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A statement of my disbeliefs

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lfen
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05-25-2005 11:08 PM 		Reply to: Message 64 by robinrohan
05-25-2005 5:27 PM

Re: nihilism
Robin,
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Why not go for the evolutionary explanation? If our ancestors didn't have child caring behaviours encoded in their genes then we wouldn't be here. And we take care of children because those are behaviours that have evolved us.
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A woman who has chickens was just this morning telling me about her hen hatching out chicks and how careful the hen was and caring for her offspring. That's how and why chickens and us continue. We have a purpose because if that weren't encoded in us we wouldn't be here.
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lfen
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lfen
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05-25-2005 11:31 PM 		Reply to: Message 74 by robinrohan
05-25-2005 11:24 PM

Re: nihilism
There's no reason why we should be here at all.
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It happened, that's all.
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Oh, Yeah, right, And I'm fine with that!
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I just am wishing my immune system would stop taking some harmless pollen as being a dire threat and would stop with the sore swollen throat already! What kind of purpose is that anyway????
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lfen
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