Re: Mind's Eye Re: Question of Purpose

I am not willing to die for socialism.//From an anthropological point
of view, sexual customs and mating are separate issues which have
unfortunately been jumbled and marketed.

On Jan 23, 6:18 am, andrew vecsey <andrewvec...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We are more than just individuals because alone by ourselves we can not
> survive at all. First, we need a mate to love, be loved by and to mate
> with. Then we need a family to support and to keep going. Our family needs
> a neighborhood to work in. Our neighborhood needs a society and societies
> need nations to compete and grow. Mankind needs nature for nurture and
> nature needs a healthy planet. We individually can not have a purposeful
> life unless we have all of those components.  Self sacrifice is ensuring
> that those components are maintained. It is easy for me to imagine myself
> dying for my children. It is also easy to imagine myself dying in order to
> save mankind. I have trouble seeing myself dying for my neighbor or my
> country, but I do admit that I am thankful that there are people who are
> ready to do just that. So I do think that morality and patriotism do make
> sense to ensure survival.
>
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> On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 12:13:24 PM UTC+1, RP Singh wrote:
>
> > 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 <rig...@gmail.com <javascript:>>
> > 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.
>
> > >> On Monday, January 21, 2013 9:00:28 PM UTC+5:30, rigs wrote:
>
> > >> > To live. How do we know the condition of their souls? Death teaches
> > >> > the rest of us that life is precious and brief.
>
> > >> > 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:
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> > >> > > >> 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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