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Originally posted by Lebell
Ah, the Eternal question.
I was thinking of answering in very Douglas Adam's sort of way and saying something like, without the question, the answer is meaningless, but I didn't find that personally satisfying.
So, instead if you are asking me my own personal "why?" then I will tell you that I think that the Creator desires the freely given love of other beings (much like we ourselves do). And free we are, to choose to be with God (heaven) or without God (hell).
Of course, "why?" is such a personal question that everyone has to come to their own answer for it.
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Thank you, for not answering it Douglas Adam's style. It is a very personal question, and your answer was very interesting... and close to what i felt about this a few years ago.
(btw, my personal answer to the question is why not?... Its sadly the most satisfying answer that i can come up with).
Heres my next question - Determinism vs Chance.
Are you comfortable with the idea of determinism, and how can one reject it, if nothing is random?
Nothing being random... at first you may reject this notion, but i ask you to give me an example of something that is random. (The uncertainty principle for electrons doesnt really count, from what i remember, all that is saying is that we don't know where electrons are at any given time).
I believe that chance is what makes the universe tick, or so to speak, but recently a friend asked me to tell him something that was random, and this has really gotten my stumped.