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David Handeye wrote: so you never worked for less than you thought you should have being paid? Lucky you

Of course I have, when I was younger. And no, not lucky me. I didnt accept the status quo as you have, and taught myself a skill that would employ me for a better living, and went out on my own. I took risk.

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Dalek Prime wrote: And who is worth only $10 an hour Bob?

I am. I guess you never were an employer. Sometimes I am forced to work for 10 € per hour, in other jobs I work for 40 € per hour, and I balance out. This is business, today.

I am an employer. Software.

Well, I like to win at poker, even if I have nothing riding on it. But in the end, is it meaningful?

Why do I keep playing your little ring-around-the-rosie game? Oh, I know, it must be because deep inside, I'm the world's No. 1 masochist! Well, to alleviate the pain that I apparently relish, I'll go over things again. If an employer has to pay an employee $20.00 per hour, he obviously will not hi...

Thanks Doc and RS. With so many opinions on it, I'm not so sure I can tease an average estimate out of it, even taking only orthodox views, and should probably drop it as unproductive. I appreciate both of you responding... Cheers.

I have no frickin clue what any of us is talking about. Do you? Really? Here I do, yes. If time is frozen, as you say, what then is so great about God's eternal kingdom, if that's all it is? Sitting there, unmoving? Anyways, relax. This was an offshoot of another thread, and it seems to be dying a ...

I think, even without the whole essay, you understand Zapffe well. But read it anyways, because he has his solution (which has nothing to do with ending his own life), but with not bringing others into this world. Something that Camus missed completely.

Speaking only for me: my atheism has nuthin' to do with the failings of any one religion, or with religion in general. My atheism is all about the (to me) apparent absence of a supranatural dimension to the world. That is: I see no evidence that god (or any supranatural being) exists. I see no evid...

It sounds more like one would be observing (observation being applicable, of course) something more akin to what I would imagine a heat death of the universe, Skip, than what Doc was saying, that Eternity encompasses all time at once. Yours sounds more like a stasis, one point in time, frozen. Pleas...

Yeah, the link was just a quick example. There seems to be a large number of opinions on the net, so I thought I'd ask here. You're time and effort is appreciated, RS. No rush. And thank you.

Well, having been unconscious, I will avail myself of what I recall from the experience; bugger all. 36 hours of it. I firmly believe that consciousness relates to life in our bodies, that the mind does not extend beyond our synapses, indeed are them. By extension, it does not relate to anything bey...

Bill Wiltrack wrote:.




Oh, I see now - That you will challenge this, philosophically.





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Yep, that's the one!

I'll have to look up Universalists. I don't know of them. I'm assuming that the "everyone" refers to the believers amongst them, and not truly everyone, yes? I think they mean "everyone", not just believers. So if that's true, you're safe. Well, that's a relief :lol: I'm trying ...

Am I correct in saying that there are Universalists in all religious branches, Doc? (Thanks, btw.)

I'll have to look up Universalists. I don't know of them. I'm assuming that the "everyone" refers to the believers amongst them, and not truly everyone, yes?

Update: Seems to be very different types of Universalists.