Life is a cycle. Nothing more. People would have you think there is a grand plan and that life is complicated, when its not. In alot of manners we are just giant ants. Think about it, we get up, we eat, we shower, we go to work and slave for a goverment, come home, do something to our entertain ourselfs, go to bed and repeat the next day. The only actual purpose is to make babies --and I don\'t mind that perverted. I mean that in a sense, our only true purpose is to have intercourse and keep the human race going on, until something kills it off. Not very complicated is it? Nope. But, if you think its complicated, it gives life this sense of purpose. Once you realize that life is simple and repetitive it no longer seems to have an actual purpose.
What happens when you die? Who knows. Some say there is a God and heaven, and you go there or go to Hell depending on your actions. I don\'t believe this. We are just more evoled animals, so do animals go to heaven? And why would we as a culture believe we have the true religion or God(s)? The Romans, Greeks and other cultures all had their own belief system and own God(s). It would be extremely naive of us to believe that we found the one true God(s) to worship. Wouldn\'t it? Or maybe when we die, that is all. We cease to exist and nothing more. Maybe there was nothing after it. If not, you won\'t be very dissapointed now will you?
Or maybe we are like a butterfly and have phases. Maybe what we consider "death" is just a change over to another parrel universe that intertwines with this one (ala Ghosts or spirit beings). I am open to any theory other then Heaven and Hell, as I find no compelling reason to believe in such "stories".
If we used 100 percent of our brain it is untelling what we could do. We could finally find a way to travel all through space and what not. Maybe we would be telepathic, who knows? Maybe we\'ll see one day, though I doubt we do in our life time. With clone research going higher and higher, and some countries even predicting to see the first clone within the next 5 years, it is possible for scientist to make a clone extremely intelligent. Is that a good thing though? Who knows, but did you know that most serial killers have an above average IQ? Maybe man, in his current form cannot handle his full "talent". What is the chance of increased violence? And why do we really need clones? Do you want a clone of yourself? I don\'t. But, the goverment could make massive clones of one "person" and use it for the army, that way there is no "loss" to the country. But is this right? If someone is cloned, and the clone has emotions, which it would, are they a human? Or just a copy of a human? Is it okay to kill a clone or send a clone out into battle?
Another interesting if not disturbing point is, once you die no one cares. Well, sort of. Look at it like this, once you die and the people who knew you directly die, you are forgotten. Sure, your great-grandchildren may hear stories of you, but they won\'t know or your even tell their kids of you more and likely, so you are forever forgotten. It is like you never even existed. The only way you can be remembered forever is if you do something drastic. Something that makes it into the history books. Otherwise, your life, in 200 hundreds from now or even 150 will have been pointless. This is a sad but true fact. In todays age, we look at our cultural heritage or what not and think of the great people who changed it. But, we only see the famous ones. We don\'t see or read about the smaller guys who risked their lives for the country or some grand idea. They are simply forgotten, even though they was equally as important.
God..I see God as a few things. One, he/she/it is something for people to latch onto. People with questions and need the idea that there is some great scheme of things. It gives them that. Some people need it. I also see God has a manifesto of human urges. What I mean by this is, if you take God and his "premise" it is nothing more then a powerful human. One who can create and destroy at will. God was pissed off and created a flood--something a human would do. God and the Devil had a bet about swaying Job\'s faith, and God let the Devil killed Job\'s wife, children, livestock and even strike Job with horrible boils, just to prove a point--the egotistical side of God. Are humans egotistical? Very. The bible has a simple moral outline to it also. Don\'t kill, steal, lie, and what not. The basic ideas, that we as humans should already know. It seems to be nothing more then a book to give general direction. And if God is perfection, and he spoke to imperfect humans to write it--how do we know they wrote it right? And do we think that if the bible is really the words of God, how could we understand it? He would be beyond our understanding. And all of the bible, including the foretelling of the future is left up to interpations. It is never direct, instead it is vague and lets you interpet it in any way you wish. Which means, it could all get strung out of context extremely quickly. And if Judas was predicted to betray Christ, was Judas really guilty of anything? God has preset his destiny even before he ever existed. He was created to basically destroy Christ, for Christ could wipe the world clean of its sins. So, what was Judas really guilty of? Nothing. All he did was play out the part God had predicted long before he even knew Christ. Or even existed. And if there is a Heaven does it really matter if you pray? I mean, convicted serial killers pray all the time before they get executed, and it is said they go to heaven. So, in retrospect, that means they can kill all they want as long as they repent before their death. Seems unfair, to me. There is alot of "gape holes" in the bible that baffles me. Like God having all the first born children killed by an Angel? Why? What was the grand scheme behind killing innocent babies? Other then God wanted to show his power. And if God is so powerful, why couldn\'t he find a non-violent way to show his power? See\'ing that he made the rule man should never kill.
In short, it is extremely disturbing to think for a second, that once you die there is nothing else. All the pain you went through was for nothing. All the great memories of your first kiss, your children, your parents is gone. It never really mattered. And that in all reality, life was simple. You maybe had a kid, worked and helped the goverment via taxes or whatever, and that was the only purpose. You done that, you died and you was forgotten.
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