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Darkstone
Immortal
Jan 22 2018, 6:34pm
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Why are we here?
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Well?
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Otaku-sempai
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Jan 22 2018, 8:17pm
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It's, you know, Life, the Universe, Everything.
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I blame it on the mice.
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Bracegirdle
Valinor
Jan 23 2018, 12:37am
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Because our mums & pops loved one another... duh /
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grammaboodawg
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Jan 23 2018, 2:00am
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I'm not here... I'm over there...
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And my purpose is to make sure there are fresh batteries in the remote.
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Starling
Half-elven
Jan 23 2018, 2:44am
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Because we're waiting for you, of course! //
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Kilidoescartwheels
Valinor
Jan 23 2018, 5:41pm
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I voted for more than one reason, and naturally I can't remember them all. I'd say to eat, drink and be merry would probably be my favorite reason for "being here," but honestly, I haven't the foggiest idea!
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Eldy
Tol Eressea
Jan 24 2018, 8:04am
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We get to make our own meaning //
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Lissuin
Valinor
Jan 24 2018, 8:34am
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To make everybody happy by posting really cute photos of our cats.
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Annael
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Jan 24 2018, 7:53pm
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I choose to believe this, which various mystics of various religions have all said much better than I can, but at greater length:
"we choose to be born so we can learn stuff that we can't learn on the other plane, like how to deal with our own suffering and that of others, which helps us not only grow our own souls, but in the long run contributes to the ongoing creation of the universe."
But I chose "to be excellent to each other" because that pretty much is what it boils down to.
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Attalus
Lorien
Jan 27 2018, 5:42pm
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Christians don't have to ask existential questions. We know why we are here: to love God as He loves us and to prepare us for the next life. 
EDIT: spelling and punctuation
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Ithilisa
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May 15 2018, 3:50am
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Sorry, really late in coming to this...
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but Darkstone this is the best thing I've read all day. Had me laughing and waxing philosophical at the same time. Loved it. Kudos many times over to you for creating this and kudos to those who responded. THANK YOU.
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MrCere
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Sep 9 2018, 7:42am
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If God created us and put us here to praise God, what does that say about God? Not much good IMHO.
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Otaku-sempai
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Sep 9 2018, 9:41am
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I can't quite decide if having been Pope of the Eastern Church of Tarim gives Cerebus more authority concerning this question, or less. Then again, the anthropomorphic aardvark has also literally met his own creator (Dave Sim) for whatever that's worth!
(This post was edited by Otaku-sempai on Sep 9 2018, 9:42am)
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CuriousG
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Sep 17 2018, 9:12pm
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Is there an answer key in the back of the book? Maybe we’ll find the answer there. C’mon, Darkstone, look it up.
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