RE: Symbolic Death and My Second Crisis of Faith
September 20, 2016 at 5:26 am
(This post was last modified: September 20, 2016 at 6:58 am by pocaracas.)
(September 20, 2016 at 1:35 am)InquiringMind Wrote: Each worldview makes promises in exchange for "good behavior." Mormonism says, "Obey God and you will be blessed. Pay tithing and the windows of heaven will open. Pray, and your prayers will be answered." The WEIRD worldview says, "Work hard and you will be successful. Good always triumphs over evil. Be fair to others, and life will treat you fairly." In Mormonism, the way to immortality is to be righteous. In the WEIRD worldview, the way to immortality is to be productive.
But you know that both worldviews are wrong. You know that obeying God doesn't get you the "blessings" you wanted. You know that people who pay tithing still go bankrupt. You know that most prayers go unanswered, and the ones that seem to be answered are just coincidences (assuming you are an atheist.)
Welcome to real life!
Religion is a sham.
Work hard and you increase your odds of surviving long enough to get old.
Good and evil are human constructs - the Universe doesn't care.
Fairness is a utopia.
The way to immortality is to leave behind something that resonates with enough people for them to keep it going... like Mozart, Beethoven, Van Gogh, etc... all of them had some massive flaw in life, but left behind something that is near immortal: beauty!
And to makes matters worse, while you live, you can't really tell if you've left anything immortal behind.
Enjoy real life!
