If nothing happens after we die, what's the point of it all?
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There is no point. This life is what you get. It's up to you to make something of it.
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What's the point? Nothing. Congrats.
Yet (...) people still manage to catch a glimpse of happiness. Why? Fuck if we know. Chemical shenanigans on living organisms.
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Life is the point, this one
Why do you need reward in a second life for the first one to matter?
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But you are here now, so live a good life and enjoy it while you can. Maybe try to help others do the same. This is all we get, so use it to the fullest.
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There is no inherent goal or point in life. You get to decide. You get to give your life meaning.
It can be hard. Sometimes, material conditions like poverty, working conditions or social pressure make it hard to find meaning.
Sometimes, you can loose the meaning, like when you loose a loved one.
A good society should help empower all people to give themselves meaning. Sadly this is not the direction many countries are taking nowadays.But despite everything: You are ultimately empowered to create meaning for yourself. Nobody can truly take that away from you.
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"Study" and "Islaam" doesn't mean what you think it means.
Anyone studying what islam is, or for that matter any other authoritarian religion is unlikely to "join" it.
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Pedophile marriages IIRC. So modern.
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How dare you! It's a super-awesome cult for weak men! Gives them a purpose and control over something at least. Also every cult needs docile and obedient masses that "study" and spread their shit. Like cancer, just with more steps.
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Wait, there is nothing after second life? What is the point of second life without third life to give it meaning? /s
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Yeah.
That's why you are so afraid of the spread of Islaam. -
So, you are just an ignorant idiot who forms opinions on things without studying it?
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Friedrich Nietzsche had a lot to say about this.
Suffering is part of what gives life meaning. If you don't know how hard it can get, you don't know how good it can get as well. And there's good suffering out there. Physical exercise, challenging yourself, testing your potential to see what you can actualize are all sufficient things to do in this life. You don't know what you can do until you try to do it.
Then you have to consider things like morality and knowledge.
We humans (and specifically old, white humans) tend to subject others to a certain kind of suffering through the patriarchy. That's not right. Every human should have a chance to live a good life in contrast to suffering. And the ethical pursuit of morality doesn't have to stop with our specific species of life. Humans also subject hundreds of other biological species to a life of slavery, torture, and death. It is a noble cause to bring freedom to those species, just as it is to bring freedom to Palestinians or Ukrainians or Hong Kongers. Their potential is limited by human made constructs which can just as easily be deconstructed.
Also, the universe is infinite (as far as we can tell). There are many machinations ongoing that cause certain events to happen. Why? Why was my local village destroyed by a rock flying in from space? Why is my town in Texas experiencing freezing temperatures when that's never occurred before? How long do I have to get to higher ground until the tsunami that earthquake caused reaches the coast? It's in our interest to learn about the natural world due to the hazards it brings to our lives, and which it could end prematurely. Humans are also curious. Why is our universe the way it is? Why can't we live in a 4D reality? Can we even grasp reality? How do I know something caused something else? How confident can we be in those judgements?
The human condition since The Enlightenment has meant we've shifted our epistemological focus away from us towards the greater world around us. If we no longer have an Almighty God which has all the answers and tells us what's good and ill, who does that now? We do!
God is dead. But morality, knowledge, and the good life of flourishing are not.
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The purpose of discipline is to live MORE fully. Not less. There's nothing noble about suffering.
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This. "It is a cheap generosity that promises the future as compensation for the present."
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There's no point in living, but make sure you take a couple of the bastards with you when you go down.
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Hey now, isn't your religion all peace and niceties?
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there is no point. simply try to enjoy it
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No; it's not all peace.
It's about truth and justice. -
Shows your ignorance.
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Plenty happens after you die. You're just not there for it.
