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Zhimbo Member (Idle past 6011 days) Posts: 571 From: New Hampshire, USA Joined: |
My purpose in life is to provide my wife with frequent, high-quality orgasms.
My purpose in life *used* to be to get a Ph.D., but I did that, so I needed a less self-serving purpose. Now I find purpose in serving another. A higher power, if you will. Works for me.
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robinrohan Inactive Member |
I've never felt a need to have a porpoise Me neither. I prefer sharks.
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robinrohan Inactive Member |
My purpose in life is to provide my wife with frequent, high-quality orgasms. That's interesting. Any other intimate details you would like to discuss?
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robinrohan Inactive Member |
My purpose in life is to provide my wife with frequent, high-quality orgasms. Your wife might be faking it, Zhimbo. What are the metaphysical ramifications of that possibility? ABE: What is the empirical evidence of a woman's "high-quality orgasm?" Where's the proof? This message has been edited by robinrohan, 03-15-2006 09:25 PM
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ReverendDG Member (Idle past 4110 days) Posts: 1119 From: Topeka,kansas Joined: |
well i guess that there is the theory that women do not have orgasms..
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riVeRraT Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 5788 From: NY USA Joined: |
Finding purpose if life does not mean you have to be stagnant.
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nator Member (Idle past 2169 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: Works for me, too.
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nator Member (Idle past 2169 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
quote: She's not. In fact, she's never faked one in her life.
quote: Well, they're moot.
quote: Self-reporting. Why would she lie about something like that?
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Larni Member (Idle past 163 days) Posts: 4000 From: Liverpool Joined: |
I agree, but I would go as far to say that if you did not have purpose (or a porpoise) your options would be limited only by your imagination (in an equal society).
If I honestly believed in a god and believed my purpose was to convert others into the fold then I would be doing that till I died. This would limit my ability to experience lifes vissisitudes. Would I be happy? Probably. It seems to me that if you find what you like doing, do it. Who needs some god figure to sanction that choice? Our own morality should guide us. If it does not hurt any one else for you to say, study porpoises for the rest of your life, go for it. It seems to me this purpose question is a red herring.
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Phat Member Posts: 18262 From: Denver,Colorado USA Joined: Member Rating: 1.1 |
As many of you know, I volunteer at the State Youth Services Center in Colorado. Today, I walked into the room of about 20 young men, most of whom have been in and out of the system at least 3 or 4 times each. Some of them were watching a gory movie on TV. Others of them were seated at a table, drawing, writing and/or reading letters, and whatnot. Many of them know of me, and they know that I am one of the few "religious" volunteers who actually takes the time to listen to what they have to say rather than preach or push my Christian values on them. Because of this, they open up to me more than they would open up to many other social workers or chaplains or even their parents!
One of them had just finished an elaborate drawing of a skeleton holding a card hand with 4 aces. The background was a tombstone with the engraving R.I.P. ACE on it. I asked him who ACE was. There had been another kid who went by the name of ACE who I had talked to several weeks earlier, and I asked aloud if the drawing was referring to him. The young man said no. I then asked him if the drawing represented his old lifestyle and of how it was now dead. He seemed a bit surprised that I deciphered his meaning behind the drawing so readily. I thought of the EvC topic, Finding Your Purpose In Life. As I refine and redefine my purpose in life, I constantly reevaluate who I am and what I represent...not only to myself but to others whom I encounter. It is an important yet delicate task to try and encourage these young people who have had shattered hopes and who are in a revolving door before they even turn 18. In the Christian community that I inhibit, it is all too cliche to say that God knows us better than we know ourselves. I am quite certain that He does...but I have noticed that I dont find fresh answers or insights from the Christian Far Right. I don't feel that God has called me to be a fundamentalist. I am convinced of the Divinity of Jesus Christ, and of His Light shining through my soul. I am not at all afraid to let go of the Bible, however, because I see so many of the kids doing it. Holding on to an outdated Faith and regurgitating the words of salvation and hope without actually living and being transformed by those same words is clearly seen as the hypocrisy that it is. These kids are not stupid. It is not my place to confess my gambling habit to them, nor would it help them to trust me any better! It really only dawned on me yesterday, as I told them the words that would help them and encourage them, I found myself staring at the tombstone. In a way, I was ACE. I was the faith filled hypocrite who thought that surely God would bless me. My gambling habit must die just as certainly as that kids lifestyle. (In fact, I am going to post this in RiverRats topic, as this is certainly relevant to "finding ones purpose" in life.) In conclusion, I will state that "letting go of the Bible is not rendering its teachings as useless. Rather, letting go allows God to speak to my soul with fresh insights and alternative perspectives.
riVeRrat writes: By writing it out and seeing if what I say is true to me. Then, after confirming that what I agree with is true, by going out and walking the walk. How do you find your purpose? Phat writes:
If you don't believe in God, or more specifically, don't believe in the after life, what is the purpose in finding your purpose? By asking yourself what, why, Who, and how?Phat writes:
Is our purpose subjective? To live the only life that you have to the very fullest, and to encourage others to do the same.Phat writes:
How do you validate your purpose (confirm the truth about it)? For believers, it really is between us and God. For non-believers, it is a personal matter. From an outside perspective, a collective societal purpose could be an objective truth, but to each member of that society, the question is subjective and personal. I never thought that I would be agreeing with, nor quoting John Spong...yet I cannot disagree with the passion behind his words as an insight into my perspective: John Spong writes: If Christianity is to survive into the future, it will have to evolve radically beyond the images employed by Billy Graham. It will be forced to become something new and different. It will have to surrender its claims to miracle, magic and exclusiveness. It will be judged by its ability to help citizens of the real world penetrate into the depths of Being and to engage the spirituality that is before us. A radically reformed Christianity will have to rethink the traditional understandings of Jesus who will become not a rescuing divine savior who paid the price of sin on the cross of Calvary, but the God-intoxicated life who can become our doorway into the mystery of God, experienced not as a manipulative or invasive deity, but as the Ground of Being, the Source of Life and the Source of Love. This message has been edited by Phat, 03-16-2006 06:00 AM Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either, but right through every human heart, and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. Even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained; and even in the best of all hearts, there remains a small corner of evil. --Alexander Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago
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riVeRraT Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 5788 From: NY USA Joined: |
I agree, but I would go as far to say that if you did not have purpose (or a porpoise) your options would be limited only by your imagination (in an equal society). I feel it is my unlimited imagination that is part of my purpose.
It seems to me that if you find what you like doing, do it. Who needs some god figure to sanction that choice? God only confirms what I feel is right, and let's me know when I am doing something wrong. Ever do something you regret? Well if I pay attention, he guides me through some of that stuff, so I can focus more on what will give me better returns, and fill that purpose for which I was created. And no, my purpose is not to convert other people, but part of my purpose is to express the joy I have found in the Lord. I enjoy that, and do it well. This forum has been the toughest place to carry that out, but that is not the only reason I come here. I enjoy everyone in here, even with the difference of opinions.
It seems to me this purpose question is a red herring. Don't read into it that deep. It's a coffee house subject, and we are just sharing our thoughts, that can't be a bad thing.
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robinrohan Inactive Member |
Why would she lie about something like that? To make you feel good. That way you can think you've achieved your purpose in life. It's not that uncommon a phenomenon.
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nator Member (Idle past 2169 days) Posts: 12961 From: Ann Arbor Joined: |
Why would she lie about something like that? quote: Ah, but that's not how she operates. She's honest, that wife of Zhimbo. Being honest about such things is very important. For all concerned.
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robinrohan Inactive Member |
Being honest about such things is very important. For all concerned I prefer a romantic dream-world myself.
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Silent H Member (Idle past 5819 days) Posts: 7405 From: satellite of love Joined: |
Ah, but that's not how she operates. She's honest, that wife of Zhimbo. Being honest about such things is very important. No offence, but isn't that what anyone would say if they were in fact faking to make a person feel good? I'm not saying I believe that you are, just saying his position is one of those things that can't be rebutted. I have to say that I was actually shocked to read zhimbo's post. I didn't want to say anything however, until you responded about it. It seemed uncharacteristically uhmmmm... sexist. His purpose in life is to give you huge orgasms? If my gf or any other girl stated that her purpose in life was to give their male partners huge orgasms, I suspect that would not have been met with the same acceptance. Indeed if a girl found purpose in delivering many men huge orgasms, would that sit well with you? What if a guy said his purpose was to give as many women as possible huge orgasms, and that he was achieving that goal (the women say so)? Actually I'm all for zhimbo's stated purpose. Sounds great, I was just taken back that such a crude and graphic statement about such a limited purpose (especially related to your sex life) would be acceptable to you. holmes "What you need is sustained outrage...there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority." (M.Ivins)
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