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Posted on 4/25/14 at 8:07 am to theunknownknight
Yeah, that's the beginning of all wisdom, but it doesn't really explain why it's good and what the reward for it is.
I think too many people answer these kinds of existential questions about life by saying "live to help others", "live for God", or "live entirely for my children", which is circular logic in a way since it avoids answering the question about what is good about life in the first place. I mean, all of these things are good in a way, but it's a bunch of beta bullshite for anyone to assert that the only meaning or purpose in his life is to serve someone else and try to make that person happy. On some level, we have to admit that we need to just maximize our own joy and meaning given the constraints of the universe into which we were born.
EDIT: Altruism is a false construct. It doesn't really exist.
I think too many people answer these kinds of existential questions about life by saying "live to help others", "live for God", or "live entirely for my children", which is circular logic in a way since it avoids answering the question about what is good about life in the first place. I mean, all of these things are good in a way, but it's a bunch of beta bullshite for anyone to assert that the only meaning or purpose in his life is to serve someone else and try to make that person happy. On some level, we have to admit that we need to just maximize our own joy and meaning given the constraints of the universe into which we were born.
EDIT: Altruism is a false construct. It doesn't really exist.
This post was edited on 4/25/14 at 8:25 am
Posted on 4/25/14 at 9:07 am to 4LSU2
quote:
Be the best husband and father possible by providing an excellent home for my family. Nothing else really maters
/thread................
Posted on 4/25/14 at 9:11 am to dukke v
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Be the best husband and father possible by providing an excellent home for my family. Nothing else really maters
man you guys have a weak imagination. tons of people can accomplish that. how can it possibly be the biggest accomplishment?
Posted on 4/25/14 at 9:14 am to 4LSU2
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Be the best husband and father possible by providing an excellent home for my family.
Nothing else really maters
Spot on
Posted on 4/25/14 at 9:15 am to Doc Fenton
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Yeah, that's the beginning of all wisdom, but it doesn't really explain why it's good and what the reward for it is.
To a Jew in that time it would be self-evident
Posted on 4/25/14 at 9:18 am to theunknownknight
I want to make beer for over a million people. That means I'd have to make it to the big show of master brewer.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 9:18 am to DoUrden
I'm up to 3 beers on my lunch break.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 9:52 am to theunknownknight
I don't follow. Do you mean because they associated righteous living with worldly success?
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:03 am to Doc Fenton
Contentment.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:05 am to DoUrden
nobel peace prize
POTUS
POTUS
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:30 am to DoUrden
Sacrifice to do something for somebody and never let anybody know. As soon as you've told someone the gesture is hollow because you were paid back in recognition.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 10:51 am to beaverfever
Throw a porn star off of a roof by the vag
Posted on 4/25/14 at 11:04 am to Col reb 2011
?the answer I want to say is become POTUS
But I know that answer likely won't go over to well on the ot
But I know that answer likely won't go over to well on the ot
Posted on 4/25/14 at 1:08 pm to Doc Fenton
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I don't follow. Do you mean because they associated righteous living with worldly success?
No. To a devout Jew at that time, obedience to the Torah - God's Word - is the biggest thing a person can do in this life.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 1:11 pm to DoUrden
Aside from being a good parent.
Being an Astronaut
Being an Astronaut
Posted on 4/25/14 at 1:12 pm to theunknownknight
Raising a child that becomes a huge superstar in anything, be in sports, music, or non-pornographic entertainment.
Posted on 4/25/14 at 6:49 pm to theunknownknight
That's not really saying anything though.
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