(March 25, 2013 at 11:01 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: Sure you can focus on people not doing well in facing adversity, but, perhaps the gems that do well, are worth the tribulations and suffering.
I think what you are saying here is that for those who do well in the face of adversity, the suffering caused by that adversity is worth it, correct? What about when that adversity comes at the expense of others? For example, I think I am a better person for having gone through the adversity in my life, but much of my adversity came from the death of others. Would you still say that is worth it in that type of situation?
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
