rI've listened to Roger, Trollax and even Tyler, and I'v ecome to oner conclusion: Everyone is right.
We are all part of the machine. We can't escape. the world ended two months ago. Everyone is wrong. Everyone is right. It doesn't matter that Joseph Smith read the book of Mormon off non-existant golden tablets hidden in a hat; he's right to. My Baptist grandmother who thinks I'm going to burn in hell is right. And I'm right too.
Because truth is beyond anything any human can know. Science, politics, religion, philosphy; they're all maps. Guides that take us through life, that make us each the person we are. It doesn't matter what map we follow. What matters is that the map we follow will get us someplace we want to be. If you want to life a comfortable life, with a bigt house, expensivve car, all those material things, you probaly should listen to me. Or Trollax. Especially not Roger. Because those maps will not get you there.
The most important thing in the world is knowing what you want. I want a life with minimal stress. To that end, I work an easy, low-level, minimal responsibilty job, and have alot of hobbies that I work on when I feel like it. I have fun here, and I play the silly games that Roger's always putting down, and I do it because its fun.
SO here's my homework for you this week: take a look at yourself, and the path you see yourself following. Are you happy with what you see? If the answer is "no", you should probably start looking at why. But, if the answer is "yes", don't let anyone tell you you're wasting your life. Your map matches your goals. And that is the only true path to happiness.
~Your local pervert, half asleep SMFabal
Truth is a whisper and only a choice
Nobody hears above this noise
~Goo Goo Dolls~
i don't believe in ABSOLUTE truth. i think it's relative.
Quote from: Slartibartfasti don't believe in ABSOLUTE truth. i think it's relative.
that's the idea... truth is a lie
I don't believe in absolute illusion. Illusion cannot exist without truth.
everyone is wrong. tehre is asbolute Truth, and it is mine! ALL MINE!
MUAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH!
Quote from: St. BlahzenI don't believe in absolute illusion. Illusion cannot exist without truth.
Oh there is truth...
but it's also a lie
wrap your brain around it...
Dig?
It might be illusory truth. If that is the case, It is contradicting its contradiction so that It is just true and falsely illusory.
Does that mean my invisible friend is real?
if you think he is
Quote from: eumaasDoes that mean my invisible friend is real?
Mine is real.....she told me so just yesterday.
there's always the chaos magick motto:
Nothing is true. everything is permitted!
Would you grant permission for somebody to kick you in the balls? Would you disbelieve that it happened after they did it?
no and no. would you?
If somebody kicked me in the balls, I'd make sure they knew I was real.
Ditto. All is true. Nothing is permitted. The guv will probly fine me for not getting permits for all my stuff, and throw me in jail for lying.
Well, let me tell you a story about The Truth. Imagine there's a large black room, completely pitch black like a tar pit, no light at all, and there's all sorts of people stumbling about in there. Now some people claim there must be a black cat in that room somewhere, and they call that cat The Truth. The room is filled with all kinds of small furry animals, and some of them seem to be cats, but it is too dark to see whether one of them is black - maybe they're all black, maybe there is not a single black cat at all, or maybe some are black and some aren't.
Despite of these facts, most people still believe that there is exactly one black cat - The Truth - and that it can be found, somehow. Now some people manage to get hold of one of those small furry creatures, and they claim that they have found the truth and gather followers around them. Some of those creatures aren't even cats, and only lunatics believe they are The Truth, but some creatures are cats, and they have lots of followers who all believe that their cat is the only black one, starting wars against the followers of other cats...
Quote from: eumaasIf somebody kicked me in the balls, I'd make sure they knew I was real.
Nah. You'd just try really hard to help them believe that they were being beaten up.
Quote from: Guido FinucciNah. You'd just try really hard to help them believe that they were being beaten up.
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, is still kicking the crap out of you.
Truth and the Traveler
(An Aesop Fable)
A WAYFARING MAN, traveling in the desert, met a woman standing
alone and terribly dejected. He inquired of her, "Who art thou?"
"My name is Truth," she replied. "And for what cause," he asked,
"have you left the city to dwell alone here in the wilderness?"
She made answer, "Because in former times, falsehood was with
few, but is now with all men."
Quote from: eumaasReality is that which, when you stop believing in it, is still kicking the crap out of you.
I'm gonna quote you on that. :)
Quote from: Guido FinucciQuote from: eumaasReality is that which, when you stop believing in it, is still kicking the crap out of you.
I'm gonna quote you on that. :)
eumaas' quote reminds me of this Philip K. Dick quote:
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Quote from: EvilPoetReality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Of course. It's just my adaptation of it. :)