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Isn't all of existence suffering?
Even joy is temporary, leaving suffering in its wake.
Life inevitably leads to death, grief, and sorrow.
Do you not think it is possible to contact that which is outside of our existence?
I mean "our" existence. It is the only one accessible to us. Even if you accept an after life, that existence is separate and requires your destruction in this existence.The term "existence" presumably refers to all of existence, not just to "our" existence.
If you mean "our" existence, what is it that you are referring to? Do you mean the physical universe? Or what?
And what other existence do you think is outside of that?
eudaimonia,
Mark
Thanks for participatingUnless I am the only thing in existence, I don't believe it's within my ability to definitively state what the meaning to all existence is. Furthermore, I don't desire to.
Isn't that kinda selfish?
To whom?Why is existence a prerequisite for meaning? What if non-existence is what is meaningful?
Isn't everyone in search of that which brings permanent joy?No. Suffering is temporary, leaving joy in its wake. How negative. While joy might not be inevitable, life certainly encompasses this no less.
eudaimonia,
Mark
In a sense, the 2d world would be in contact with the 3d world, in terms that they understand (slices).I don't know if it is possible, but I very much doubt it. And even if we can and do contact something or some being we would be limited in our ability to objectively prove it.
Consider Flat World. A 2 dimensional being would have a hard time comprehending 3d. Within their handing and ability to prove things the 3rd dimension is unprovable, though less than conclusive evidence could be derived. I could pass a sphere through Flat World and it would be a growing then shrinking circle. How would they know if it is a circle or interaction with anything beyond? They can't.
As I understand it, life conditions are intolerable to barely tolerable in much of the world.God is allowed to be anything He wishes, but to be fair, don't you think life is pretty cool? There is much to be enjoyed.
Isn't everyone in search of that which brings permanent joy?
To many Buddhists, for example. Non-existence (dissolution of existence in this realm as we know it, entering into another form of existence incomprehensible to those in this existence) is eternally blissful.To whom?
As I understand it, life conditions are intolerable to barely tolerable in much of the world.
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What does worship do for the individual?God created us all to worship Him, so we are all searching, but many are looking in the wrong places.
Well, if God didn't make the people, then the people wouldn't be at fault, so the root of the problem lies with God then.If that is the case, and I don't know that it is, it is not God's fault. You can blame people for that.