tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post5307622909200664319..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: The Ultimate In NihilismFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-53426742971938213252017-10-25T18:16:30.042-04:002017-10-25T18:16:30.042-04:00Thanks Fran, I was thinking the second part of you...Thanks Fran, I was thinking the second part of your explanation was what you meant. That is the way I view life. The first part is also very relevant from a more quantitative view. Microhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17680833486976737379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-42296147588320985162017-10-25T17:41:48.265-04:002017-10-25T17:41:48.265-04:00Well, Michael, to understand the necessity of deat...Well, Michael, to understand the necessity of death, one must understand the needs of the living. The living must feed. If there were no death, only organisms that consume inorganic matter and reproduce by fission could exist -- and they would rapidly exhaust their habitat. The mathematics of reproduction without death is inescapable and tragic.<br /><br />But alongside that, human death gives human life meaning. If life were unending, never to be terminated by any event, what meaning would any segment of it have for us? Eventually it would become a torment -- and a good God would not do that to us.Francis W. Porrettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-64827854342907282412017-10-24T18:31:33.715-04:002017-10-24T18:31:33.715-04:00Hi Fran,
Another insightful blog post.
But one t...Hi Fran,<br /><br />Another insightful blog post.<br /><br />But one thing you said has me wondering what you mean:<br /><br /> If there were no death, life would be impossible.<br /><br />I can interpret that according to my beliefs and faith, but what do you mean by that?<br /><br />ThanksMicrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17680833486976737379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-59040641416633194362017-10-24T17:41:17.151-04:002017-10-24T17:41:17.151-04:00I often wonder why people who profess to believe s...I often wonder why people who profess to believe such things are still hanging around professing their despair instead moving off this mortal coil. Either they are not truly sincere or they are cowards, maybe both. Perhaps they find some sort of perverse enjoyment in their misery. I don't know...DN3https://www.blogger.com/profile/04716010929278480083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-38646175492203694472017-10-24T17:32:41.290-04:002017-10-24T17:32:41.290-04:00OMG, with that one paragraph, you brought back to ...OMG, with that one paragraph, you brought back to mind one of the most cheerful popular songs I ever heard: "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along."<br /><br />When I penned <a href="http://pascalfervor.blogspot.com/2017/10/put-down-resentful-stay-happy.html" rel="nofollow">Put down the Resentful; Be happy</a> 3 weeks ago it was shortly after I had recognized that a lot of writers and thinkers on the Right (you included with a link) had caught on that what drives the [scratch]Left [insert]Sinister most bonkers is that anyone anywhere might be happy whilst they are not!<br /><br />So I wrote that piece as an advisory that the best way put down those misanthropes was to be as openly happy as possible even when faced with difficulties. And humming "Well I'm just a kid again doing what I did again singin' a song" is the best way to spit in their eyes. <br /><br />Cheers!Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.com