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| The price for living is so high. There are the nessecities, such as food and water. Then there are the basic pleasures such as shelter, clothes, social status and basic education. Finally there are the higher pleasures including television, rights, higher education, air conditioning and modern transport. Each of these, from the nessecities to the highest of pleasures, cost time, money and effort of some kind. It might not be your own, but someone has to pay the price for everything you have while you bear to them debt.
Why do you live? You consume resources and others' time while you give waste, your achievements and your own time in return. But while all this is happening, most don't attribute anything long lasting in their whole lives. They grow up in a no-name town in the middle of no where and die after living their full life with the people around them who do the same thing. What is gained through this?
Why do I live? I've passed high school and am in college. The few things of which I can say I've accomplished is what I've learned through my short life so far and the few friends that have stayed near me. But how is that MY accomplishment? Learning things is something everyone does and most anyone can learn what I've learned easily enough. And what can I say of my friends? I've tricked them into staying with me long enough to force themselves to spend time with me for whatever I can give them in return? No, I have no idea why they have stayed. I supposed because I'm funny to them, or that they can dump whatever they want on me and I endure it without phasing. Heh... or maybe they actually do love me, who knows but them and God, anyway. Which reminds me, I've given up trying to question God, haven't I? Nothing I could think up before could ever prove him wrong. I even once almost killed myself trying to prove him wrong. Good times... good times. Hmm... seven major memories which I can never seem to erase... oh well, they'll fade with age.
Back to the question... why do I live? Ignoring everything that happened when I was not under control of anything, I guess because I want to stay with my friends longer... and to eventually find a girl that will have a family with me. Only tried twice with that, cant say I havent made mistakes to drive each away in their own special cases, but oh well. I'll learn eventually, hopefully there's enough girls out there that I'll like to learn from ^^; ...why do I live? For those I love, who love me and those that will someday in the future.
All that from a wordless song. gotta love OCRemix ^^
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| ... I havent written in this in so long, that I forgot which password I gave it. And since when is the log in thing at the top o.o ehh oh well. I still love this music; I dont think that'll ever change. this thing sure has though *pokes buttons*
Anyway.... its like 4 am and I'm bored. Oh yeah... its been that long. I'm into an online game called maplestory. Well... was addicted and now play rarely, but I'll play more once summer comes. If anyone that actually still checks this once and a while wants to play with meh, go ahead and leave your ign 
though I doubt anyone that would read this still wants to talk to me... hmm, I need to tell my friends what this site is -_- either that or remake the ones from before. Neh, whatever happens, happens. Ok... time for bed. Night/morning
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| Whistling down the interstate going' thirty in a sixty mile per hour road eating that chocolate bought three hours ago at that gas station connected to the McDonald's that had that guy that showed half a peace sign cause he saw a car almost crash behind who was too busy singing along with the radio to look up from the seat next to him where that kid from the Ring sat staring at the giant donut hanging from the roof that almost fell onto the car behind him and make him crash into the gas pumps causing an explosion that would be blamed for the killing of the guy that crashed into the person that was being given half a peace sign to by the guy that saw the whole thing unfold. When all is said and done, the author still couldn't decide whether to add that talking cat to the goldenrod stone street which led to the terrible peasant belonging to the zoo.
None of the following are meant to be rhetorical, they are meant for you to consider and come up with an answer of your own to help shape your belief even if you have one or not. Remember, atheism is a religion (though this isn't made with atheists in mind).
Who decides the religion they belong to based on what sort of seating they have at their gatherings? Why should the color of the carpet beneath your feet be any different? Does the church have a specialized group of singers or does the whole congregation sing out their hearts? Is there singing at all? Having a band for worship but no singer at all such a bad thing? Is eternal life out of the reach of those who ignore one small detail such as clothing? Some can't afford such luxuries, are their souls condemned because of their economical placement and those in the position to give being too lazy? Are animals exempt from salvation? Will Fluffy make it to the afterlife? Can you tell children lies to make them happy? Is there such thing as a little white lie? Are all lies bad? What's the boarder of right and wrong? Are homosexuals going to go to hell, if there's such a place? Is killing a man the same as stabbing him in the foot in the eyes of God? How many gods are there, anyway? Must you assume a specific position to commune with The Almighty? Does God perceive, think, know, understand, believe, hope, ...? Is God uncertain of things? Does He know all? Is God immortal? Which is the greatest of all commandments? If we fail, should we try a different way, keep trying the same way, or give up? Do we have to earn salvation? Is religion hereditary? Are there ways to redeem past sins? What is a sin? Where is God? What is a soul, and does it even exist? Can souls get lost? Is there a system to the afterlife? If one were to learn something from a sermon among people that they should be applying that new lesson to in everyday life, are they to feel to not abruptly change lest the others were to figure out they actually learned from a sermon? How valuable are the people around you? What would you give for them? What should someone give for God? What would they give for you? Would it matter if it were the opposite to you? What should be the motivation for fasting? Does God call us to spread the Gospel, or should we focus on our own salvation? What came first, the chicken or the demons' egg? Did God create the Earth? Did He merely mold it to His whim? Did He just stumble upon us and proclaim Himself the Creator? Did God intend for evolution to exist? Does evolution even exist? Did God make talking monkeys that had a fancy for enlightening apples? Did language as we know it start at the Tower of Babble and before it was just monkey talk? Does any of that matter? Can ground be holy? Does having hiccups count as being thirsty? Is Jesus the Son of God? Is He the Messiah? Was he only a great teacher that convinced many into following him? Is there any specific religion that is ultimately correct? If so, are the rest condemned to the fate of the rest of the world? Should we avoid conflict in spite of ourselves? Should we be swayed by a two hour long lecture? What is the accepted value of knowledge before a belief is to be taken seriously? Can one proof that there is no proof of God? Is there proof of God? Is it ever ok to question your faith? ... ... ... Who do you pray to? How do you know you are talking to Him, and not yourself? Does He talk back? Should He talk back? How can He talk back? How much sin can you have before it's too much? Can we live in sin? (not to be bias to Christianity, but) God said, there is no temptation that we cannot beat, yet people sin all the time, why? Is playing a video game a sin? Is there a certain amount of time you can give to entertainment or work without it being a sin?
Now, as many of you know, I love to answer questions. I always had all the answers as long as I had a question before me. The one thing that always bothered me, though, is that I never could come up with a lot of questions, so whenever I tried to just relax and answer the great eternal questions of life I never could think of any. My teachers also expected me to come up with questions and situations that craved for a solution. I always failed at those assignments. If you haven't noticed, I figured out how to break this thought process, or lack there of. Ironically though, it came from me asking myself how to ask questions. ... *sigh* I hate how my mind works sometimes. The problem is, I can't remember the answer to that question, I just can ask questions now. I guess it's to me like jeopardy is for everyone else, flip the situation upside down and see it from a different perspective. Anyway, if you actually took the time to read and/xor answered all those questions, I first have to say that most of those are mine, but the ones after the three ellipses (... those things) were inspired or given to me by friends after my asking for them. Ok... so its from only one friend, but I asked a bunch of friends. Mi phrenz doen lyk 2 thingk. I also hope that the questions helped more than hurt. Personally, I believe if you can't question a belief without giving it up, then it's not worth it in the first place. Oh, and as I said earlier, I love to answer questions, so ask away even if I don't know you ...if you read this far you deserve it anyway. And all will see how great is our God. ...our God is. Stupid old english grammar.
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(from this pointeth forth, it is to be of this one's sound minded opinions of which that flow... or something like that)
(all argumentative quotes were taken from this thread.)
Quote: "If they love, shouldn't that also be free will? I'd hate to think those that love me, just love me b/c God wants them to."
God created us all for a purpose whether unique to even the most specific of groups or as a conglomeration of many others with the same purpose. Each has a specific function to be carried out, which will be carried out even though God also created free will. Let's say Bob has the function of coming to comfort Gil in his time of need. Well, if free will didn't exist, Bob would be the only one designed to do that at that time and he would, whether he felt like it or not. Since free will does exist, if Bob doesn't feel particulary moved by Gil's situation, and doesn't comfort him, there is always John to do it and so on until finally, someone comforts Gil when God wanted him to be comforted, and because they wanted to too, not just cause God said so. At least one person is accounted for each of God's wishes. Some have the purpose of being examples for the believers to preach about to nonbelievers of what not to be like. Some have been completely blinded from the truth and will not see no matter what, only God knows who those are though so believers will continue looking like fools trying to convert them until the end.
Quote: "There are too many choices. Let's say you
choose a "Higher Power" to follow, there are many religions following
that same "Higher Power." One says you can't dance, drink, and that
Rock n Roll is the Devil's music. Another say you can't use birth
control, but you can dance, drink, and music is cool. Religion: Too
many groups of people trying to define "God." I'll stick to nature."
Don't let others' opinions get in your way of God, even if it's that there are too many opinions so it seems way too overused and redundant.
Quote: "I also have a problem with the whole
"worshiping Him" thing. Okay, He created the world, much Human worship
Him every sunday for ever? How big of an ego does He have? "Yep, I'm
the dude, I'm great, I created you, I sent MY son to die for you (how
bad is that?), so you should wake up early every Sunday and be bored
while some guy talks about me and begs for money so the church can have
new tennis courts and marble floors." yeah, Okay."
It's not that He told us to wake up every sunday because of his giant ego or anything, it's that we should want to worship him. I mean, worshipping is fun in my opinion, but there is a point to the sermons as well. I mean come on, haven't you ever heard of self improvement? Books, videos, telemarketing like crazy... people have always yearned to improve themselves. What do you think war is for? Improving the opinions of a large body of people through an extremely inhumane manner. ...plus killing is fun. I mean...
cough... ok, now for those that answer the question, "why do you think there is no God?" with, "why should I?" ... sigh... You should because there is a lot believed to be at stake if you are wrong. Plus you should at least think about it because there are so many people that really care about this topic, on one side or the other.
People really need to research the opposing view before they argue
against it. I know I'm a hypocrite on this matter but please, if
you're gonna argue against me, at least try and understand what I
said that prompted your ignorant babble.
We could go on forever like this. Someone is wrong... let us just hope that we don't kill ourselves before we figure out who. ~one of Abraham's sons 
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| He buries his face into the soft, white fur carpet and begins nuzzling it gently. After a while of slipping in and out of sleep, he begins alternating between cleaning the fur on his foreleg and nibbling on it, scratching an itch. Turning toward a table nearby, he sniffs the air briefly before staring off into the darkness of the abandoned room before him.
ehh... I'm trying to get back into the mood of writing but it's just not working! ...and my dog has nothing too interesting about him to write about besides that... he sure is cute though -_- hmm... I wonder when I need to wake up tomorrow...? ehh, maybe I should go check that out... *goes and checks that out* umm... nine huh? ahh whatever. Anyone can wake up at nine.
Lalalalala, stuck an elephant in my fridge and now it's stuck in there and my butter tastes funny. Since when do my reminiscent memories have commercials? -Excel Saga
oh yeah... did I forget to mention that I just watched the whole series in one fell swoop? ...well I did, and it's confirmed; meye brayne hertz... O_o hehehe... well off to bed, love and peace everybody
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| mmm... smells like cinnamon. welp, I started cleaning my room today after going over to nova to get some id card thing and it's looking pretty good. I separated the rest of the school stuff of the fifteen years they've been giving me paper to lose in my room into the trash and the stuff I neatly packed into this drawer I used to have a bunch of pokemon stuff in. I also got my Chick-fil-a calendar up on my closet door. This month is a free large lemonade with purchase of any sandwich  anybody like lemonade and chicken sandwiches just call me and we'll go. I've gone OCD on my room now, sadly. It sometimes comes up when I get really annoyed at something and start working on it and usually leaves after the task at hand is finished... completely. There's so much dust in my room! I never noticed before... well, except that time I went to sleep with one sheet on and woke up with two.
Anyway, the reason why I started cleaning in the first place was because before I did I was sitting on my bed whenever I worked on my laptop which sat on my chair and, well, recently, I've become more and more like a normal person, so I decided 'hey, I should be sitting on the chair and should get a table or something for my laptop to sit on' ...so now I sit on the chair and it sits upon a stack of manga to keep the bottom of it cool while it sits on a rolling stack of plastic shelves. My next project is gonna be to put the clothes in the drawer instead of in cubby holes hung throughout my closet. Oh, if anyone cares, Recon now rests upon the fridge with a coke bottle magnet. They're happy together but I think she's been opening other bottles.. there's a bottle opener on her. Poor Recon... someday else I guess. (for those who don't know, Recon is a magnetic owl stuffed animal thing)
ehh... well, due to cleaning my room and the temporary OCDness involved in it, I shall post this early and reset the time stamp in the morning after adding whatever I feel like then. So whatever is after these next two simi-sentences is from tomorrow sometime. Goodnight all. Love and Peace.
I did this so I won't be awake at midnight every single day... I need to get into a mode where I'm awake in the morning. Well anyway, I'm gonna cut the grass today if it doesn't rain before I feel like cutting it. hahaha... Minnesota is "The Gopher State". umm... right. uhh, cleaning my room out more, organizing school stuff, and cutting the grass (eventually). Don't forget your baby stuffed animals that make weird noises that freak out my dog. And replace your turnips every two and a quarter days! | | |
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