Thread: An Eassy Question

actually why not

Why?

Not a soul truly knows.

looks like a Zen koan to me!

why

Originally posted by LucidApple
looks like a Zen koan to me!

why

Oh, I've got one.

Little snail,
one horn long, one short,
what are you thinking?

-old Buddhist poem, maybe a type of koan. hell if I know.

I think I'd say

"Because it's human nature to want to know."

Why?

Of all the questions in the universe the greatest question bar none is the question
“Why?”
And here is your answer: To know as you are known, from the beginning of all that is, there were you.
Why?
Because, there are things in the multi-verse which you are apart, that you know not of.

Why?
Because you’re true nature is veiled by your fleshly mind, which will be removed when you mature.
Why?
Because walking through this life shows us our true selves, through trials.
Why?
Because the Creator desires for us to know Him in his fullness, and without trials, and hardships we would never grow beyond our present state of knowing.
Why?
You know why?

The Rev.

Originally posted by eyeofgames
actually why not

Thank you for the right answer

Constantly questioning everything gets you nowhere. Think of the solution, not the question. Although questioning things is essential to understand them; don't forget to answer your questioning.

I think it's interesting how deep most people view such a question when the question itself really has no meaning. I mean it's kind of difficult not to think on a deep level when presented with such a question, but i do find it interesting. I'd probably do exactly the same thing, and if i were faced with the question in a philosophy exam i'd be lost. I think i'd come up with something about acceptance rather than negation

Originally posted by bradybaker

My Dad had a buddy in college who had that question as a philosophy final. He wrote "why not?", got up and left. Got 100%. True story.

Perfect answer, and cool story!

"Why" presupposes 'will' -- a choice, volition. 'Why' always supposes a preference, or some decisive factor in guiding one's will in one direction instead of another.

But in a mechanistic universe or in any absolutely determined universe then we would not have "why" so much as 'how'. Pure Cause and Effect relationships are matters of how the dynamics are strung together. It is not 'why' one billiard ball strikes right and another strikes left, but only 'how'.

Those on the side of individual moral responsibility would encourage investigations into 'why', but secular materialists would only concentrate on the 'how' of demigraphics and economics.

and so on...

I had a cousin who was being screened for a Pentagon job, and the last question on the test was an essay question. "Why?" Everyone spent a lot of time writing out their answers, delving into philosophy and politics. My cousin answered simply "Because." He got the job. True story.

The simple answers:

Who? Him. (According to 9th grade English teacher, him/her is superflous)

What? That.

When? Then.

Where? There.

Why? Because.

OMGWTF? ROFLMAO.

Originally posted by Leo Volont
"Why" presupposes 'will' -- a choice, volition. 'Why' always supposes a preference, or some decisive factor in guiding one's will in one direction instead of another.

But in a mechanistic universe or in any absolutely determined universe then we would not have "why" so much as 'how'. Pure Cause and Effect relationships are matters of how the dynamics are strung together. It is not 'why' one billiard ball strikes right and another strikes left, but only 'how'.

Those on the side of individual moral responsibility would encourage investigations into 'why', but secular materialists would only concentrate on the 'how' of demigraphics and economics.

and so on...

Holy shit! Okay, I actually have to agree with Leo on this one.

As a determinist, albeit an atheistic one, I think the whole idea of "why" is based in a fundamental misconception: that there is such a thing as reason or purpose.

But if one accepts that the universe, and everything in it, is governed purely by cause and effect, and that there is no such thing as chance in the pure sense, then the very idea of "reason" or "purpose" behind events, other than strict causal relations, becimes obsolete.

Umm... nice one, Leo, and if I've understood you correctly, I totally agree.

I think micheal jackson looks human.

'-why?

lol get it?

Pourquoi?