>> > > > learn to be sympathetic and to ask questions that make us ponder about
>> > the
>> > > > purpose of it all.
>>
>> > > > On Monday, January 21, 2013 1:31:34 PM UTC+1, RP Singh wrote:
>>
>> > > >> An old man suffers a stroke and becomes a vegetable for the rest of
>> > his
>> > > >> life , a one year old child becomes sick and dies. What is the
>> > purpose , the
>> > > >> spiritual purpose for the old man or the child ?
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