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| 648.1 | We are here to tend the garden | HAMAN::GROSS | Wanted: inane comment to fill this slot | Tue Feb 21 1989 09:45 | 8 |
| > I'm curious of how/whether Judaism (or any religion for that matter)
> assesses the purposes and goals of our existence.
Genesis, in the story of Adam and Eve there is a little line that is almost
a "throw away". It says that G-d created Adam and Eve and put them in Eden
to "tend the garden".
Dave
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| 648.2 | | DECALP::SHRAGER | Nous avons chang� tout cel� | Tue Feb 21 1989 09:49 | 9 |
| Wow! This note could set the world record of replies.
I'm sure you are serious, but based on the title of
your note, have you ever seen the Monty Python film
with the same title? It's definitely _one_ answer.
My own personal opinion: I think the purpose of the
carbon-based life forms is to create and maintain the
silicon-based until a time that they are self-sufficient
and we are no longer necessary :-)...
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| 648.3 | Rambam's view (maybe) | VAXWRK::ZAITCHIK | VAXworkers of the World Unite! | Thu Feb 23 1989 07:54 | 9 |
| The Rambam (Maimonides) in his book Moreh Nvuchim (Guide for the
Perplexed) seems to say that the ultimate perfection and goal for
humans is to "know" God and by that very knowing attain a state
of being in which they intuitively practise perfect charity, justice,
and self-fulfillment (all 3, between which he is careful to distinguish).
If you want to get the gist of his view just read the last few chapters
of the work. (Isn't that an awful thing to say about a book as
complex and intricate as the Moreh?!?!� Please no flames anyone!)
-Zaitch
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| 648.4 | Water on the Brain | WAV12::STEINHART | | Thu May 25 1989 22:32 | 7 |
| We are here because of a conspiracy of water (H20). Water invented
land-based animals to transport water onto the dry land. Now water
has human beings in order to transport water into outer space and
to other planets. Pretty clever element, eh?
Personally, I beleive we are here to be "kiddusha" - to be holy,
or like HaShem. And that is open to volumes of interpretation.
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