(January 18, 2017 at 12:29 pm)Whateverist Wrote: I agree with all of this but am always dumbfounded by the sense of entitlement the part I bolded represents. It is as if there was some general agreement that everything in the world should be comprehensible to our species. The universe owes us answers so where attempts to actually discover what they are fall short assuming whatever you like becomes reasonable. Well, it isn't reasonable to reasonable people.
That's the interesting thing... That's religion.... isn't it? Humans, and the human experience, is above all else except for god, of course... right? I mean god created us... We are his children, so we are clearly very important, are we not?
To then find out that the universe is indifferent to us is more than likely earth shattering for many theists.
“Love is the only bow on Life’s dark cloud. It is the morning and the evening star. It shines upon the babe, and sheds its radiance on the quiet tomb. It is the mother of art, inspirer of poet, patriot and philosopher.
It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
It is the air and light of every heart – builder of every home, kindler of every fire on every hearth. It was the first to dream of immortality. It fills the world with melody – for music is the voice of love.
Love is the magician, the enchanter, that changes worthless things to Joy, and makes royal kings and queens of common clay. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.” - Robert. G. Ingersoll
