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['No.6]

God exists and he's a sadist who endowed us with all the silly optimism and capacity for denial necessary to get out of bed for a lifetime of mornings and then lets us, and everyone and everything we love, die.

I've seen nothing of late which lends credence to the notion of a happy everything dude, and a wealth of things which convince me that the opposite is true.

Didja ever stop to think that we're not here to have a happy time but to learn and grow?

I agree about the learn and grow part, but happiness is what you make it.

[MoeAlfa]

I've done a lot of learning and growing and, all things considered, I'd rather be happy.

[Sol Rosenberg]

God exists and he's a sadist who endowed us with all the silly optimism and capacity for denial necessary to get out of bed for a lifetime of mornings and then lets us, and everyone and everything we love, die.

I've seen nothing of late which lends credence to the notion of a happy everything dude, and a wealth of things which convince me that the opposite is true.

Didja ever stop to think that we're not here to have a happy time but to learn and grow?

Absolutely, but it's hard to do that when cancer (or miscarriage, or whatevelr else) comes along and cancels ones efforts in that respect.

[kmccabe]

Not to get all airy, fairy - but those greatest adversities are what makes us strongest.

[Clove Hitch]

Anencephaly-- the birth of a baby missing major portions of its brain and cranium. Part of god's plan to make the little one's time on earth-- a few hours, typically-- the most experiential and challenging as possible.



You probably don't want to click on this link-->
http://en.wikipedia....iki/Anencephaly

[MoeAlfa]

Not to get all airy, fairy - but those greatest adversities are what makes us strongest.

Well, yeah, but they're still probably not worth it.

[kmccabe]

I clicked, its horrible. Nothing less. Who is it worse for though? The child? The parents who saw the potential for a meaningful life and how it was essentially robbed from a soul?

[craigiri]

Guilty as charged. We all have our moments. It is part of the human condition. However some ONLY talk about small things while others try to push beyond that with ideas and concepts.

Pretty damn simple concept here- maybe that's your problem?

I will repeat the OP concept for you. This shows what the regressive right in this country, including the candidate for VP, most on the house science committee and hundreds of others in OFFICE as GOP leaders want to steer us to.

Can you honestly disagree with that truth? The anti-choice coalition here is actually worse than in Ireland. They have Catholics pushing it - as we do here (the more fundamentalist catholics), but we can add to those the Nutz. I don't think they have Nutz in Ireland.

It's a valid point. I suspect your anger is tied to that you know it is.

[Sol Rosenberg]