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erronis

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9. A beautiful and thoughtful reply. Much to cogitate and enjoy.

Reply to NNadir (Reply #8)

Tue Nov 25, 2025, 07:21 PM

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I do really concur with your penultimate para:

I'm an atheist facing the end of his life; that we exist, that I exist, that the universe exists, strikes me as remarkable but wholly ineffable. I need no "why," only "is." It's a beautiful thing to have existed, or is and was in my case if not in every case, but I simply must accept that it seems to have occurred for reasons not subject to proof, and I'm sure it will go on.

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