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[albinomonk]

I had so much fun this last weekend....I spent the weekend in Minneapolis with Miranda...we had alot of fun...we had a sweet time hanging out with Ryan and Mel, and Tanner and Jason.....Tanner and Ryan are very good at playing darts....I better brush up on my dart skills before I go back...so that I don't get beat so bad again...Miranda absolutly

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[albinomonk]

Do you mean to book, or the acctual belief in existentialism? Well as far as the book, I absolutely love Jean Paul-Sarte, if you ever get a chance to read his collection of short stories, entitled The Wall, I highly recommend it, he is very skilled at telling stories that are thick with irony. As far as the belief, in a way it does make sense, when it comes to the part about how we are truely resposible for ourselves, and the choices we make. When it comes to existentialism, there can be no scapegoats or excuses, we are completely resposible for our actions. It wipes out the idea that there can be outside influences that persuade us to take one course of action or another, for no matter what course we take, we still made the choice to take it, regardless if there was some form of persuasion at work, it all boils down to the fact that we are in control of ourlives and we are responible for it. I do belief this, to an extent. But there ofcourse are flaws in the belief of existentialism as well, such as I can see how this belief can cause some to began to think of themselves as a god, and in fact his own god, and he listens to no one but himself. This would inturn cause someone to no longer belief in a god, but he would belief in only himself, causing this to be a very self-centered belief. Also, I do believe that there are things that attempt to and can in fact persuade us to take a potentially harmful course in our live, I mean, Satan does this all the time, but also, the fact that we took the course of action is also a choice we made and that we would be resposible for. Fortunatly Jehovah is an understanding and merciful God who realizes we are weak and imperfect. So I guess with existentialism, there are things that I do believe involving it, and things that I don't...I am not to sure if that was a real answer to your question or not.

[albinomonk]

Sorry, I realized later that there was a few times I wrote 'belief' when I meant to write 'believe'.

[pinksparklz]

I agree with you. I like Objectavism as well, but again, you are your own god and lead a selfish existence, if you take it completely to heart. I like being responsable for my own actions and I like living as it is my life, in many ways....but not to an extreme, not to where I am stumbling or completely selfish or no longer recognize the need for Jehovah in my life. After all, we have dedicated our lives to him. I like living for Jehovah because it is something I want to do, it is not simply out of duty. I like that our true motivation is love, one greater than for ourselves. I think that is more freeing than existentialism or objectavism.

So............you answered my question. Its been real. :~D