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Do you find meaning in suffering and death? If so, what?
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RE: Do you find meaning in suffering and death? If so, what?
I hate both suffering and death, the former more than the latter. However, I think there can be some meaning found.

Suffering: With suffering, it can make you humble, make you more empathetic and give you a different perspective on the world, for better or for worse. For me, it makes me bitter, but to each their own.

Death: The obvious meaning for death that came to mind was that we need to die eventually so the next generation can live. But if we master medical science and space travel...then awesome, death will no longer be needed for our new offspring to live on.
If the hypothetical idea of an afterlife means more to you than the objectively true reality we all share, then you deserve no respect.
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RE: Do you find meaning in suffering and death? If so, what? - by MJ the Skeptical - July 24, 2014 at 7:05 pm

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