Jimmy Magee
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I thinks the need for some sort of meaning or purpose to one's life is the thing...however, this does not incite me to believe any dogmatic nonsense. Just get used to it, I figures. Anyway, it only tends to be a problem when one has no more immediate or pressing needs. Having plenty of desirable long-term goals to aim at tends to quiet the voice asking what the point of it all is...I'm not sure if it's a good idea to deliberately quiet that voice, but it's better than blind faith I think. And anyway one can in the meantime casually try to figure out a better option, rather than just leaping blindly into the comforting arms of "there is a god/organising force" post haste.hag said:ok, let's kick it off then...
are the dreams and expectations you're fed as a child responsible for depression and lack of inspiration in later life? as in, when you find out all the stuff about love and lambs isn't actually true... and your brain has to deal with the fall-out... who is to blame? and can ultimate happiness only be reached through blind faith in something you know isn't true? but to shut your brain up, you just believe it anyway? well?