Posts by Timothy Thora

    Now you've contradicted yourself. You first claim that your statement is subjective, then you proceed to make a remark that should apply to a global, world-wide view, outside of our own perception. A religion is definitely one of the factors in the purpose of someone's life, if they choose to be a part of one. In fact, that is one of the primary concerns of religion in the first place.



    Claims do not matter, factuality does. Religion is a part of a religuous person, I never mentioned anything which contradicts this initially.

    But I realize your point of view, we both have an completely different perception about this.

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    Due to your viewpoint, how about you then try to make the best out of your life while you still have the chance to? I suppose if someone promised to end your life right at this moment you would be quite indifferent to the situation...



    The topic is about the actuality of our existence, no matter what we tend to accomplish, all progress will be lost eventually. That fact is undeniable.

    However, yes, I'm enjoying life as it is, with everything I'm currently typing here held in my backhead, of course.

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    Again, please read my statement above. You are attempting to justify your opinion through a morbid outlook on the future of humanity rather than focusing on your own existance first. You apparently would not care if you were obese, living at the poverty level, with parents that beat you everyday, because someone who has a mansion, a slew of women, and is free to live how he chooses is living pointlessly anyway.



    It is not a matter of opinion, it is a matter of fact. My opinion requires facts, as you may have noticed.

    Secondly, no. I never said that intrinsically. Life is enjoyable, but pointless. Realize the actual difference between both words.

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    I don't see how this is in any way relevant to what I stated.



    I'm relatively sure I created the topic, so it's actually my decision whether it is relevant or not. Simply because my statements aren't completely related to yours, doesn't imply that it isn't relevant to the purposed issue.

    Interesting statement. This is rather far-fetched, though. If I may say so myself. What bothers me, however, is the precise fact that there's actually no source mentioned in your post, unless it's secretly hidden in there somewhere. I'm not even going to bother to check at all.

    Secondly, what you're implying about the Cybercenetic brains is rather gigantic dream full of fantasy, I'd surmise. The point is that it's highly unlikely it will ever happen in the upcoming 100 years. Electronic chips are a potential possibility, I've taken that into consideration several times already.

    Full prosthetic bodies are interesting, however...

    The human body consists of a simple heart which tends to beat approximately 60 times per minute, the human simply dies without a heart. As you mentioned, the full-prosthetic body is an option in the "near" future. I wouldn't even dare to guess and confirm that particular statement, though. Humanity hasn't even evolved enough to 'untie' a logical explanation as for the actual point of life, now, full-prosthetic bodies are completely out of question, in comparison to my previous statement.

    Your mindset is what is defined as nihilism... I completely disagree with you, on that note. "Proving you wrong" is something rather arduous, if not impossible, due to aforementioned subjectivity, so I do not quite understand what discussion you are attempting to begin here other than sharing of viewpoints.

    Life, at least to me, is a test for us. God wants to see what actions we follow through with on earth, and the choice is presented to us to either accept him or not... this is needed in order to determine our eternal resting place.



    In the first place, the point of life doesn't involve religion. Aside of the fact that several people amongst us are actually still atheists.

    Secondly, seeing as you're not quite agreeing with the fact that everything will be utterly meaningless if all progress will be gone, I'll have to counter-attack with the "If the universe wasn't, the fact that it can behave in such a way that it appears to do so is rather absurd, in the same way as saying a non-moving object can achieve motion without being acted upon by a force" argument.

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    So you are saying life is worthless? Go kill yourself now if that is what you think. You're life is worthless as you say.

    One's life is not worthless, even if we die out. At least we did something to help the future, by protecting this "end of the world" thing as you say.

    If we never existed, life would have died out awhile ago. :/



    I do realize, however, that humanity merely demands us to work for society and contribute ourselves to it as well. But...

    Essentially, the Charles Darwin theory is actually appropriate for this.

    If we die now, or either after 1.000.000 years, what is the actual difference? All progress throughout the years have been entirely lost, leaving the precise point of life meaningless.

    And you're forcing me to use the counter argument that life evolved to suit the universe, not vice-versa.

    Essentially, the odds of the universe, starting with the celestial bodies, going down to the makeup of our Earth, the path of evolution, and the development of the human species occurring exactly as it has based on the scientific idea that most of these things were the result of complete chance is so slim that it would seem mounds more likely that there is a God and therefore a purpose to everything.

    I would highly doubt whether this is actually incorrect, in fact, this rather strikes me as odd. As there remains no specific and yet real reason for humanity exist any further, we might as well end it all here.

    "Life is meaningless." Consider that as a subjective statement. After all, after billions of years, the earth will be destroyed eventually. Leaving completely nothing. All progress will be gone, all that progress whom we made throughout thousands of years.

    Feel free to prove me wrong, incedentally.

    I'll make a small introduction as well, along with the rest.

    My real name's Timothy, I enjoy joining gaming sites randomly. Personally, I play over 10 game series, including Zelda, Mario and Final Fantasy. I fancy people with a huge amount of knowledge. I'm interested in people who would love to discuss, and not argue.

    That's about it.