Mosques

[vash23n]

The guy is a Christian. It is not apparent until you are fairly far into his website. I guess some people would say he is not a Christian since he seems to believe in it in an odd way. No miracles, doesn't matter if Jesus existed or not etc..

Isn't that Utilitarianism? Or wait, there is another one that reminds me of that. It is based on a guy's name. An early settler, I think. I am worthless.

Are you talking about Calvinism?

That's the one! And it was Unitarianism I was thinking of, but it sounds like I was probably wrong on both counts.

[ZeroAX]

a news story came on about a small group u.s. soldiers killing afghan civilians.
killing innocent civilians for fun

is this true? reminds me of another group of soldiers, from Europe, but I can't remember their name

[AppleQueso]

a news story came on about a small group u.s. soldiers killing afghan civilians.
killing innocent civilians for fun

is this true? reminds me of another group of soldiers, from Europe, but I can't remember their name

Considering I saw it first on one of the big TV news outlets I'd say there's little reason to doubt its legitimacy. Besides, this sort of thing isn't exactly 100 percent unheard of.

[lisalover1]

a news story came on about a small group u.s. soldiers killing afghan civilians.
killing innocent civilians for fun

is this true? reminds me of another group of soldiers, from Europe, but I can't remember their name

Considering I saw it first on one of the big TV news outlets I'd say there's little reason to doubt its legitimacy. Besides, this sort of thing isn't exactly 100 percent unheard of.

This just in, there are mentally unstable people in the world! More on this shocking development at 5 o'clock!

[AppleQueso]

wait wait hold on you mean some people might not be totally... sane?

[lisalover1]

wait wait hold on you mean some people might not be totally... sane?

I know! It boggles the mind!

[Hatta]

The important thing to remember is that completely sane people, if put in the wrong circumstances will do horiffic things. Look up the Milgram experiment or the Stanford Prison experiment. Just one of the great things to love about war.

[vash23n]

This is my favorite emoticon on the site.

[AppleQueso]

The important thing to remember is that completely sane people, if put in the wrong circumstances will do horiffic things. Look up the Milgram experiment or the Stanford Prison experiment. Just one of the great things to love about war.

The Stanford Prison experiment has so many unique factors that it's honestly pretty inconclusive.

Milgram experiment, on the other hand, is pretty eye opening.

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

Life is one of those things we all experience and never truly realize. Being here is some thing amazing.

No matter where we go or what happens I think we'll be alright, the universe puts it all in perspective and we all fight our battles. In this double edged sword we all call consciousness and the waking mind we find that in life we can experience truly wonderful and great things; but we realize that it will all one day end and fear the inevitable.

Who are we? Why are we here? Where are we going?

Nobody knows and all of us will one day find out; and when we do the answer will undoubtedly shake and awe us to our very souls. This is life, we live so that we can find ourselves; we die so that others may live. How it will all end up I don't know.

Will we meet an alien race? Will we find our place in the galaxy? Will we ever find a cure for the plague of death? I hope to the God and the universe we do. That we bridge our gaps and act as one but stay uniquely individual nonetheless.

Will it happen in my life? Maybe. Is it likely? Honestly, I have my doubts. But I have my hope and the love in my heart for us all to make it.

I fear, I laugh, I deny, I accept......this is the story of our existence.

In the end I still believe we'll be alright.

But as for now, I fear the inevitable........for I don't know what lies in the great beyond. My future an unwritten puzzle.

Comforts taken but ultimately ignored at some point, the fear always rushes back somehow. I'll see this journey out and I will find my meaning for being. Life deserves the respect of being lived after all.

Because in the end, we'll all be alright.

(Was in one of those crystallizing moods the other day and had to let this out. I don't know where I'm going or why I'm here and it scares me to think that one day I'll just be gone. Life, boredom and a wandering mind can honestly be such a bitch..... After all, we've all got to go. It's what's after and the possibilities (good, bad, or scarily.....non-existence.....) that make me wonder just what will happen and just why I'm here.)

So in the end I'm having a bit of a life crisis. I don't know what to believe and I'm starting to fear the inevitable that I shouldn't even be thinking about. I mean I'm only 18 but I think of this all like I'm in my 80's!

Conscious thought our greatest gift and our greatest curse.

Anyone here want to help me put my life into perspective, AND DO SO POLITELY/HELPFULLY? No bickering, this thread had enough of that before. I just want some help on accepting and advancing my life but some sort of perspective on what happens in the great beyond.

I know I won't get some definitive answer, both science and religion are polar opposites and yet in a way the same. I just fear the possibility of a non-existence.

After all, it's not the dying that's hard. It's the what happens to my conscious mind? My memories and mannerisms?

Essentially my soul, what I am and what will become of me.

Any takers? I just want some help and to talk it out, because I'm honestly just really shaky and quite fragile at the moment.

(I felt this thread was best for discussing it as it had some relatively lively and meaningful discussion at first and for a while everyone just got along for once when discussing what is typically a hot button issue. But we're all not getting any younger, so I'm asking for a mature conversation without any garbage please.)