Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

If we have no hope, what are we living for?

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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1041  Postby Thomas Eshuis » Dec 27, 2014 3:31 pm

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Anne Widdecombe is a reason to live for? :yuk:
"Respect for personal beliefs = "I am going to tell you all what I think of YOU, but don't dare retort and tell what you think of ME because...it's my personal belief". Hmm. A bully's charter and no mistake."
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1042  Postby hackenslash » Dec 27, 2014 4:06 pm

Well, if you get 72 of those, better to keep living than risk an afterlife...
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1043  Postby laklak » Dec 27, 2014 4:07 pm

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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1044  Postby thaesofereode » Dec 27, 2014 4:20 pm

This question contains its own answer.

We are living for the best, most wonderful life we can have here. Now. Precisely because there is no afterlife.

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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1045  Postby Agrippina » Dec 27, 2014 6:01 pm

Thomas Eshuis wrote:
hackenslash wrote:Image

Anne Widdecombe is a reason to live for? :yuk:


Thanks for clearing that up. Is that the horrible woman who became a catholic because the CofE were going to ordain women bishops.
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1046  Postby Animavore » Dec 27, 2014 6:02 pm

Yes.
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1047  Postby Agrippina » Dec 27, 2014 6:11 pm

Ugh! :yuk:
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1048  Postby Thomas Eshuis » Dec 27, 2014 8:47 pm

Agrippina wrote:
Thomas Eshuis wrote:
hackenslash wrote:Image

Anne Widdecombe is a reason to live for? :yuk:


Thanks for clearing that up. Is that the horrible woman who became a catholic because the CofE were going to ordain women bishops.

This still cracks me up:
"Respect for personal beliefs = "I am going to tell you all what I think of YOU, but don't dare retort and tell what you think of ME because...it's my personal belief". Hmm. A bully's charter and no mistake."
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1049  Postby SafeAsMilk » Dec 27, 2014 10:22 pm

That one isn't very well done unfortunately :/ Was having a hard time telling what she was even supposed to be saying with all those pops and clicks.

To be fair, those types of edits are tough to make with so much room sound in the recording.
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1050  Postby hackenslash » Dec 27, 2014 10:42 pm

You're as well watching the whole debate. Stephen Fry was brilliant (aside from the commission of the Galileo fallacy).
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1051  Postby SafeAsMilk » Dec 28, 2014 12:59 am

I've watched it, some of my favorite Fry and Hitchens moments. Great to see them share the stage.
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1052  Postby Thomas Eshuis » Dec 28, 2014 4:17 am

hackenslash wrote:You're as well watching the whole debate. Stephen Fry was brilliant (aside from the commission of the Galileo fallacy).

:this:
"Respect for personal beliefs = "I am going to tell you all what I think of YOU, but don't dare retort and tell what you think of ME because...it's my personal belief". Hmm. A bully's charter and no mistake."
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1053  Postby redwhine » Dec 28, 2014 4:51 am

hackenslash wrote:You're as well watching the whole debate. Stephen Fry was brilliant (aside from the commission of the Galileo fallacy).




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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1054  Postby Agrippina » Dec 28, 2014 7:22 am

I have a copy of that video. I should watch it again.
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#1055  Postby Agrippina » Dec 28, 2014 8:13 am

She looks like Miss Marple.
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1056  Postby Thomas Eshuis » Dec 28, 2014 9:33 am

Best Fry quote (paraphrased): "Then what on earth are you for?"
"Respect for personal beliefs = "I am going to tell you all what I think of YOU, but don't dare retort and tell what you think of ME because...it's my personal belief". Hmm. A bully's charter and no mistake."
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1057  Postby Agrippina » Dec 28, 2014 10:25 am

So I watched that, now I'm watching the video of the best of Hitchens. Argh! Why did he have to die before me?
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1058  Postby Nebogipfel » Dec 28, 2014 11:10 am

Agrippina wrote:
Thomas Eshuis wrote:
hackenslash wrote:Image

Anne Widdecombe is a reason to live for? :yuk:


Thanks for clearing that up. Is that the horrible woman who became a catholic because the CofE were going to ordain women bishops.


On the other hand, I thought she made a good guest-chairperson of Have I Got News For You.
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1059  Postby Arjan Dirkse » Dec 28, 2014 12:29 pm

What are we living for? For me the answer is simple: I live for life. Not for afterlife. I live to live a good, meaningful life. The fact that it ends does not make it worthless. Death is not some unimagineable horror that negates every good thing that happens in life.
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Re: Without Hope for an Afterlife, What Are We Living For?

#1060  Postby hackenslash » Dec 28, 2014 12:56 pm

Nebogipfel wrote:On the other hand, I thought she made a good guest-chairperson of Have I Got News For You.


That makes one of us. I haven't found a use for her yet, except maybe as ballast.
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