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Subject:	What is the meaning of life? (was: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 7 Mar 2000 05:20:26 GMT
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Peter Callaway wrote: > and all there will be to show for a lifetime of thoughts, experiences, >opinions, relationships and good and bad deeds will be a handfull of >ashes. I don't agree. *I* won't be here any more, but I will live on in the memories of people whose lives I've touched, in my daughter's genes and any descendents she may have, in what I've written (however long that may last), in what I've built (ditto), etc etc. See, my take on "what we're here for" is "to leave the world better than I found it". If I can do that, (and much of what I do in life comes down to that), then I have something worthwhile to show for my life. Kevin -- Personal Lego Web page: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/kwilson_tccs/lego.html eBay auctions:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/kevinw1/ Subscribe to my Lego auction mailing list: http://www.onelist.com/subscribe/Legopartsales?referer=1

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		Re: What is the meaning of life? (was: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
(...) Kevin wrote: (...) The religious point of view (Peter's) wants there to be a permanent result to a life, in order for it to have meaning now. Kevin partially rebuts this by saying that what we leave for other people is enough. Yet both of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: What is the meaning of life? (was: Does God have a monopoly on gods?)
(...) But why do you care? Why do you strive to leave this world a better place? Where do we get this craving for immortality (OK, not everyone does, but we'd all like to be remembered fondly long after were gone). The sad fact is that in say 500 (...) (25 years ago, 8-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Does God have a monopoly on gods?
(...) What is the generic definition of a devil (apart from the red tights and pitchfork)? I ask this so we can all speak about the same thing. My definition follows. I believe a devil represents evil ("evil" with a "d", for darstardly?). What then (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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