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- redwolfb14, on 06/17/2009, -0/+29No time to die if you've got ***** to do..
- diggB, on 06/17/2009, -0/+28Apparently my purpose is to stare at rectangles ...
- fuzzyllama, on 06/17/2009, -0/+22That's good news. Now I just need to make sure that all my goals are unattainable.
- darkhero, on 06/17/2009, -1/+21My purpose is to sleep with Megan Fox.
- diggopolous, on 06/17/2009, -0/+16I'll give you a toe-thumbs up on that one!
- AmnesiacJack, on 06/17/2009, -0/+14It's a good thing my goal in life is to live long enough to live life forever.
- inactive, on 06/17/2009, -0/+13are you too pansy-ass to grill in the winter?
- Hetman, on 06/17/2009, -0/+11Most atheists I know believe there is a point to life. The just do not beleive there is an after life.
- PixelMagic, on 06/17/2009, -0/+9Luckily for you, my goal is to cure STDs.
- kilwaz, on 06/17/2009, -0/+9Your going to live forever!
- PixelMagic, on 06/17/2009, -1/+10Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'
Goddamned right. - hanglerfig, on 06/17/2009, -1/+9I always had a hunch that my incessant masturbation, with a goal of 20 times a day would pay off.
- Hetman, on 06/17/2009, -1/+9To make plastic.
- jezsik, on 06/17/2009, -0/+8Why do theists fear death so much? Why do theists weep when someone dies? You'd think they'd be totally ecstatic that now they can "live forever" in the afterlife. Of course, your genes know better.
- Snyz, on 06/17/2009, -0/+8I want to get laid
- inactive, on 06/17/2009, -0/+8I knew I procrastinated for a reason...
- NovaPrime9, on 06/17/2009, -0/+8Seriously... when it snows I shovel the driveway, and then a path to the grill. Priorities!
- Frankyfan3, on 06/17/2009, -0/+8I always found that believing in our inexplicable existence as a random chance of events coming together to create life regardless of the mathematical odds to be a far more compelling rationale for appreciation of life than some fairy tale that says one entity created us all for their own amusement/self-aggrandizement.
Once we are gone. What then?
Who cares? We're gone.
We're here NOW, and we're living NOW, and we exist in the universe NOW... so why minimize the importance of that fact by daydreaming about eternal life after death?
If you truly believe that you will live on forever into eternity & that becomes your focus of life, then I think you're missing the point of being alive.
That's just my personal opinion, and if focusing on that makes your life fulfilled by your standards, then fabulous. Awesome for you!
But this idea that atheists have to be depressed because of their lack of belief in god is not accurate, but stereotypical propaganda distributed by the religiously minded. Some atheists may be depressed nihilists, just like some Christians are violent extremists (Phelps) that abuse their family and use god as an excuse. I think Prolitarian may have hit it on the head... you do not have to be without philosophy to be without a belief in god.
Hell, most Buddhists I know do not actually see the figure-head of their religion as a god, so much as a philosopher with valuable teachings. - Wag3Slav3, on 06/17/2009, -0/+6Dug for the George Carlin!
- lnxfi, on 06/17/2009, -1/+7My purpose in life is to grill. Every winter I have the summer to look forward to.
- inactive, on 06/17/2009, -1/+742
- diggB, on 06/17/2009, -0/+6You need a grillfriend.
- 23cranberries, on 06/17/2009, -0/+6In the words of Steven Wright "Ok, I'm still alive, NOW what ?"
- Frankyfan3, on 06/17/2009, -0/+6"For something to have a point to it it has to be able to have value after it is gone."
Nothing is ever "gone".
You are made up of the same molecules and atoms which were probably once deep in the belly of a star (if not several), and those same molecules and atoms will continue to exist long after your body ceases to function.
That they will cease to function in a manner you consider worthy of acknowledgement is inconsequential.
You are insignificant in comparison to the vast expanse of matter and space in the universe... which is why you are so special to be alive at all! - Hetman, on 06/17/2009, -0/+5I do not understand your premise. What about the fact that we can have kids and raise them to be good people. Then your life will have had value after it is gone even if you do not exist.
- ishkabum, on 06/17/2009, -1/+6Did anyone need a health news article to inform them of this? It's evolution, bitches.
- StaticThunder, on 06/17/2009, -0/+5The organization of that matter is certainly lost. The memories and interactions are definitely lost. That makes them very special if you ask me, something to be enjoyed in the moment because its probably never going to happen again just the same way. That is why a finite life is meaningful. Meaning is ascribed. If we aren't there to ascribe it, then there is no meaning, so the idea of anything having meaning after the death of the observer, is ridiculous.
Of course, if we all live forever, then nothing we do in the moment really matters, because we're going to be repeating it over and over and over eventually. Now THAT is depressing. The greatest blessing we could get is to not have to be the same finite, flawed, tired person for all eternity. Novelty is the spice of life, and change is good. - rjssoccer, on 06/17/2009, -1/+5This isn't really a new study; after the holocaust psychologists tried to find why some types of people seemed to be more likely to live. They found that people with a purpose, no matter what it was, had the will power to keep living while those without purpose did not.
And it's common sense anyway. - inactive, on 06/17/2009, -0/+4...I guess this means I'm not going to live much longer.
- michaelrsa, on 06/17/2009, -0/+4My goal in life is to put myself to the greatest possible use by society. Our lives are pointless on the grand scale, and the construct with the greatest value is our civilization and society. Thus I surrender myself to the needs of society.
- neillawson, on 06/17/2009, -0/+4Don't underestimate the number of sad sacks of poop that waste their days thinking "why am I not happy", while they shove thier meat-hooks into a bag of Cheetos and turn up the volume on their stories.
- roodammy44, on 06/17/2009, -0/+4My one regret in life, is that I didn't watch enough television....
- inactive, on 06/17/2009, -0/+3My purpose in life is to be johnny cannabis seed.
- vitoke, on 06/17/2009, -1/+4My purpose is to live fast, die young. Oh, *****....
- asnider, on 06/17/2009, -0/+3Digg gets you hot?
- falser, on 06/17/2009, -0/+3I don't even have a purpose to get up in the morning.... I'm *****.
- BelatedHero, on 06/17/2009, -0/+3There can be only one.
- unknamed, on 06/17/2009, -1/+4Great news for me.... unfortunately for everyone else my life's goal is to kill every last one of you *****...
- Brassbud, on 06/17/2009, -0/+3My purpose in life is cat juggling.
- HolemCross, on 06/17/2009, -0/+3Dugg for "meat-hooks."
- FritoPendejo, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2Sounds very scientific.
- asnider, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2Manwhore?
- Wag3Slav3, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2Until they make highlander 2, then there are a bunch more.
- Brassbud, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2What if your purpose in life is to kill yourself?
- illt, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2Look at les paul, that dude's like 95 or something and still plays clubs 2x a week.
- nichiplechle, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2this one aint bad
http://www.wallpaperpimper.com/wallpaper/Female_Ce ... - lukasmack, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2What if your purpose in life is to live for a long time?
- lnxfi, on 06/17/2009, -0/+2You just lost your mancard.
- RolyatLeahcim, on 06/18/2009, -0/+2Or one day we will not.
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