What do you think.. is "Lifes Biggest Question..??"

[God's servant]

Can God create a rock big enough that even he can't lift it?

[owl]

As I said before, everything that you mentioned are just excuse, or it would even be that the sentiments of those directly involved in the war were sincerely rendered.

 

Although you said it before, I didn't see why one should believe that those things are just excuses. That is, I didn't see what the evidence for that is. It seems to require a pretty extensive conspiracy theory, as well as a questioning of the sincerity of millions of people who purport to care about religious and ideological issues. In my own life, I know of many people who care deeply about religious and ideological issues (from your posts, it sounds like you might even be one of them!), so I find it hard to believe that those issues have no role in determining how societies behave.

 

You should have noticed by now how media puppetry during the OIL blessings war ... blaring WMD's turned out to be non existent and very false indeed

 

This actually is a good example of where I find your hypothesis implausible. It is widely assumed that, because oil is found in Iraq, and Bush went to war there, it must be that he went to war to grab the oil. But in fact, oil prices predictably skyrocketed as a result of the war, so it's hard to see how the war could have been intended to make oil more available. If one just wanted to get some oil, it would have been simple enough to remove the sanctions on Iraq. It's not as though Iraq was refusing to sell us oil, so we had to invade. Rather, the U.S. was refusing to let Iraq sell oil (as much as they wanted to), and the war seems to have made oil even more expensive.

 

Even setting that aside, it's hard to believe that the news media was actively engaged in trying to promote the war. What would be the mechanism for that--did the Bush administration send people to all the reporters at all the major news organizations and offer them bribes to report that there were WMD's in Iraq? And every single reporter accepted the bribe, and no one reported it?

 

In contrast, the following account does not require any conspiracies: News reporters who weren't actually in Iraq doing some very hardcore and dangerous kinds of research (like infiltrating the Iraqi government) had no way of knowing what the actual situation was: they didn't know whether there were WMD's or not. Their best (perhaps only) source of information was the government. So, they reported the information that the government provided. That is, they reported, truthfully, that the government has said there are WMD's in Iraq.

 

I had it googled, did initial browsing and it seemed comprehensively discussing extensive parts in history so I posted it. however the essence of the topic that profiteering was involved is in there and surely on other websites too. Perhaps you may also use some search engines and definitely find approprate results that would suit your preference. I used the tags: civil war, international bankers

 

There is a well-documented phenomenon in the psychological literature known as "confirmation bias". This is a tendency that people have to search only for information supporting a hypothesis, and not for information disconfirming it. This is an extremely widespread tendency. It sounds as if that might be occurring here, that is, that you might be looking only for confirmatory evidence and not for falsifying evidence.

[jungjedi]

were there intelligent dinasours with big brains.did they drive around in cars too?

edited to say.i really wanted to ask.if dogs could talk.what would they say?

[Taraxanoid]

It is not a question of why. It is a question of "Why not?"

[PetsTheCatfish]

I'd have to say "What is the point of life" which then I would answer with a) survival of the species and B) the advancement of the human race. Of course I also overly-simplified this to what is the point of a single bee within a colony? And beyond survival of the species and advancing the colony I couldn't think of anything. Yeah, someone set me straight. I mean you can be happy in the meantime and enjoy yourself but when your 28,000 days on earth(77ish years) are done what is the meaning/impact of it all? Assuming there isn't an afterlife, but I also have issues with that.

[owl]

I'd have to say "What is the point of life" which then I would answer with a) survival of the species and B) the advancement of the human race.

 

What about the survival or welfare of other species?

[rocket art]

There is a well-documented phenomenon in the psychological literature known as "confirmation bias". This is a tendency that people have to search only for information supporting a hypothesis, and not for information disconfirming it. This is an extremely widespread tendency. It sounds as if that might be occurring here, that is, that you might be looking only for confirmatory evidence and not for falsifying evidence.

 

Frankly, I noticed these exchange of views had seemed to be going in circles and didn't really get what I wanted to point out. But just for the sake, I felt compelled to reply to get this over with. The "confirmation bias" that you referred to is preciesly the point I wanted to tell you. The force that had been manipulating the events are doing exactly what you show concern about, and I am exposing them on it. The issue that you wanted to pat is not on my side, but on theirs.

[firecracker]

Dear Buffy,

INFINITE NOW had indicated that "it's the concept of now. . ." how it ties into the mental spaces we call past and future. 'Now' can never be actually identified. The movement of experience from past to future/future to past has infinite resolution. We are given the benefit of witnessing and experiencing that movement with finite cadence across the dimensions of spacetime without the ability to actually identify a spacetime location-instant called 'now'. Imagine the proud father standing with his nose pressed against the glass of the infant care center in the maternity ward pointing his finger at the newborn baby in one of the cribs: "That's my son! Looks just like me, don't you think?" Is he looking into the past at the son he thought would be an all pro quarterback, or is he looking at the drug addict who rips purses out of the hands of little old ladies, bashing them to the ground as he runs away.

 

Aside from that, my most important, thus biggest, question in life is "Do we get to reincarnate to be given the opportunity to do it over and do it the other way; leave the world in better shape than it was when I got here; "You only get one shot through life, so you need to grab all the gusto you can" that you see in the beer commercials would have no meaning. I'm writing some articles on this subject and I may post some of them if there's any interest.

[PetsTheCatfish]

What about the survival or welfare of other species?

 

That would be included in the survival of the human species in my mind. Since we need a very delicate environment to survive and part of that is all the other species.

[HappytheStripper]

I'd have to say "What is the point of life"

 

I would say the point of life is the same as death ..

 

Life is evolution .. a cycle .. its the questions in between that are of interest to me..

 

Ashley

[hallenrm]

To me the biggest question in Life is

 

"Why do we have to suffer unhappiness, at any point of our life?"

 

Any answers?:shrug:

[HappytheStripper]

Here are 7 of lifes biggest and most asked questions.. its so fascinating it reminds me of the 7 wonders of the world..

 

Will we ever have a theory of everything?

 

What is Life?

 

What is consciousness?

 

What happens after you die?

 

What is reality and why?

 

Do we have free will and what is free will?

 

Is the universe deterministic?

[LaurieAG]

Hello Happy,

 

Life is evolution .. a cycle .. its the questions in between that are of interest to me..

 

It's interesting to see how the evolutionary life/death cycle, when viewed from the self perspective of the individual living and dying, appears like a 'big bang'.

 

And we're not quite certain of what happens in the beginning/before or at the end/after, from the point of the self anyway.

[InfiniteNow]

To me the biggest question in Life is

 

"Why do we have to suffer unhappiness, at any point of our life?"

 

Any answers?:)

 

Because without it, we would have nothing by which to define happiness. It is the depth of our sadness which defines both the scope and character of the happiness we experience. If one were always happy, it would lose it's meaning and significance.

 

 

Granted, this thread was supposed to be about questions, not answers, but what the hell. :(

[PetsTheCatfish]

What is consciousness?

 

The ability of self-awareness. Which would be the ability to perceive your own existence.

[Queso]

The ability of self-awareness. Which would be the ability to perceive your own existence.

 

Nah...

 

Self awareness occurs after consciousness has evolved to the next level.

 

The fungi are conscious, they speak pheromonely, though they are unaware of what they are.

 

Visualise consciousness as this vast network of information sharing.

Growing. Evolving.

[firecracker]

hallenrm,

I was about to give a big narrative,but Infinite Now says it all!

firecracker:)