(January 10, 2016 at 1:52 pm)Aegon Wrote:(January 9, 2016 at 2:57 pm)pool Wrote: I totally get that.
But I've often wondered - why live?
To survive?
Why survive?
To enjoy the pleasures of life?
Are they really worth the hardships though?
After all, when you die, you just doesn't exist anymore, so why even bother?
All these years of hardships after hardships only to just die one day.
The reward is significantly lower than the effort you put in though, won't you say?
I find this logic interesting, because I feel the total opposite. If this is our only shot at life and what comes next is absolute nothingness...then why wouldn't I try to make the most out of this life? Assuming that we just cease existing after death, that puts so much more pressure on us to enjoy our one life as best as we can. I mean, this is life. It's all we know. Would I say that the reward is lower than the effort? Hell no.
I'd be less inclined to think this way if I believed in an afterlife. Which is why I always think it's hilarious if a theist asks, "What's the point of life if it's all over after we die?" because I always wonder, "What's the point of life if we get another one?"
Wow. Awesome thoughts. Completely mind fucked me.
