That is basically what I believe. I do think we have the ability to make our lives matter to the future.A need is hardly a reason if it is insatiable (at least at first)! It becomes an excuse because it is irrational and inconsistent.
This interpretation is understandable as you seem to believe there is no real reason why we existâŚ.
If there is no reason why we exist there is no reason why our lives matter:
Matthew 7:24-27
What does this have to do with the reasons why we exist? Are you saying you exist because of your own reasoning?
Short and sweet!I didnât create my power of reason.
Are the criminalâs beliefs as valid as everyone elseâs? If not why not?
Sorry the Catechism of the Catholic Church isnât the bible, nor does the Catechism of the Catholic Church supercede the scriptures. What is there that God has said is good, very good that God doesnât love in His creation, considering that we know that God is Love? Everything has itâs place and purpose in Godâs creation. Surly He loves His only begotten Son, His angles His earth His creatures and all other living things under the sun. What makes you so special? Cause you want to be?
So what you are saying is, you donât use what God has given you, like the ability to reason, correct? But you will use the Catechism of the Catholic Church, right?I didnât create my power of reason.
If you donât know there is such a thing as error, then it would be a waist of time to answer.
Sure it does. We have the chance to leave our world a little better for the next group. We are all here, may as well make the best of it.
D_Martin,
The trouble with leaving our world a little better for the next group is that there is a need to refrain from activities that are unavoidable. If we could have remained in the Garden of Eden without eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge, we would not have started this birth-eat-pollute-die cycle. Original Sin started the whole process. We cannot avoid pollution. We cannot avoid eating other living beings. If we could avoid these activities, the world would probably be better off.
You are assuming we can make things better but from a scientific point of view that is sheer nonsense: everything we think and do has physical causes beyond our control. We are helpless spectators incapable of making the slightest difference to the world, mere cogs in an immense machine!
Since this is a philosophy forum, we can say that your philosophy is holiness and the way to achieve that is to pray. Here is an excerpt from The Catholic Encyclopedia which treats holiness:
I have more hope for this little group called humanity. Science will help, but people generally want to help others and not dirty their own nest. I donât envision some utopia, and progress is usually messyâŚbut look how far we have come.
How does one avoid dirtying oneâs own nest?
You are correct. I emphasized prayer without mentioning that our actions and thoughts in all we do need to spring from our prayer. Yes, 24/7 is the goal!
I specified âfrom a scientific point of viewâ:
This is sheer nonsense because there is ample evidence we have changed the world for the worse. We have come far indeed but both uphill and downhill. We have diminished or eliminated some diseases and increased or created others! One of the reasons we exist is to choose to act positively and negatively. Our power transcends natural causes and demonstrates that materialism is unmistakably false.
Yes, we have come very far, and are very nearly capable of annihilating our species along with most others. We could never have done that until the advent of the atomic age. The only thing that holds us back is not science, but love of God and each other thrown in with some common sense.
Well, âweâ donât control the use of nuclear weaponsâgovernment officials do. The only thing holding them back is the possibility of retaliation or the loss of foreign trade.
