Yes, God is defined by that the whole nature of which is to create.
Why did God create the world this way?
-
- Moderator
- Posts: 6105
- Joined: September 11th, 2016, 2:11 pm
- Repoman05
- Posts: 204
- Joined: November 10th, 2019, 10:26 pm
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
I use a conundrum (or perhaps it's a riddle)
One rock has always been traveling through time and space. It never started and it will never stop.
Another rock that has also always been traveling through time and space, hit a brick wall and will never ever move even an inch, ever again.
Which rock traverses the greater value?
- LuckyR
- Moderator
- Posts: 7935
- Joined: January 18th, 2015, 1:16 am
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
Cruel compared to what? If you are going to relative (instead of absolute) terminology, you're only going to be able to get relative results.Repoman05 wrote: ↑November 13th, 2019, 2:55 am Life is a pretty cruel thing. Everyone's best case scenario is to live long enough to see everyone they ever loved, die and fade away. Have you ever considered violence as mercy? Have you ever considered being murdered as liberation? It only depends on how long you live till you do. And what if it took you 500 years to figure it out? How embarrassed would you be to find out a 6yo figured it out on their own?
I use a conundrum (or perhaps it's a riddle)
One rock has always been traveling through time and space. It never started and it will never stop.
Another rock that has also always been traveling through time and space, hit a brick wall and will never ever move even an inch, ever again.
Which rock traverses the greater value?
-
- Posts: 10339
- Joined: June 15th, 2011, 5:53 pm
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
I'm not sure of the significance of the comma after the word "loved". A simple comma can change the meaning of a sentence (as in "Eats, shoots and leaves"). But if it has no significance then: Speak for yourself. I want my funeral to be packed with weeping loved ones.Everyone's best case scenario is to live long enough to see everyone they ever loved, die and fade away.
- Repoman05
- Posts: 204
- Joined: November 10th, 2019, 10:26 pm
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
You thought I had nothing to compare life to? You were simultaneously mistakenly right and also intentionally wrong.LuckyR wrote: ↑November 13th, 2019, 11:53 amCruel compared to what? If you are going to relative (instead of absolute) terminology, you're only going to be able to get relative results.Repoman05 wrote: ↑November 13th, 2019, 2:55 am Life is a pretty cruel thing. Everyone's best case scenario is to live long enough to see everyone they ever loved, die and fade away. Have you ever considered violence as mercy? Have you ever considered being murdered as liberation? It only depends on how long you live till you do. And what if it took you 500 years to figure it out? How embarrassed would you be to find out a 6yo figured it out on their own?
I use a conundrum (or perhaps it's a riddle)
One rock has always been traveling through time and space. It never started and it will never stop.
Another rock that has also always been traveling through time and space, hit a brick wall and will never ever move even an inch, ever again.
Which rock traverses the greater value?
In comparison with "nothing." While "nothing" has no highs, it certainly has no lows. Life on the other hand has fleeting highs and lasting lows. So yes, it's easy to consider life relatively cruel. Someone once said it was an intricate lattice of pain that tricks you into wanting to live. It rings true.
You should speak to an AI sometime. Psychopathy comes to mind regarding the experience. Seeing the behaviors exhibited by an ineptly crafted and incomplete lattice, reaffirms my respect for that someone's opinion.
- Repoman05
- Posts: 204
- Joined: November 10th, 2019, 10:26 pm
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
But then you'll be significantly short lived. The statement is reference to your longevity. So, if life is measured in terms of how long you live, living longer than everyone else leaves you with the longest measure. It's easy for anyone to consider that a living thing's best case scenario.Steve3007 wrote: ↑November 13th, 2019, 12:22 pmI'm not sure of the significance of the comma after the word "loved". A simple comma can change the meaning of a sentence (as in "Eats, shoots and leaves"). But if it has no significance then: Speak for yourself. I want my funeral to be packed with weeping loved ones.Everyone's best case scenario is to live long enough to see everyone they ever loved, die and fade away.
- Repoman05
- Posts: 204
- Joined: November 10th, 2019, 10:26 pm
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
Which is better?
"better you than me!"
?
- Repoman05
- Posts: 204
- Joined: November 10th, 2019, 10:26 pm
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
-
- Posts: 10339
- Joined: June 15th, 2011, 5:53 pm
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
Yes but my genes will be long lived. That desire for my funeral to be packed with weeping loved ones comes from my selfish old genes, I suspect.Repoman05 wrote:But then you'll be significantly short lived. The statement is reference to your longevity. So, if life is measured in terms of how long you live, living longer than everyone else leaves you with the longest measure. It's easy for anyone to consider that a living thing's best case scenario.
- Repoman05
- Posts: 204
- Joined: November 10th, 2019, 10:26 pm
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
-
- Moderator
- Posts: 6105
- Joined: September 11th, 2016, 2:11 pm
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
No this is old people's loneliness and heartbreak.Everyone's best case scenario is to live long enough to see everyone they ever loved, die and fade away.
- LuckyR
- Moderator
- Posts: 7935
- Joined: January 18th, 2015, 1:16 am
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
If by nothing you mean: "not life", I suppose you are semantically correct, though since you have no experience with "not life", you are at best guessing. Your opinion in this area deserves a certain amount of respect, though objectively, no more than anyone else's. You are not an authority, merely a participant.Repoman05 wrote: ↑November 13th, 2019, 5:50 pmYou thought I had nothing to compare life to? You were simultaneously mistakenly right and also intentionally wrong.
In comparison with "nothing." While "nothing" has no highs, it certainly has no lows. Life on the other hand has fleeting highs and lasting lows. So yes, it's easy to consider life relatively cruel. Someone once said it was an intricate lattice of pain that tricks you into wanting to live. It rings true.
You should speak to an AI sometime. Psychopathy comes to mind regarding the experience. Seeing the behaviors exhibited by an ineptly crafted and incomplete lattice, reaffirms my respect for that someone's opinion.
- Repoman05
- Posts: 204
- Joined: November 10th, 2019, 10:26 pm
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
- Pattern-chaser
- Premium Member
- Posts: 8268
- Joined: September 22nd, 2019, 5:17 am
- Favorite Philosopher: Cratylus
- Location: England
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
No, I think you're asking "Why is the God that Christians describe, worship and believe in, said to have created the world this way?"Mysterio448 wrote: ↑January 20th, 2019, 2:59 pm So, I suppose my question is this: Why did God create the world this way?
[ Other religions are available! ]
"Who cares, wins"
- LuckyR
- Moderator
- Posts: 7935
- Joined: January 18th, 2015, 1:16 am
Re: Why did God create the world this way?
Ahem, how much time have you spent not alive?
2023/2024 Philosophy Books of the Month
Mark Victor Hansen, Relentless: Wisdom Behind the Incomparable Chicken Soup for the Soul
by Mitzi Perdue
February 2023
Rediscovering the Wisdom of Human Nature: How Civilization Destroys Happiness
by Chet Shupe
March 2023