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		<title>By: rogue</title>
		<link>http://atheology.com/2007/05/21/why-are-we-alive/comment-page-4/#comment-2156</link>
		<dc:creator>rogue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@mrfour: i do hope ill meet my boyfriend again but for sure, it will not be in this lifetime.. and everything will be different... the story will be different... so you also believe in reincarnation and karma... it seems a rational explanation for everything that has happened to me so far.  i plan to do regression once im stable enough to understand what my purpose in this life is so that i can leave early too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@mrfour: i do hope ill meet my boyfriend again but for sure, it will not be in this lifetime.. and everything will be different&#8230; the story will be different&#8230; so you also believe in reincarnation and karma&#8230; it seems a rational explanation for everything that has happened to me so far.  i plan to do regression once im stable enough to understand what my purpose in this life is so that i can leave early too.</p>
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		<title>By: rogue</title>
		<link>http://atheology.com/2007/05/21/why-are-we-alive/comment-page-4/#comment-2155</link>
		<dc:creator>rogue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 13:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@also ran:  i dont get what you mean.. you didnt answer the question, &quot;what for?&quot;

sometimes, i just want to kill myself to know... ive already experienced enough happiness, different kinds of love and different kinds of pain that im no longer interested in living but i still dont have the guts</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@also ran:  i dont get what you mean.. you didnt answer the question, &#8220;what for?&#8221;</p>
<p>sometimes, i just want to kill myself to know&#8230; ive already experienced enough happiness, different kinds of love and different kinds of pain that im no longer interested in living but i still dont have the guts</p>
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		<title>By: Also Ran</title>
		<link>http://atheology.com/2007/05/21/why-are-we-alive/comment-page-4/#comment-2154</link>
		<dc:creator>Also Ran</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What constitutes &#039;good&#039;, and does absence of it means &#039;bad&#039;?

And why only body and soul; how did senses, the dimensions, thoughts and feelings, matter of chances and luck, conscience etc. came into being. 

What essentially is meant by &#039;being&#039;

Billions of years before we came in and billions may be once we are gone. So many planets, stars, galaxies, elements, natural phenomenon etc. - What for? Only because a human life can live for 70-80 years happily? 70 years, against billion of years, a body made by 5 elements, against multitudes of elements.. you get the drift.

What for?

What about other forms of life - unicellular to multi. and then their multitude of thoughts and processes.

What for?

But we all do feel pain, and wish we dont get reasons for it.
And we all feel the pleasure, and wish there is more of it.

And for this and only this, do I am alive.

The rest, is a journey in progress, as universe figures out itself.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What constitutes &#8216;good&#8217;, and does absence of it means &#8216;bad&#8217;?</p>
<p>And why only body and soul; how did senses, the dimensions, thoughts and feelings, matter of chances and luck, conscience etc. came into being. </p>
<p>What essentially is meant by &#8216;being&#8217;</p>
<p>Billions of years before we came in and billions may be once we are gone. So many planets, stars, galaxies, elements, natural phenomenon etc. &#8211; What for? Only because a human life can live for 70-80 years happily? 70 years, against billion of years, a body made by 5 elements, against multitudes of elements.. you get the drift.</p>
<p>What for?</p>
<p>What about other forms of life &#8211; unicellular to multi. and then their multitude of thoughts and processes.</p>
<p>What for?</p>
<p>But we all do feel pain, and wish we dont get reasons for it.<br />
And we all feel the pleasure, and wish there is more of it.</p>
<p>And for this and only this, do I am alive.</p>
<p>The rest, is a journey in progress, as universe figures out itself.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr. Four</title>
		<link>http://atheology.com/2007/05/21/why-are-we-alive/comment-page-4/#comment-2153</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Four</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 06:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@rogue By the way, are you a guy or a girl? Doesn&#039;t matter - just curious :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@rogue By the way, are you a guy or a girl? Doesn&#8217;t matter &#8211; just curious <img src='http://atheology.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Mr. Four</title>
		<link>http://atheology.com/2007/05/21/why-are-we-alive/comment-page-4/#comment-2152</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Four</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 05:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@rogue Do you have a gmail, msn, skype or Facebook account?

My gmail is mrfour44@gmail.com. We can talk there :D

Christ, Allah, it really doesn&#039;t matter. Think logically, why would one God be preferable to another? Why would one God be more righteous than another? It&#039;s all the same God, even the Nirvana in Hindu religion (though to a lesser extent), the Infinite One found in many New Age texts etc.

All of us have this intuitive sense of right and wrong (conscience). Most people choose to ignore their conscience. Sometimes you have to learn how to truly love, but you don&#039;t have to learn what&#039;s right and what&#039;s wrong. Just rely on what you feel. Could a physical world, where nothing could exist beyond the body, explain the existence of conscience, consciousness, karma, the mind/body/soul? I don&#039;t think so.

I don&#039;t know. I&#039;m pretty sure you&#039;ll see your boyfriend some day. At least, that&#039;s what I believe. Take karma, for instance, it&#039;s just happened so many times that you can&#039;t ignore that it&#039;s there. I believe there is something beyond the physical because I&#039;ve been able to bend and ply the circumstances of my life at times when I really focused my thoughts into it. The key is to love, yes, but you don&#039;t have to love yourself less. You can&#039;t really love others without loving yourself or vice versa.

Hey, this is what I believe and what&#039;s real for me :P I could be wrong.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@rogue Do you have a gmail, msn, skype or Facebook account?</p>
<p>My gmail is <a href="mailto:mrfour44@gmail.com">mrfour44@gmail.com</a>. We can talk there <img src='http://atheology.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Christ, Allah, it really doesn&#8217;t matter. Think logically, why would one God be preferable to another? Why would one God be more righteous than another? It&#8217;s all the same God, even the Nirvana in Hindu religion (though to a lesser extent), the Infinite One found in many New Age texts etc.</p>
<p>All of us have this intuitive sense of right and wrong (conscience). Most people choose to ignore their conscience. Sometimes you have to learn how to truly love, but you don&#8217;t have to learn what&#8217;s right and what&#8217;s wrong. Just rely on what you feel. Could a physical world, where nothing could exist beyond the body, explain the existence of conscience, consciousness, karma, the mind/body/soul? I don&#8217;t think so.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t know. I&#8217;m pretty sure you&#8217;ll see your boyfriend some day. At least, that&#8217;s what I believe. Take karma, for instance, it&#8217;s just happened so many times that you can&#8217;t ignore that it&#8217;s there. I believe there is something beyond the physical because I&#8217;ve been able to bend and ply the circumstances of my life at times when I really focused my thoughts into it. The key is to love, yes, but you don&#8217;t have to love yourself less. You can&#8217;t really love others without loving yourself or vice versa.</p>
<p>Hey, this is what I believe and what&#8217;s real for me <img src='http://atheology.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' />  I could be wrong.</p>
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		<title>By: rogue</title>
		<link>http://atheology.com/2007/05/21/why-are-we-alive/comment-page-4/#comment-2151</link>
		<dc:creator>rogue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A lot of people that “believe” in God do good deeds for fear they’ll be punished. No one needs God to be a good person (and I don’t believe in God), if you do the things you do out of love. If you act out of love, you can do no wrong.

Actually, I realized now what that actually means. When  I was younger I like to read about poems and prose about love, about how it makes the world go round but I didn&#039;t really understand how deep it means... Now, when I look back, it&#039;s true... what actually moved my boyfriend when he was still alive was love... and what mattered in my 31 years of life was how much i loved (as in verb) the people around me... and most of the time, we act and base our decisions on love, maybe we dont realize it yet but we do.... we just have to realize to love ourselves less and others more... 

thank you... its good to have someone to talk to about these things... most people will not understand why i ask questions... they don&#039;t realize yet how urgent the question is... they think that believing in God because of the faith they were brought into tells them to believe and be saved... i believe in God but death makes you realize so many things... and my boyfriend being Muslim and I, Christian, sort of makes the thought of God and religion even more confusing... i learned how to pray in Islam the past month... and my sister tells me that what if we (Christians) are right and they (Muslims) are wrong, then he (my bf) will not be saved... that is just something i couldnt accept... what about those people who were born in the mountains? who didnt know about Christ or Allah? Its not fair to them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A lot of people that “believe” in God do good deeds for fear they’ll be punished. No one needs God to be a good person (and I don’t believe in God), if you do the things you do out of love. If you act out of love, you can do no wrong.</p>
<p>Actually, I realized now what that actually means. When  I was younger I like to read about poems and prose about love, about how it makes the world go round but I didn&#8217;t really understand how deep it means&#8230; Now, when I look back, it&#8217;s true&#8230; what actually moved my boyfriend when he was still alive was love&#8230; and what mattered in my 31 years of life was how much i loved (as in verb) the people around me&#8230; and most of the time, we act and base our decisions on love, maybe we dont realize it yet but we do&#8230;. we just have to realize to love ourselves less and others more&#8230; </p>
<p>thank you&#8230; its good to have someone to talk to about these things&#8230; most people will not understand why i ask questions&#8230; they don&#8217;t realize yet how urgent the question is&#8230; they think that believing in God because of the faith they were brought into tells them to believe and be saved&#8230; i believe in God but death makes you realize so many things&#8230; and my boyfriend being Muslim and I, Christian, sort of makes the thought of God and religion even more confusing&#8230; i learned how to pray in Islam the past month&#8230; and my sister tells me that what if we (Christians) are right and they (Muslims) are wrong, then he (my bf) will not be saved&#8230; that is just something i couldnt accept&#8230; what about those people who were born in the mountains? who didnt know about Christ or Allah? Its not fair to them.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr. Four</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mr. Four</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@rogue I completely agree. None of us can know whether a deeper meaning (or God) exists. We can believe (and I do) but we can&#039;t know. 

My condolences on your boyfriend.

Please don&#039;t hate anyone. I know it&#039;s not my place to tell you this, and I know it&#039;s hard to let go of, but you can find purpose in everything, and you can channel your hatred into something good. Love - it&#039;s the only good reason to do anything; it&#039;s the only good reason to be. (Which is what I believe.) 

A lot of people that &quot;believe&quot; in God do good deeds for fear they&#039;ll be punished. No one needs God to be a good person (and I don&#039;t believe in God), if you do the things you do out of love. If you act out of love, you can do no wrong.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@rogue I completely agree. None of us can know whether a deeper meaning (or God) exists. We can believe (and I do) but we can&#8217;t know. </p>
<p>My condolences on your boyfriend.</p>
<p>Please don&#8217;t hate anyone. I know it&#8217;s not my place to tell you this, and I know it&#8217;s hard to let go of, but you can find purpose in everything, and you can channel your hatred into something good. Love &#8211; it&#8217;s the only good reason to do anything; it&#8217;s the only good reason to be. (Which is what I believe.) </p>
<p>A lot of people that &#8220;believe&#8221; in God do good deeds for fear they&#8217;ll be punished. No one needs God to be a good person (and I don&#8217;t believe in God), if you do the things you do out of love. If you act out of love, you can do no wrong.</p>
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		<title>By: rogue</title>
		<link>http://atheology.com/2007/05/21/why-are-we-alive/comment-page-4/#comment-2149</link>
		<dc:creator>rogue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you sure that despite the fact we can imagine our lives having some deeper (non-physical) meaning (possibly found in God) that the meaning is not there? Doesn’t that automatically mean that not everything we imagine exists? How do you know that? How do you know that everything we imagine doesn’t exist somewhere?

 That was what i felt when my boyfriend died... the very moment i received the news.  It&#039;s like he was just gone now... like his soul doesn&#039;t exist anymore... like everything we&#039;ve gone through just don&#039;t matter anymore... then i developed a hate in God... but then that means that there is a God... i just hate Him now... then i remebered how much my boyfriend believed in God... how he prayed... and i now, I pray again... for his soul...

And yes, we should just enjoy life... it makes life worthwhile... and maybe be good to the people whom we will leave behind... make sure you let them know you love them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you sure that despite the fact we can imagine our lives having some deeper (non-physical) meaning (possibly found in God) that the meaning is not there? Doesn’t that automatically mean that not everything we imagine exists? How do you know that? How do you know that everything we imagine doesn’t exist somewhere?</p>
<p> That was what i felt when my boyfriend died&#8230; the very moment i received the news.  It&#8217;s like he was just gone now&#8230; like his soul doesn&#8217;t exist anymore&#8230; like everything we&#8217;ve gone through just don&#8217;t matter anymore&#8230; then i developed a hate in God&#8230; but then that means that there is a God&#8230; i just hate Him now&#8230; then i remebered how much my boyfriend believed in God&#8230; how he prayed&#8230; and i now, I pray again&#8230; for his soul&#8230;</p>
<p>And yes, we should just enjoy life&#8230; it makes life worthwhile&#8230; and maybe be good to the people whom we will leave behind&#8230; make sure you let them know you love them.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr. Four</title>
		<link>http://atheology.com/2007/05/21/why-are-we-alive/comment-page-4/#comment-2148</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Four</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Success1999 Well you aren&#039;t alone. The first question you need to ask is whether there even is a purpose. And even then you won&#039;t come to an answer. I don&#039;t think it&#039;s important though, to know the purpose (even if there is one). Rejoice in your life, live every moment to the fullest, enjoy happiness, love, try to find the best in life and just don&#039;t let your inability to find the answers you seek stop you from living your life. Just enjoy your life. Be good, love other people and love yourself. Do what you feel is right.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@Success1999 Well you aren&#8217;t alone. The first question you need to ask is whether there even is a purpose. And even then you won&#8217;t come to an answer. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s important though, to know the purpose (even if there is one). Rejoice in your life, live every moment to the fullest, enjoy happiness, love, try to find the best in life and just don&#8217;t let your inability to find the answers you seek stop you from living your life. Just enjoy your life. Be good, love other people and love yourself. Do what you feel is right.</p>
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		<title>By: Success1999</title>
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		<dc:creator>Success1999</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Im 12 and i just started asking myself &quot;WHY AM I HERE&quot;?What is the purpose of life.what is the purpose of death love happines sadness.Just to Be.I know there is a god out there.What makes him or her wonderful is how misterious but true what most people say about that go.And just a side question are youall atheiset&#039;s(sorry for jacking up the spelling) Plz some one reply: )</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Im 12 and i just started asking myself &#8220;WHY AM I HERE&#8221;?What is the purpose of life.what is the purpose of death love happines sadness.Just to Be.I know there is a god out there.What makes him or her wonderful is how misterious but true what most people say about that go.And just a side question are youall atheiset&#8217;s(sorry for jacking up the spelling) Plz some one reply: )</p>
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