An eternal life is a worthless life.
December 21, 2014 at 7:51 pm
(This post was last modified: December 21, 2014 at 7:52 pm by Lucanus.)
This just came to my mind.
Everything we enjoy in our lives we enjoy because it ends. We enjoy food because the molecules that compose it react with our taste buds in a pleasant way. We enjoy having sex because it releases endorphins and a whole lot of other chemicals.
But we enjoy those things because they have an end - that is, we value them because they are limited. It's like money: the more there is around, the less it is worth.
We value the time we have in our life because it is limited. It has value, therefore it is worth something because it will eventually end and is a temporary condition that we must make the most of.
On the contrary, take an eternal life. Any experience you could have in that is potentially infinitely replicable. Wouldn't that mean that any experience you could have in an eternal life is ultimately worthless and meaningless? Why, then, would anyone even want an eternal life? Isn't then the very concept of eternal life an illogical exploitation of our natural fear of the unknown?
Everything we enjoy in our lives we enjoy because it ends. We enjoy food because the molecules that compose it react with our taste buds in a pleasant way. We enjoy having sex because it releases endorphins and a whole lot of other chemicals.
But we enjoy those things because they have an end - that is, we value them because they are limited. It's like money: the more there is around, the less it is worth.
We value the time we have in our life because it is limited. It has value, therefore it is worth something because it will eventually end and is a temporary condition that we must make the most of.
On the contrary, take an eternal life. Any experience you could have in that is potentially infinitely replicable. Wouldn't that mean that any experience you could have in an eternal life is ultimately worthless and meaningless? Why, then, would anyone even want an eternal life? Isn't then the very concept of eternal life an illogical exploitation of our natural fear of the unknown?
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.
Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.
Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.
Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
