================================================ Subject: Re: Meaning of life according to Ewa From: "Creed - 7M3 - Live" To: Date: Sun 20 May 2001 23:38:36 -0400 ================================================ fmn wrote: > "master of your fate and captain of your soul" (now where have I > heard that before?? hehe.. that's a quote, but unfortunately I don't > know by whom, I just know it's by someone from this list, either you, > Jackson or Jim or.. ?) > That's a quote from whoever makes the Linux program fortune. They come out on the bottom of my messages. They are semi-automatic. Since I have to run a script (sort of like an batch file for DOS users) that puts the output of the program into my signature files. They should be different on most messages. Depending on my mood and how quickly I respond to the messages. > And this is a very essential point I've got here because to many > people being religious and hence following certain rules and > having the meaning of life "forced upon" excludes being creative, > individual and self-centered (to a positive degree) - and this is just > NOT the case. This is a distorted view of religion which many people > (even those who call themselves religious) spread around and to me, > religion is just a deep experiencing of one's true self. Because we > are in a way all Gods to ourselves because there is God in us. (This > is an extreme statement but if you get my point you'll understand it.) > And /this/ is what differentiates us from animals - not just the more > complex insight (but the insight, too, of course). This is my personal > opinion. > I agree that there has to be a sort of God in us to be religious. But I can't speak for other animals and for that matter plants. (LOL) ;-) . Since I see more in animal actions than simply I want to eat. I see jealosy and the need to interact with other beings. So I can't see why man would have the exclusive on a "soul" -- "The ACLU has stood foursquare against the recurring tides of hysteria that >from time to time threaten freedoms everyhere... Indeed, it is difficult to appreciate how far our freedoms might have eroded had it not been for the Union's valiant representation in the courts of the constitutional rights of people of all persuasions, no matter how unpopular or even despised by the majority they were at the time." -- former Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp