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re: Spinoff: What is the biggest thing you can accomplish in life
Posted on 4/25/14 at 7:54 am to Doc Fenton
Posted on 4/25/14 at 7:54 am to Doc Fenton
If you are going to quote Ecclesiastes to assert the best thing a man can do, there's a verse where it's said explicitly.
The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. (Ecclesiastes 12:13 NASB)
The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. (Ecclesiastes 12:13 NASB)
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Posted on 4/25/14 at 7:58 am to theunknownknight
"doing justly, loving mercy, and walking humbly with my God."
Posted on 4/25/14 at 8:07 am to theunknownknight
Yeah, that's the beginning of all wisdom, but it doesn't really explain why it's good and what the reward for it is.
I think too many people answer these kinds of existential questions about life by saying "live to help others", "live for God", or "live entirely for my children", which is circular logic in a way since it avoids answering the question about what is good about life in the first place. I mean, all of these things are good in a way, but it's a bunch of beta bullshite for anyone to assert that the only meaning or purpose in his life is to serve someone else and try to make that person happy. On some level, we have to admit that we need to just maximize our own joy and meaning given the constraints of the universe into which we were born.
EDIT: Altruism is a false construct. It doesn't really exist.
I think too many people answer these kinds of existential questions about life by saying "live to help others", "live for God", or "live entirely for my children", which is circular logic in a way since it avoids answering the question about what is good about life in the first place. I mean, all of these things are good in a way, but it's a bunch of beta bullshite for anyone to assert that the only meaning or purpose in his life is to serve someone else and try to make that person happy. On some level, we have to admit that we need to just maximize our own joy and meaning given the constraints of the universe into which we were born.
EDIT: Altruism is a false construct. It doesn't really exist.
This post was edited on 4/25/14 at 8:25 am
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