RE: Atheism and Hope
November 13, 2015 at 5:26 am
(This post was last modified: November 13, 2015 at 5:29 am by Reforged.
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Alot of people will try to tell you that you just have to live.
They'll tell you about the joys of loved ones and family. How you can forge your own meaning. They'll use all sorts of flowery language to try and make your life seem like something beautiful and unique to be cherished. They'll tell you to "live life to the fullest", whatever the fuck that means.
I'm not going to do that. Thats all bullshit.
For most people life is pain, a thankless struggle. You are born screaming into this world and chances are you'll die the same way. Its inevitable. Heres the thing though; between those two points is a nexus of possibility. One of those possibilities is you, with tears in your eyes, taking a handful of pills and being some clean-up crews Tuesday night. They'll scoop up the remains with all the enthusiasm of someone who does this for a living, put you on a slab, determine the cause of death then with a weary, bored sigh dispose of whats left. I'm probably missing afew steps but thats basically the crux of it. Your lifeless remains being flushed down the toilet like the worlds most depressing goldfish.
Is that the best you can do? Is that seriously the best you can do? Is that really the best life and the best end you can picture for yourself? I'm really asking. If it is then you're the best judge. If it isn't then whats the deal? Not motivated? Not happy? Fine, then be angry, be active, be alive. Be whatever it takes to get in motion. Trying is living and living is trying.
Anything less is simply existing, you can be ignored and forgotten. You'll watch yourself decay day by day knowing that nothing you did had any impact at all. Every regret that drove you to that point will play over and over in your head until it dominates everything you are and everything you will ever be. And yes, eventually, you will die. Leaving behind nothing of worth.
Do not let that happen to you. Ever. Genes are not that unique but memes... memes can be. And their ripples can last an eternity, long past living memory.
You're either alive or you're dead, you're either living or you're not. Pick one now because that choice isn't there forever.
They'll tell you about the joys of loved ones and family. How you can forge your own meaning. They'll use all sorts of flowery language to try and make your life seem like something beautiful and unique to be cherished. They'll tell you to "live life to the fullest", whatever the fuck that means.
I'm not going to do that. Thats all bullshit.
For most people life is pain, a thankless struggle. You are born screaming into this world and chances are you'll die the same way. Its inevitable. Heres the thing though; between those two points is a nexus of possibility. One of those possibilities is you, with tears in your eyes, taking a handful of pills and being some clean-up crews Tuesday night. They'll scoop up the remains with all the enthusiasm of someone who does this for a living, put you on a slab, determine the cause of death then with a weary, bored sigh dispose of whats left. I'm probably missing afew steps but thats basically the crux of it. Your lifeless remains being flushed down the toilet like the worlds most depressing goldfish.
Is that the best you can do? Is that seriously the best you can do? Is that really the best life and the best end you can picture for yourself? I'm really asking. If it is then you're the best judge. If it isn't then whats the deal? Not motivated? Not happy? Fine, then be angry, be active, be alive. Be whatever it takes to get in motion. Trying is living and living is trying.
Anything less is simply existing, you can be ignored and forgotten. You'll watch yourself decay day by day knowing that nothing you did had any impact at all. Every regret that drove you to that point will play over and over in your head until it dominates everything you are and everything you will ever be. And yes, eventually, you will die. Leaving behind nothing of worth.
Do not let that happen to you. Ever. Genes are not that unique but memes... memes can be. And their ripples can last an eternity, long past living memory.
You're either alive or you're dead, you're either living or you're not. Pick one now because that choice isn't there forever.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die."
- Abdul Alhazred.
- Abdul Alhazred.
