[MD] Value and the Individual

[ARLO J BENSINGER JR]

[Krimel]
I don't know about my cosmic purpose but like Steve Martin's character in "The
Jerk" I found my "special purpose" at an early age. About all I have to say
about that I said earlier to Ron, "Thank God for the internet!"

[Arlo]
As I mentioned to Ian recently, my favorite spin on this is the Despair.com
poster for "Mistakes": "It could be that the purpose of your life is only to
serve as a warning to others."

[Krimel]
I get confused a lot. If collectivists and nihilists are the same, were Jesus
and his disciples nihilists?

[Arlo]
I don't think the Boogeyman crowd gives this the thought you do. ;-) 

[Krimel]
Or couldn't the cosmos have a purpose but we have none?

[Arlo]
Right. Or maybe our only "purpose" is to decompose into fossil fuel for a
future, but yet non-existent, species.

[Krimel]
I want to know what good is a purpose if you have to have the special decoder
ring to figure it out?

[Arlo]
I asked my Magic 8 Ball what my purpose is, it said "mu".

[Krimel]
And Arlo, don't you think Ham ought to tell us his denomination? I find it odd
that he keeps ducking that one. I used to be a Presbyterian. I could still be
one if I could get up that early on weekends.

[Arlo]
Well, its certainly not Buddhist.