Metaphysics and SL - Our place in the Metaverse

Props.

Please remove yourself and your comments from these forums Amaranthim. As I keep telling you, you are much too nice and reasonable to be posting here.

Pep (Mean enough)

Isn't it that the *lack* of clothes looks better?

Pep (Wiccan Barbie? Comes with no clothes at all)

Is there room for god and religion in the "enlightened" future?

Being serious for a minute (yes, I know, it is unlikely but not impossible) I think that what SL has to offer more than anything is diversity - not just of "physical" content but of metaphysical content.

Personally I think "organised religion" is an oxymoron, believing that it is impossible to communicate accurately in words or actions what you believe in your heart and mind, but I acknowledge the existence of personal "religions" which "corporate" religions accommodate for all sorts of good and bad reasons.

Accordingly, I consider that for SL's continued existence and development it is *essential* that a tolerant attitude needs to be taken to allowing participants to believe whatever they want - "religious" or otherwise - as long as they do not attempt to enforce those beliefs on others; this is usually pretty simple to achieve in a world where it is possible for individuals or the authorities to mute or ban those who cross the line between informing and annoying.

Handily enough, such a liberal attitude will also obviously accord with LL's commercial desire to attract as many participants as possible, permitting the creation of myriads of sub-communities which should be findable by those who want to join, assuming search is working of course.

As an example, I personally absolutely hate the philosophies of Gor, but I find it very easy to ignore them.

Pep (I find it much more difficult to ignore those annoying b****y LOLCATS)

I love you too, Pep you delightfully annoying creature
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So far it seems to be pretty well split between believers and non- believers- but we do a) have yet a small number responding and b) a very small microcosm of SL Residents that even participate in the forums.

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And the Goths have cooler clothes than the Wiccans- we can all be gloriously Sky-clad should we choose to be.

Whenever someone says this, or I think it myself, I'm reminded of a quote from somewhere..."The human mind is not capable of imagining its own non-existence", or something to that effect.

And, if death really is a final end, then it all seems so pointless. Why have intelligence at all, or for that matter, a universe for it to marvel at?

I don't know what comes afterwards, but I'm pretty sure there must be something. Like Desmond's ants, I'm probably not capable of conceiving what it is.

well we have to still exist because we are ran by energy.
it never dies it just moves to something else..
it transforms.

Not true actually.

Pep (Ever hear of entropy?)

Not the same energy.

Who says there has to be a point?

Which energy would that be then?

Pep (the scientifically unprovable kind?)

1 user agreed.

If there is no point, then why not just end it all now?

Pointless can be fun.

Although I agree in a sense that IF aperson has decided they have come to the end of their existance, for whatever reason, they should be allowed to check themselves out of Hotel Life quickly and peacefully, if they desire.

when a black hole starts to suck up the earth it won't matter what we believe anyways lol
and i'm curious ..do they truly destroy energy or use it to become bigger?

They get bigger, like Soji after too many Meteor Malts.

If we were roomies we would either get along famously or kill each other inside of a week- it amazes me constantly how many things you say I find I concur with - except for your dislike of cheese- i must have cheese.

Because SL would die.

All we would be doing is removing life support. It appears to have been brain dead for some time now.

nods

But to be pointless for very long ranks us as little more than naked apes with little more than eating and mating as our goals. Ameobas being tossed to and fro in a cesspool. That much pointlessness and we might as well be congressmen.

I have no issue with other's enjoyment of cheese, so there's no problem there.

Take a look out there. Then tell me you haven't just made my point for me.

I have noticed that I am superior to most people, so maybe they are pointless.

What exactly is wrong with mating and eating in no particular order? These are fine goals- when done properly this most basic thing can be raised to poetic heights ah- a goal in itself.