Religion

rug

(82,333 posts) Tue Jan 24, 2017, 08:57 PM Jan 2017

"Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal."

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"Life has no meaning the moment you lose the illusion of being eternal." (Original Post) rug Jan 2017 OP

Wrong. Be here now. uppityperson Jan 2017 #1

I take it you like broccoli. rug Jan 2017 #2

Purple on Thursdays uppityperson Jan 2017 #3

I had never heard of such a thing. rug Jan 2017 #4

The Universe seems to have some kind of structure Bretton Garcia Jan 2017 #5

Beethoven lives! Cartoonist Jan 2017 #6

Well, all I can say is that gif is one of the funniest things I've seen. rug Jan 2017 #7

Tell Dr. Flicker! Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #8

Brooklyn is not expanding! rug Jan 2017 #9

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

1. Wrong. Be here now.

Reply to rug (Original post)

Tue Jan 24, 2017, 09:03 PM

Jan 2017

rug

(82,333 posts)

2. I take it you like broccoli.

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 24, 2017, 09:04 PM

Jan 2017

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

3. Purple on Thursdays

Reply to rug (Reply #2)

Tue Jan 24, 2017, 09:05 PM

Jan 2017

rug

(82,333 posts)

4. I had never heard of such a thing.

Reply to uppityperson (Reply #3)

Tue Jan 24, 2017, 09:13 PM

Jan 2017

Bretton Garcia

(970 posts)

5. The Universe seems to have some kind of structure

Reply to rug (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:12 AM

Jan 2017

And some kind of future. And it lives on after us.

Some people find some consolation in that.

Cartoonist

(7,314 posts)

6. Beethoven lives!

Reply to rug (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 04:40 PM

Jan 2017

No illusion. Unlike religion and all the visions of the virgin.

rug

(82,333 posts)

7. Well, all I can say is that gif is one of the funniest things I've seen.

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 06:55 PM

Jan 2017

I thought the Sartre quote made it funnier but, there you go.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)

8. Tell Dr. Flicker!

Reply to rug (Original post)

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 07:20 PM

Jan 2017

The universe will eventually have no structure due to entropy.

Well, it's possible it will "lay an egg" to create a new universe.

Sean Carroll explains after the 50-minute mark here:

rug

(82,333 posts)

9. Brooklyn is not expanding!

Reply to Buckeye_Democrat (Reply #8)

Wed Jan 25, 2017, 07:30 PM

Jan 2017

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