Originally posted by googlefudgeHas nothing to do with faith. I am only human afterall. I gave an honest answer. I don't see how knowing the day you are going to die could not be depressing. As far as the drug use, I only speculated, but, I would expect that many people would likewise seek a way to deaden the constant thoughts of being one day, one hour, one second closer to death.
The faith is weak in this one.... ;-p
Yes, as a Christian I do look forward to life beyond this world. However, being human, I still instinctively want to hold on to life here on Earth and enjoy it for as long as I can.
Originally posted by FMFkaroly,
The philosophy you expressed seems to me to be one you should have dropped as soon as you brought children into this world. At least as I see it.
I think being a parent is 5% legal obligations and 95% a deeply spiritual thing. Would you not agree that a certain degree of selflessness is a key part of raising kids?
Originally posted by sumydidDoes your religious faith help you to cope with the "depressing" fact that you will die just as we all will surely die?
Has nothing to do with faith. I am only human afterall. I gave an honest answer. I don't see how knowing the day you are going to die could not be depressing.
If you knew you were going to die in exactly 1 year, who would you tell and when would you tell them?
Originally posted by sumydidAh, well, now I disagree with you. I'm advocating doing heavily addictive and damaging drugs with abandon because (and to a degree I'm speculating here) I think they must be quite nice (rather moreish, I'm told). Why else would people fritter their lives away on them? I certainly don't find the idea of my eventual demise to be a depressing prospect.
Has nothing to do with faith. I am only human afterall. I gave an honest answer. I don't see how knowing the day you are going to die could not be depressing. As far as the drug use, I only speculated, but, I would expect that many people would likewise seek a way to deaden the constant thoughts of being one day, one hour, one second closer to dea ...[text shortened]... I still instinctively want to hold on to life here on Earth and enjoy it for as long as I can.
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Originally posted by FMFThe answers I have given to this line of enquiry have been very lazy and short on my part. I prolly shouldn't have bothered- as if you or anyone else was going to take them in the right spirit.
karoly,
I think being a parent is 5% legal obligations and 95% a deeply spiritual thing. Would you not agree that a certain degree of selflessness is a key part of raising kids?
I am to blame for giving half-a$$ed answers to semi-serious questions.
Basically I would have to give you half of my life story for my answers to make any sense to just SOME posters on here,at best.
I really dont think you have given much of your spirituality to this forum at all. Instead you have criticized posters for attempting to answer your questions.
You have been given many opportunities, by me at least, to enlighten the forum as to your spiritual beliefs, instead you have constantly criticized and turned most of the more spiritual posts into the sort of threads that belong either on debates or general.
After 2 and a half years of active posting on this forum, I believe I have reached the end of my rope. I have nothing left to give. I have said it all, and I am now just repeating myself way too often.
So I am taking a hiatus from this forum.
I stand behind all my posts and am happy to get questioned on them. Sometimes, rarely, I have apologized. Sometimes , but way too unoften I have connected ,albeit briefly with some other posters, but it is largely "preaching to the converted".
So I bid you all a farewell. I will still read, but not as often as I used to, and may even make a contribution from time to time.
But I am dissillusioned with this forum now. I have come full circle with the regulars on here and feel there is no need for me to keep repeating the same things, even if I put them differently.
Despite what some of you may think , I have great respect for all of you, even RJHinds, josephw and their ilk. It may not come across like that , but too often I see my positive points brushed aside only to get pulled up on minor negative ones. (I believe my positive posts far outweigh the negative). and this just goes on and on.
So you have worn me down (ua41 gave up on you guys, wisely, a long time ago), and I wish you guys all the best here and in life in general.
Peace out, Charlie
Originally posted by karoly aczelDidn't read past the above three sentences karoly. It's dripping with either contempt for fellow posters, or some kind of overly in-public self-contempt.
The answers I have given to this line of enquiry have been very lazy and short on my part. I prolly shouldn't have bothered- as if you or anyone else was going to take them in the right spirit.
I am to blame for giving half-a$$ed answers to semi-serious questions....
Originally posted by karoly aczelOh alright, I just did read it all after all. OK. Understood. See you. Bye.
The answers I have given to this line of enquiry have been very lazy and short on my part. I prolly shouldn't have bothered- as if you or anyone else was going to take them in the right spirit.
I am to blame for giving half-a$$ed answers to semi-serious questions.
Basically I would have to give you half of my life story for my answers to make any s ...[text shortened]... ime ago), and I wish you guys all the best here and in life in general.
Peace out, Charlie
Originally posted by FMFMy faith helps me with the question of what will happen to me when I die, and puts an end to the question of "for what purpose." That's a big deal for me. But I do not look forward to dying. I look forward to what comes after but not the event itself. I guess I could compare it to going to the dentist. I look forward to the pearly whites after, but the pain of the process creates a lot of dread in me.
Does your religious faith help you to cope with the "depressing" fact that you will die just as we all will surely die?
If you knew you were going to die in exactly 1 year, who would you tell and when would you tell them?
Who would I tell? My wife. Probably most if not all of the people close to me.