Requesting a silly thread....

[GOHOX69]

Talk to yourself like you'd talk to your best friend in the same situation. You're being way too harsh on yourself.


My response to the "Problem of Evil":


1.) Suffering is necessary for personal growth.


2.) Humans use their own free will to cause suffering. Think about atheists like Stalin, Hitler and Trump.


3.) All suffering in this life is finite. Eternity is infinite. God can make up for our sufferings with an eternity of bliss.


4.) God could have prevented tons of evil that we'll never know about.


Lastly, check out the free "Feeling Great" app. It's free AI chat and amazing.

Feeling Great App

Feeling Great is a mental wellness app that offers a revolutionary AI-powered chatbot and interactive learning program, which have been developed based on the groundbreaking work of David Burns, MD and his T.E.A.M. approach to cognitive behavioral therapy.

www.feelinggreat.com

You're a kind hearted person but I did not achieve the milestones in life that I wanted to. Sadly, one can't go back in time. So, I deal with life on a day to day basis. If it ends, I will be very very happy.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Silly thread back

 

[BrianNole777]

You're a kind hearted person but I did not achieve the milestones in life that I wanted to. Sadly, one can't go back in time. So, I deal with life on a day to day basis. If it ends, I will be very very happy.

Very few people achieve all the milestones they wanted to. I certainly haven't at age 41.

Appreciate what you have accomplished. Most people couldn't be scientists. They don't have your intellect.

I got a "D" in Astronomy 101.

Be a friend to yourself.

 

[GOHOX69]

Very few people achieve all the milestones they wanted to. I certainly haven't at age 41.

Appreciate what you have accomplished. Most people couldn't be scientists. They don't have your intellect.

I got a "D" in Astronomy 101.

Be a friend to yourself.

Indian families are very different and demanding. Most white folks wouldn't understand. Anyways, no need to dwell into the details but Asian cultures are very very different. Suicide is a honorable act in Japan.

 

[BrianNole777]

Indian families are very different and demanding. Most white folks wouldn't understand. Anyways, no need to dwell into the details but Asian cultures are very very different. Suicide is a honorable act in Japan.

I know Indians. I'm surrounded by them. My landlord of 10 years is from Jaipur.

My landlord's Indian son is a mortgage broker.

What would you tell him if he said he felt like a failure because he was "only" a mortgage broker?

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Very few people achieve all the milestones they wanted to. I certainly haven't at age 41.

Appreciate what you have accomplished. Most people couldn't be scientists. They don't have your intellect.

I got a "D" in Astronomy 101.

Be a friend to yourself.

I have accomplished more in 45 years....then I will never be able to reach again.

#lookingforanotherprofession

 

[GOHOX69]

I know Indians. I'm surrounded by them. My landlord of 10 years is from Jaipur.

My landlord's Indian son is a mortgage broker.

What would you tell him if he said he felt like a failure because he was "only" a mortgage broker?

It's pretty common to say that. Sounds bizarre right?

 

[BrianNole777]

It's pretty common to say that. Sounds bizarre right?

The point is you'd probably be compassionate to him.

You should treat yourself the same way.

 

[GOHOX69]

The point is you'd probably be compassionate to him.

You should treat yourself the same way.

Yes I am compassionate to everyone honestly. Everyone has their own problems.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

It's pretty common to say that. Sounds bizarre right?

I have some Indian friends, and then friends that I don't want to be associated with b/c of how hard ass they are about money and not carrying about their tenants. You could say that about every ethnicity. Greedy people are greedy people.

 

[GOHOX69]

I have some Indian friends, and then friends that I don't want to be associated with b/c of how hard ass they are about money and not carrying about their tenants. You could say that about every ethnicity. Greedy people are greedy people.

True and many Indians sadly are like that. I dissociate from them.

 

[BrianNole777]

Yes I am compassionate to everyone honestly. Everyone has their own problems.

Precisely.

Treat yourself the same way.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

True and many Indians sadly are like that. I dissociate from them.

They are money grubbing DRs in Ames. I tried/.

Tried to convince a settlement...NO

Would have so simple to reach an agreement.

Alas, people dont be stubborn

 

[Jerome Silberman]

I have trouble with the God thing looking at the suffering and inequity on this planet. I just try to help others through science but my life is largely a failure. I do like you and @BrianNole777 . For me everyday is a mental struggle. If my merrygoround stopped tomorrow, I would be happy.

Brother you need to get some help. Please let me know if there is anything I might be able to do

 

[GOHOX69]

Brother you need to get some help. Please let me know if there is anything I might be able to do

Thank you for your offer. Everyone has different internal standards. That's all.

 

[BrianNole777]

Thank you for your offer. Everyone has different internal standards. That's all.

You should apply your internal standards to yourself the way you would do to everyone else.

 

[GOHOX69]

You should apply your internal standards to yourself the way you would do everyone else.

I do. That's the whole issue. But anyways I'm a grown ass man so I'm still hanging in there.

 

[BrianNole777]

I do. That's the whole issue. But anyways I'm a grown ass man so I'm still hanging in there.

Try the "Feeling Great" app. It's super easy and free to use.

Feeling Great App

Feeling Great is a mental wellness app that offers a revolutionary AI-powered chatbot and interactive learning program, which have been developed based on the groundbreaking work of David Burns, MD and his T.E.A.M. approach to cognitive behavioral therapy.

www.feelinggreat.com

 

[GOHOX69]

Try the "Feeling Great" app. It's super easy and free to use.

Feeling Great App

Feeling Great is a mental wellness app that offers a revolutionary AI-powered chatbot and interactive learning program, which have been developed based on the groundbreaking work of David Burns, MD and his T.E.A.M. approach to cognitive behavioral therapy.

www.feelinggreat.com

Will do. Thank you.

 

[BrianNole777]

Will do. Thank you.

Great!

Let me know what you think.

 

[GOHOX69]

Great!

Let me know what you think.

Yup!

 

[chosen.one]

 

[DooBi]

We had to put our 14 year old kitty to sleep this week. Sorry that's not silly. It is difficult. I'm a cat person through and through.

 

[l.todd]

I’ve seen you like this before GOHOX. Not sure if this is a constant thing or you go through dips. Either way, from what I have seen and read on this board, you are clearly an admirable person who has achieved quite a bit, by almost anyone’s standards. As a coworker of mine said, who has been a successful orthopedic surgeon for 40 years, we’re not here to save the world, just to make it a little bit better. I am certain you have done that and more. I am also certain that there is more ahead of you that will give you joy. Hang in there.

 

[hawkirugged17]

Back to silly!

 

[CaboKP]

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[InsaneHawkJJP]