dae (02/20/83)
I guess this is the place to ask: Just why are we here? (no joke--I'm truly interested in hearing any logical and/ or sensible replies.)
deg (02/22/83)
The answer I remember first to "Why are we here" is the first (?) question in the Heidelberg Catechism: Q: What is the chief end of Man? A: To glorify God and enjoy Him forever. A more fundamental question is "Why is there anything at all?", which I haven't seen discussed here. D. Good
karl (02/22/83)
RE: question: Why are we here? Answer: 42.
jss (02/23/83)
I read a pollyannish statement somewhere that said "We are all here to make the lives of others better." At the time that struck me as quite foolish and circular (then what are others here for? to have their lives made better by me?). But I was VERY young then (I WAS young once, no matter what people say), and now I can appreciate that the statement says that other people are here to make MY life (among others) better. And most of the time it works. Most people react positively to other people trying to make things a little easier. ThiThis does not REALLY attack the question of why we are here, I know. It merely says, here we are, this is what we can do about it. I admit that there are some very sticky problems in how to go about it. One person's ameliorizing is another person not minding hir own business. What we try to remember is: Life need not be a zero-sum game. judith !decvax!brunix!jss