Posted by SLS on September 11, 2013, at 6:42:10
In reply to Re: L'Shanah Tovah! » SLS, posted by sigismund on September 11, 2013, at 0:51:21
> >as I am of never having lived.
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> Well yes, but I am getting too old to worry about that too.
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> It occurred to me that the bit of Ecclesiastes I posted is one pole in the book, and 'choose life' (which is, I think, where that comes from) is the conclusion of the argument.
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> Which suggests to me that positivity must be grounded in something that includes negativity. So to speak.Interesting thought. It makes sense.
Some Eastern religions/philosophies don't believe in the delineation between good and bad. Things are neither good nor bad - they just are. This doesn't leave much room for evil. That doesn't mean that there aren't heinous deeds perpetrated by men upon men.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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