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Old 12-09-2008, 10:30 PM   #45 (permalink)
FelixP
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I agree. Unfortunately, I'm too neurotic too just sit around and 'be' unless I'm on something, and that's not really an option because I plan on enlisting in the USMC as soon as I get my run times down. I'm somewhat of a believer in compatabilist determinism. I believe that while we can do what we want, and therefore shape our own existence to a degree, the outcome-our fate if you will-is the same regardless. It's like in the Iliad when Diomedes (my own personal hero) says to Agamemnon (speaking of Achilles): "Let him go or let him stay-the gods will make sure that he will fight." As for legacy, you will be dead, so what's the point? I guess if you believe in an afterlife, perhaps you will be able to bear witness to your legacy from beyond the grave, but not necessarily. And even then, what could you possibly gain from it? Pride? Happiness? Emotions are temporary, and even the permanent ones are mere dellusions of our creation. I often times have relatives tell me their worried about me getting killed in action, but I believe that if I die in some faraway land, then that's the fate that's been handed to me. I do believe in the omniscience of God. As such, if God knows everything, then he know what's going to happen in the future. If he knows what's going to happen in the future, then it must have been predetermined. I know I've been rambling, and I apologize for doing so, so I'll leave it at that.
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