09-01-2011, 08:44 AM
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Re: How long is a good life?
Of course everyone has their own opinion thats what a debate is all about,as for being an old washer woman, yes i do everything for myself, i don't rely on anybody, i'm debt free and quite happy with my own shadow.Antibrown its not you position here to dictate terms, if you either don't like the subject matter, or, me that is your problem and will have no effect on my life, just don't respond and maybe you will be happier.
Does this mean i've had the last word.?
09-01-2011, 09:21 AM
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Gateau, I am not dictating terms, that is a job for Azz.I just think this debate has gone off topic and is debating something that can not be proven.
I do not dislike you Gateau and I am very happy, in fact I think I am happier now than I have been in my whole life.
I also think this Long life should be allowed to R.I.P.
As for the last word, just read some of your replies.
09-01-2011, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by gateau
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Aerolor, the only problem i have with these biblical stories is they are written by men, many men, each with his interpretation of the original message.Now people have a tendency to exaggerate and over time that message can be totally different from what was originally stated, if in fact it ever was spoken and not someones view.
The only story that seems to have stood the test of time is JC's story, why because it offers salvation to mankind.
Strange how he spoke of eternal life yet many people today don't believe it, believing only what their eyes tell them, yet, even that could be an illusion, drat
we may have been conned
Were you born in Derbyshire gateau - do you want to say where - Derbyshire is where I live now, although I was born in Brixton, London (on Electric Avenue) and lived there until I was about ten.
09-01-2011, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Joan
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Faith and belief are funny things. Once you start to think about it all with an open mind, it is as if a veil is lifted from your mind, and the whole thing seems a bit silly. The bible is not a book but a collection of books, many of which contradict each other, written by men with varying motives. If we as a society followed it, life would be hell. Men could have many wives, adulterers could be stoned....the list goes on.
Sometimes I'm sad that I've lost the magic of faith, and found it replaced with rational thought and reasoning, but it can't be helped.
Just a little thought for anyone interested -
If we were put somewhere completely strange (with a completely new and different culture and way of living) alien to everything we think we understand and think we have made sense of - how would we behave? and how could we survive?
09-01-2011, 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by plantman
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Perhaps starting a new thread regarding the existence of God (or not) would seem appropriate?
10-01-2011, 11:39 PM
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Joan, are you a sticky beak,lol of course its natural to want to know whats happening in the world around us, we can see where we have been, but, to where we are going, well, that's another question, you see, all you ever have is the very moment your living in, because in five seconds time we could be dead, now avoiding that scenario helps us cope with life.So live as long as you can,
but enjoy the moment, you will never get it again once it past. yahoooooo
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