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Old 09-01-2004, 08:35 PM   #9
Oblivion437
Baaz Draconian
 

Join Date: June 17, 2002
Location: NY
Age: 38
Posts: 723
I'll make a few points about being 'alone' as it were, at least as it relates to me:

It's comfortable for certain reasons. A certainty we're alone says we're not about to be subject to random-fire from God-knows-what from God-knows-where, at any time. This is our space, and we can roam it or do stuff in it as we wish, without fear of stumbling upon something we weren't supposed to.

The problem is, it makes the universe incredibly cold. It's a prison as much as anything else if you're a solipsist. Never mind that to ingenuously arrive at such a conclusion one must be so morally bankrupt as to have lost all perspective and objectivity.

There's not much point in living, save what you choose to give it.

However, there are certain rational precepts which force this view upon us:

1. No positive proof of the contrary

2. No moral code is universal

3. No ultimate retribution

4. Bad guys can win

These things are very painful to arrive at if you don't believe in God, like me, but it's a pain you have to overcome...
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