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Why Are We Here

I often wondered Why am I me and not someone else I don't have an answer And the older I get The less interesting the question becomes Are we all random results of biology? Without purpose or meaning? As humans we ascribe meaning to things If this is all we are Life seems a cruel joke

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Tom Woody

Date: 8/8/2023 7:28:00 AM

If evolution was the truth life indeed would be a cruel joke. But we are a product of a benevolent Creator who wants to help us, if we'll just put our trust in him - 1 Peter 5:6,7 Bible.

Tom Woody
Date: 8/8/2023 8:40:00 AM

Yes, it does reflect the sad, confused view of many, ie, why do we suffer?

Ellen Mecca
Date: 8/8/2023 8:17:00 AM

I don't disagree, I am a believer, but I was writing for the purpose of a contest whose line of inquiry did not seem to believe in a creator, but that somehow souls are reincarnated and recycled. Whether I agree with that or not was not the question, but to show how futile that line of thinking is