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yes, i just served an artificial, created purpose of yourself and others. It makes me feel the same, whatever "purpose" i just served doesn't matter, so i feel the same.
furthermore, i don't see why you call it cynical. It's in no way pessimistic. If anything it's optimistic in nature and people like you perceive it to be some sort of pessimism. Whatever i'm saying and whatever idealism it falls under is saying that nothing matters, therefore there's no reason to invest false ideas into anything for it to let you down. And, the opposite is true, there's no reason why we shouldn't invest false ideas or do anything. Everything is all right because nothing matters in a universal sense. By always keeping a scope with universality in mind, we are allowed to assess a more rational view of everything. Not dwelling in trivialities. Questioning everything's worth until we realize that something is worth only how much we infuse in it. Then we realize that everything is artificial because we created it ourselves. And, since that happens we aren't bounded by questions like "is god existent?" or anything because it wouldn't matter if he/she/it was or not. I'm just saying, since nothing matters, there is nothign to weigh us down, and that is optimistic in nature. I don't know i'm getting lazy and don't feel like explaining any furhter. I mean, you are acting as if life is as great as it's meaning and it's not. I don't know who said this, Sartre? i have no idea, but i like it: "We must love life more than the meaning of it." This tenet allows us to constantly aim towards changing our reality. Or not. It's saying it doesn't matter what you do because nothing is better than anything else or something. Because of that, whatever you infuse meaning with can mean something ot you but we can realize that even this isn't "meaningful" on a universal sense. And hence you can live whatever way you want, and you can choose what you want to do in your life becuase of that. It's optimistic and uplifting in a way. It's a riddance of any burden that we have in religious followings of reaching heaven or any other comparison of the sort. It's prioritzing the universal as opposed to the relative, but always honoring conditions of the latter. It's not a complete negligence of relativism. It's just a state to reach where you will always be more aware of everything in a grander scope. It's not pessimistic, it's not cynical. Looking through a mindset of someone who thinks there is a definite purpose for us out there, and that we just have to find it....sure i guess it could be not as meaningful, life that is, in your view. But, that's locked in your mindset. Meaning isn't everyhting, in fact it's little. It's just a different way of looking at things. And, i realize i'm a minority in this mentality, so i konw a lot of people will perceive it the way you did, and it's just not. Stop. Just because i dont' care about a lot of things doens't mean i dont' care abut anything. There are things i care about, and i recognize that anything i care about i have artificially infused with meaning. But, because i gave that meaning, it makes it all the more special, even more special than most other mentalities subsume. Ask more if you want clarification.
edit: btw, i don't like the entire tone of your post. It sounds repulsive in it's goal. As if you want to convince me otherwise of my beliefs so i think there is meaning. I'm content and as hard as it may be for you to believe very happy, so please leave me that way, i dont' want to think the way you do about life which is why i don't. Same goes with religion, so please stop acting like i'm your "purpose." The whole thing just sounds oppresive in its nature...ugh. What a purpose...to change the minorities views into the majority...  . My, how beautiful discipline is.
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Last edited by PsychoSnowman on 03-16-2003 at 09:58 PM
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03-11-2003 05:38 AM
How does that make you feel? 
