...and all our hopes lie in an insane species? That does not sound like something worth celibrating.
Some people are ok with the possibility and say: "So what, just live your life and enjoy it!"
This is perhaps the most disgusting sentence I have ever heard in my life. When I hear this sentence I immediately envision a bunch of rich wigs eating grapes and laughing in that snortly arrogant laugh while the fragile, poor souls of the world are hidden a thousand feet underground where noone can see them and they are slowly crushed by a giant wheel.
I find that kind of banal happiness physically revulsive and cannot understand how this can be the center of peoples' lives.
No number of mortal geniuses can bring justice to the world, it's clearly going to take some kind of Messiah. If there is none, how am I supposed to celibrate the death of all hope? The death of our children? The death of the future world? Why should I want to?
2007-04-03 09:25:15 · 12 answers · asked by Zeek 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm not sure if this makes any sense to you. Hopefully it does.
2007-04-03 09:25:46 · update #1
So much assumption. You obviously don't understand where I'm coming from. Sigh...
2007-04-03 09:33:25 · update #2
Clearly I need a better analogy or a whole book of analogies....now I understand why people write literature!
2007-04-03 09:35:15 · update #3
the answer is not so simple as one might think, there are opponents to the answer. but, this worked for me. I started to search in earnest when I was much younger first I tried to read the scripture without help. To help me to understand the whole thing. well that wasn't a good thing. I understood some, but not the parts I wanted to understand. I went to different churches to sit in on their services. some I found offensive, others not so. until I found one that works for me. At some time in your life like now you begin to question all things like this. but, here isn't the answer. If you are able seek through the religions and learn their histories, you might be suprised at what you learn. This is a novel writing question, there are more answers than I can type here.
2007-04-03 10:14:49 · answer #1 · answered by inquiringmindswannaknow 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
- I am happy, and not because I believe the world will find justice, or that I believe in any way my children will live for ever. They won't. They may even die unjustly. Yet I am happy, giddy some times.
-I find life delightful, fulfilling, and rich. I have all this without faith. For that matter I do it without much money ether. I would probably be one of those underground if you Metropolis metaphor was to be applied to the real world.
-I have hope. It isn't for any kind of perfection. I know we can make the lives of those around us better. I know that there is love to be found, made, and tenderly cared for. I know I can give all of myself to my children, and they can pass this along as well, and know happiness as I have.
2007-04-03 16:51:23 · answer #2 · answered by Herodotus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Living life & enjoying it isn't just about some "rich wigs" eating grapes & laughing arrogantly as you said.
Life can be fulfilling even without any religion. You can help your fellow man..... volunteer to help out charities, donate blood, help those who are less fortunate. MAKE A DIFFERENCE in someone's life. Most churches preach about helping, but nobody actually does anything. The world is filled with amazing things to do & see. Don't shut yourself out & close yourself off just because your Jesus never existed. This view you have of the world is an awfully narrow & closed-minded one. Typical of someone who depends on a religion to tell them how to enjoy their lives.
Open your mind & see beyond what you think of this world & make more out of your life. There is more to enjoy in life than you think, and you don't need Jesus or any gods to show you that.
2007-04-03 16:31:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm glad you asked this question. Don't be sad you're not alone. After Jesus died and resurrected and ascended, His Disciple, John wondered the same thing and grieved about it but Jesus appeared to him again and brought Him comfort. The disciple John wrote about it in "The Apocryphon of John", which can be read at www.gnosis.org.
2007-04-03 16:39:16 · answer #4 · answered by Lifted by God's grace 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"What am I to do..? "
Strut and fret your hour upon the stage, as Shakespeare had it? (Macbeth)
Some can't even face the *possibility* that it IS as bright, and empty, as that.
For some, the future is what you work towards, because that's the world you are going to pass on to your children. Some expand that to a broader society. Either way: a relay runner, who has to run his lap and pass the baton on.
"To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high."
See "In Flanders Fields..."
2007-04-03 16:45:58 · answer #5 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think you just have to go with what feels right in your heart. if you have so many doubts, mabye you should explore some other beliefs. There are lots of ways to enjoy a spiritual excistence outside of religion.
2007-04-03 16:32:59 · answer #6 · answered by kitmandoo22 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, there is a messiah, and that is Jesus. Stop doubting and believe. Get all of the "what if's" out of your mind. He is coming soon.
2007-04-03 16:29:17 · answer #7 · answered by Light Bringer 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
crumple up into a moist wad of gum on the floor, which is what some christians do when they realize their cult is only a myth.
2007-04-03 16:28:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
HOPE maketh not ashamed.
2007-04-03 17:08:57 · answer #9 · answered by Israel-1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry, Zeke.
I truly am.
2007-04-03 16:36:54 · answer #10 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋