20 Jul 12
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyWho here thinks like this? the atheists??
[b]Sad but true, some hold this point of view:
"Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it." - Flannery O'Connor
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20 Jul 12
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyThis line was spoken by a character in her first novel (Wise Blood) who founds a church called The Church of God Without Christ.
[b]Sad but true, some hold this point of view:
"Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it." - Flannery O'Connor
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-Removed-GB attributed it to her, the author, but this does not mean she was expressing her view. I wanted to help clarify that. Apparently (ref: wikipedia) she was a devout Christian all her short life. I think it expresses the existential meaningless that many Christians say that the nonbeliever confronts, a meaninglessness that Christianity defeats, for its followers.
20 Jul 12
Originally posted by JS357Existensialism . Now that would be a great debate topic😉
GB attributed it to her, the author, but this does not mean she was expressing her view. I wanted to help clarify that. Apparently (ref: wikipedia) she was a devout Christian all her short life. I think it expresses the existential meaningless that many Christians say that the nonbeliever confronts, a meaninglessness that Christianity defeats, for its followers.
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Originally posted by karoly aczelWill this do?
Existensialism . Now that would be a great debate topic😉
[thread]138362[/thread]
Well, that didn't work but its the thread number, the OP is titled Spirituality and Existentialism and you were one of the posters to it.
21 Jul 12
Originally posted by JS357Thread 138362
Will this do?
[thread]138362[/thread]
Well, that didn't work but its the thread number, the OP is titled Spirituality and Existentialism and you were one of the posters to it.
21 Jul 12
Originally posted by JS357Yeah well i guess we tried. Made a little dent. Lemonjello summed it up pretty well in the end.
Will this do?
[thread]138362[/thread]
Well, that didn't work but its the thread number, the OP is titled Spirituality and Existentialism and you were one of the posters to it.
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21 Jul 12
Originally posted by karoly aczelYes, he did, in reaction to a poster's need to believe in an external source of meaning instead of realizing the source is oneself. Even the choice to place the source outside oneself, is our own to make or not.
Yeah well i guess we tried. Made a little dent. Lemonjello summed it up pretty well in the end.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2782.Viktor_E_Frankl
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21 Jul 12
Originally posted by JS357Aye 🙂
Yes, he did, in reaction to a poster's need to believe in an external source of meaning instead of realizing the source is oneself. Even the choice to place the source outside oneself, is our own to make or not.
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/2782.Viktor_E_Frankl
And thanks to FMF. threadid it is.
Thanks FMF 🙂