'Why does God allow suffering?'

'Why does God allow suffering?' Dec 30, 2019 13:45:04 GMT

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Post by Eva Yojimbo on Dec 30, 2019 13:45:04 GMT

Dec 30, 2019 13:40:08 GMT OldSamVimes said:

Dec 30, 2019 13:24:22 GMT Eva Yojimbo said:

"Spiritually unconscious" is just more metaphysical woo, probably uttered by people who like to feel they're more enlightened than others. One shouldn't be in "awe at the mystery of existence" since mystery is just ignorance and there's nothing awesome about ignorance. Existence is awesome enough without exalting our ignorance, and that includes the things we know as much as the things we don't.

The point is that if a "belief" like "nothing is real" doesn't pay rent to live in your head in the form of anticipating your experiences or affecting your decisions, then what's the point of believing it at all? It's just on par with "we're a brain in a vat" or "the universe is a simulation" and other unfalsifiable notions that serve no purpose beyond mental masturbation.

That's either projection or negative assumption.

You can do a quick google search into what 'Spiritual consciousness' is if you're curious.

I agree, if your worldview doesn't do service to your mental health then it's time to become curious and step out of your comfort zone and broaden your perspective.

You can still engage in the game and think the game is worthwhile while being conscious that it's a game. I think of being human as 'playing the human game'.

One thing for sure, people who take things seriously invariably suffer.

How so? You're the one claiming everyone who doesn't agree with your metaphysics are "spiritually unconscious." Isn't it you who's making an awfully big assumption there?

I don't need to do a Google search to recognize woo terminology.

I'd say it's less about your worldview doing service to your mental health and more about your worldview actually having some resemblance to how the world actually is rather than how you just want it to be or imagine it to be.