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Originally Posted by Og 
Life amounts to nothing? I don't think your beef here is with a scientific/naturalistic understanding of the world. I think your beef is with your understanding of the philosophy. Who said that life amounts to nothing? This is impossible. You exist. It is already amounting to something.
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Naturally I never meant life amounts to nothing in the way you think I did,that would be silly. Rather,if there is no soul or spirit,and morals only hold up because of the sheer number of people who agree on them and not because they are of God,then naturally it would be ok for a man to rape who feels there is nothing wrong with rape,as long as he isnt caught,because in his mind,its right for him,the difference is my friend your philosophy will not heal,it will not change the world,mine shall,and Im well aware my life amounts to something divine,but what do you say your life amounts to ? Who are you ?
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There are a variety of types of heart break. This is something to do with relationship psychology and sociology
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Then explain it for us then,if you can,as I asked initially
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you demonstrate your ignorance for the complexity and magnitude of the systems and time scales involved in producing the above stuff that you discard as "mere genes"... You obviously have a complete lack of appreciation for the reality of the systems you're discarding. Try studying
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ahhh...funny,why dont you try answering instead of evading?? Explain then what love is using your knowledge of these "systems',these "scales",can you ??
Im not saying love is "mere genes",but many philosophers do,of course there is a long winded way of expressing that point of view,but functionalist philosophy boils down to just that,that we have no spirit,no soul
You must learn that what you think you know is nothing more than words,words which amount to nothing in the end,words that wont change humanity for the better,or help bring about the spirit of philanthropy required
The purpose of a fish trap is to catch fish,
and when the fish are caught, the trap is forgotten.
The purpose of a rabbit snare is to catch rabbits.
When the rabbits are caught, the snare is forgotten.
The purpose of words is to convey ideas.
When the ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten.
-Chuang Tzu
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The language and rhetoric in these posts is all over the place
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Thats because you have not grasped the nature of reality,but still rely on books to understand,you still need big words,fancy ideas,those with more clarity have left that behind in place of something better
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Huh? We are animals.. This is a definition of a term
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we are
not the same as animals in as much as our soul makes us far more complicated and able to do much more marvelous things,obviously though we live in a shell which is made of flesh and requires we eat,breathe,etc,like all other animals