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"Oh, I think you do --- because you deliberately cut out the part where I explained it to you here: "

Please don't get angry. I'm sorry. I didn't "deliberately cut out" anything. I just didn't see any relevance (which is exactly what I said. Quote: "I do not understand your point.") It's just a stupid web board discussion, don't get your blood pressure up.

"You said you had no beliefs and no god.
Then you said that happiness is your god at this moment. ~ "

I never said that happiness was my "god" at this moment. In fact I said the opposite, as you quite clearly show above. You went through some Chewbacca Defense to assert that my happiness is my "god", and I quite clearly explained:

'Does pursuing my happiness in life really mean that I have "beliefs"? I would say no, but it's a nice topic for discussion. '

See, that's the part where I deny that my pursuit of happiness is the same as my "god". Since you bring up this topic, let me explain why:

For any "god", one is forced to accept a mythology, a story (or history) that has mystical elements in it. Whether it be Mercury's magic shoes, or Moses's splitting of the sea, or Christ's miracle healings, or whatever. Some people believe we're in The Matrix. I do not subscribe to such mysticism.

Instead, I believe what I see. I try to look at the world as a Scientist first. I don't go for mumbo jumbo hocus pocus crap - when extraordinary claims are made, extraordinary proof is required.

But I know when I am happy. Do I need to "believe" that I am happy, so that I know what direction to take my life in? I don't think so - I can feel with my senses quite clearly when I am happy. I don't think there's anything mystical, magical, or hocus-pocus about enjoying certain parts of life.

In short, I don't "believe" that happiness is my "god", because I don't believe happiness is a god. It's just an emotion, there's nothing about it that requires faith.

"These two statements contradict each other. "

Perhaps now you understand why I don't see a contradiction?

FreeRepublicLoginName: "..I didn't "deliberately cut out" anything. ..I never said that happiness was my "god" at this moment. ..In short, I don't "believe" that happiness is my "god", because I don't believe happiness is a god. ..?"

Regardless of what you "never said", and regardless of whether you don't want to believe it, one of the DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS of god is: something or someone of supreme value -- something or someone that functions as an ultimate concern in a person's life.

You have PLAINLY identified your own personal HAPPINESS to be of supreme value to you -- the thing that functions as your ultimate concern -- the thing you prize, and value most highly at this stage of your life. It is your purpose in life:

Your words: "... my "ultimate goal", my "purpose" is .. to be happy. My purpose in life is to be happy".

This fulfills one of the dictionary definitons of a "god".

In light of all your lame, incoherent "chewbacca defenses", you might want to consider changing your screen name to "Chewbacca".

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