From: "Tal" <tal@ZAPTA.COM>
Subject: Re: [OT]:Sorry for the Rant


> Soul? Last time I checked I did not have any soul.

> You still need to show that the set of things one "cannot lose" is not
> empty. Otherwise, your point is meaningless.

Depends on how you define soul. We have our individual raison d'etre, that
which we love, desire and exist to bring about. And we, in turn, can be seen
as a manifestation of God/Nature's purpose. You can no less un-define your
reason for being here as you can un-define creation. How can you say our
existence is not the will or desire of nature?

> > >> What a sad commentary on a man's life.  I feel sorry for anybody
> > >> whose life is so caught up in temporal things such as singing rock
> > >> music.

We all have our choices, lessons and purpose in life. Insects desire to be
good insects. If nature gives songs for them to sing, or the desire to
excite and be excited in turn by an adoring mob of ravers, why should I
judge them, as long as they don't hurt me? They make people happy enough to
pay good money.

> > >Everything in life is temporal and eventually man looses everything he
has.

I hope so! I would hate to go to heaven as an insect, a dog or even a man. I
feel sorry for those fools that are paying to freeze their corpses, because
if they ever are revived, the advanced race of beings that will revive them
will make them seem as desirable in character and intelligence as dogs are
compared to us. Often it isn't the character of an individual cycle of
energy, but its scattering and change through a complex space that matters.

Scott

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