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  • cabinetman
    Gone but not Forgotten RIP
    • Jun 2006
    • 15216
    • So. Florida
    • Delta
    #1

    What is...

    Before you click off in a huff, read the rules to this question.

    What is the purpose of life?

    I watched the movie that Ed put up and tried to get a question in, but the movie ended. You may see this question as one that pertains to your own life or life in general. This is not to wander off into religious land, or seeking quotes from any Bibles, or views from dead philosophers. It's just a simple question as you see life and why you are here, and if there is a (purpose) per se, at all.



    "I'M NEVER WRONG - BUT I'M NOT ALWAYS RIGHT"
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    • Russianwolf
      Veteran Member
      • Jan 2004
      • 3152
      • Martinsburg, WV, USA.
      • One of them there Toy saws
      #2
      Carpe Diem
      Mike
      Lakota's Dad

      If at first you don't succeed, deny you were trying in the first place.

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        • dlminehart
          Veteran Member
          • Jul 2003
          • 1829
          • San Jose, CA, USA.
          #3
          Easier to see a purpose for death: makes room for more of the living!
          - David

          “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” -- Oscar Wilde

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            • TB Roye
              Veteran Member
              • Jan 2004
              • 2969
              • Sacramento, CA, USA.
              • BT3100
              #4
              That reminds me of the final exam in one of my college Psychology classes. The question was. "Who am I, where am I going and Why?" Had 2 hours to write it. I got a "B-" on it. With a note saying great BS job (creative writing). funny thing is I managed to accomplish a lot of what I wrote. Didn't plan it, just the way things worked. As to Why? Never questioned why.

              Tom
              Last edited by TB Roye; 12-14-2006, 06:43 PM.

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                • Ed62
                  The Full Monte
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 6021
                  • NW Indiana
                  • BT3K
                  #5
                  Without giving it too much serious thought, I was put here to make sure my species lived on. We had 5 boys and 4 girls.

                  Ed
                  Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

                  For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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                    • TheRic
                      Veteran Member
                      • Jun 2004
                      • 1912
                      • West Central Ohio
                      • bt3100
                      #6
                      Get the most tools?!

                      The one with the most tools wins!
                      Ric

                      Plan for the worst, hope for the best!

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                        • cabinetman
                          Gone but not Forgotten RIP
                          • Jun 2006
                          • 15216
                          • So. Florida
                          • Delta
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Ed62
                          Without giving it too much serious thought, I was put here to make sure my species lived on. We had 5 boys and 4 girls.

                          Ed
                          You need to get a TV.



                          "I'M NEVER WRONG - BUT I'M NOT ALWAYS RIGHT"

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                            • Ed62
                              The Full Monte
                              • Oct 2006
                              • 6021
                              • NW Indiana
                              • BT3K
                              #8
                              I have one now.

                              Ed
                              Do you know about kickback? Ray has a good writeup here... https://www.sawdustzone.org/articles...mare-explained

                              For a kickback demonstration video http://www.metacafe.com/watch/910584...demonstration/

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                                • Greg in Maryland
                                  Established Member
                                  • Nov 2006
                                  • 250
                                  • Montgomery Village, Maryland
                                  • BT3100
                                  #9
                                  What is the purpose of [my] life?

                                  To teach my wife patience.

                                  I have been at it for quite awhile, but I have far to go. Fortunately, I am very patient.

                                  Greg

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                                    • Pappy
                                      The Full Monte
                                      • Dec 2002
                                      • 10490
                                      • San Marcos, TX, USA.
                                      • BT3000 (x2)
                                      #10
                                      To find out how many clamps will fit on a 10x7 wall!
                                      Don, aka Pappy,

                                      Wise men talk because they have something to say,
                                      Fools because they have to say something.
                                      Plato

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                                        • JSCOOK
                                          Senior Member
                                          • Sep 2006
                                          • 774
                                          • Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
                                          • Ryobi BT3100-1
                                          #11
                                          Well I know that answer to the "purpose" of some people I know:

                                          "Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn". by C.S. Lewis

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                                            • jwaterdawg
                                              Senior Member
                                              • Aug 2005
                                              • 656
                                              • Washington, NC USA
                                              • JET
                                              #12
                                              I can't answer this without injecting my personal (spiritual) beliefs. I imagine there may be others among us who feel similarly.
                                              Don't be stupid, the universe is watching.

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                                                • JSCOOK
                                                  Senior Member
                                                  • Sep 2006
                                                  • 774
                                                  • Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
                                                  • Ryobi BT3100-1
                                                  #13
                                                  Yep ... so I injected humour instead

                                                  Originally posted by jwaterdawg
                                                  I can't answer this without injecting my personal (spiritual) beliefs. I imagine there may be others among us who feel similarly.
                                                  "Experience: that most brutal of teachers. But you learn, my God do you learn". by C.S. Lewis

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                                                    • jerrye
                                                      Forum Newbie
                                                      • Dec 2004
                                                      • 88
                                                      • Raleigh, NC, USA.
                                                      • BT3000
                                                      #14
                                                      Originally posted by jwaterdawg
                                                      I can't answer this without injecting my personal (spiritual) beliefs. I imagine there may be others among us who feel similarly.
                                                      Count me in this group. Though I believe sometimes (as does LOML) that JSCOOK had me in mind with that post!
                                                      Jerry

                                                      When you think you've built it idiot-proof, they build a better idiot...

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                                                        • Cike
                                                          Forum Newbie
                                                          • Oct 2006
                                                          • 38
                                                          #15
                                                          80+ (hopefully) years of school.

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