right now, you "believe" something. you don't know 100% if it's true or not, but you defend your beliefs anyway. what would you give to " know " ? or do you really want to know? socrates said that if he knows anything, it's that he " knows " nothing. what would you give to know? or is ignorance truly bliss?
2007-05-12 19:59:31 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
nick,
do you think you are the only seeker who has done some acid? i think all your life you have found what you were looking for, nothing, congrats
2007-05-12 20:53:16 · update #1
I know all that I need to, that love is the only thing in this life worth anything. That it has unlimited supply, that the demand is great. I know that God and his Agape love (unconditional love) provide to me the ability to know all I need. That I have the unlimited supply that everyone else withholds. I know that regardless of reciprocity, heartbreak, rejection, and abuse...my love is limitless. That is the world I live in, God's world of love.
There is no price I would pay for any knowledge, as I know what is right and good...that is all that is necessary to know in my world.
2007-05-13 11:43:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I like the ignorance is bliss doctrine. Currently, I have many opinions and possible beliefs, but they're not set in stone. I am always questioning these ideas and forming new opinions. Keeping an open mind is important. Some may look at it as being indecisive, but if 2 answers seem equally possible, what would flipping a coin and picking one accomplish? I wouldn't give anything to "know" which answers are the right ones, that would negate my purpose of learning new things and deciding on my own. Reminds me of those people who buy a new video game and immediately look up cheats and walkthroughs on the internet before ever playing the game. The joy of life should be the experience itself, not racing to the finish line and being proclaimed the winner.
2007-05-13 03:20:19 · answer #2 · answered by Dethklok 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An eye is traditional...
And ".. ignorance is bliss..." comes at the end of a well constructed thought in a poem by Thomas Gray. (URL)
At least once I've absolutely "known" something and been utterly mistaken, so I now even doubt if grounds for absolute certainty exist, while noting that confidence in having achieved it certainly exists, for some.
Abandoning absolutes doesn't mean total relativism. I lost most of my friends by holding to what I believe to be true even though it was unacceptable to them.
Friendship or perceived truth? A painful contest, but the result wasn't really in doubt.
2007-05-13 03:24:01 · answer #3 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
$3. It's the price of a hit of LSD. Once you do it, you do know. Too bad Socrates wasn't around now. It would blow his mind and half of his doubt out of the water.
Christians react particularly well. It's amazing to see the look in their eyes as they're coming down full of the certainty of all their beliefs.
2007-05-13 03:47:39 · answer #4 · answered by Nick V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I accept my beliefs as they are. I couldn't care one way or another if they were right or wrong. I stick up for them because when they come under fire, then so do I.
If I could KNOW for certain if I was right or wrong, but first I had to give something, I would give a piece of gum. I really couldn't care less. I only wish that people stop saying to me that I am possessed, I need to be saved or My way is right, yours is wrong and you Will...
2007-05-13 03:15:05 · answer #5 · answered by snakestersnake 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
for some things, i always get that itch about wanting to kno the answer or explanation to something. but, i would be okay with not ever knowing my grade in history because sometimes i am afraid of the unknown that probably isnt want i want to know. if it is a bad grade, i would become sick and angry for a long time so i'd rather not kno that it was bad so that i could still pretend it was a good grade and dwell in life joys.
tho i would like very much to kno why my sister proceeds to enter my room unannounced
2007-05-13 03:21:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I want to see my mother as she was before she passed or as she is again. And I want to see my baby (being happy).
If I could see them all the time and see how they are doing, what would I give up?..... Hmmmm If they don't exist any more, then I would give up myself. But if my mother is watching my baby for me and telling her I love her, then I would be willing to give up much, much more, including myself and who I am now. Just to keep seeing them.... But I give up a lot for Christ already....
because of what I do believe in....
But I still have questions....
So I want to know about life after death and what's going on.
2007-05-13 03:22:13 · answer #7 · answered by deva s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I gave up my ego, caused strife in my family whom I love much, gave up hope of seeing loved ones in heaven, gave up my best friend and my entire belief system for the truth.
I think that was a lot. But yeah, it was worth it.
Atheism isn't an easy path, especially in the current cultural climate in my country - but living a truthful life is worth it.
2007-05-13 03:03:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Knowledge is the end of thinking. I prefer open-ended thinking, and so I rarely am happy to know something definitively. Also, claim to complete knowledge must almost always be arrogant.
2007-05-13 03:01:52 · answer #9 · answered by Dharma Nature 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Socrates was a cool dude.
2007-05-13 03:03:31 · answer #10 · answered by MyPreshus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋