More On the Meaning (Meaninglessness?) of Life
In a recent post, Does Life Have Meaning? I wrote about the plethora of recent social media posts on the supposed meaninglessness of our lives.
In addition to the other points I made in the original post, this subject appears to be a “first world problem.” Think for a moment of those living in areas that are war-torn, impoverished, disease-ridden, or ruled by cruel tyrants. How many have the bandwidth to concern themselves with the meaning of life and to bemoan its monotony?
Yes, as Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living,” but it’s possible that the over-examined life–as well as the unappreciated life–may be just as bad.
There seems to be a great number of social media posts recently on the subject of the supposed meaninglessness of our lives. Some people point to what they believe to be an absurd cycle of “eat, work, be entertained, sleep” that repeats itself endlessly until we become infirmed and ultimately die.
In this day in which so many Americans have completely given up on English grammar, it’s almost weird to see that the sign-maker here correctly used a semicolon to separate two independent clauses. Kudos.
There are vast differences between the Finnish and American cultures, principally that the Fins care deeply about the well-being of one another. This is not just talk; as shown at left, they spend their tax revenues in efforts to wipe out social problems.
It’s the 77th birthday of actor and ardent Trump supporter James Woods (pictured here). Woods’ status as a celebrity, coupled with his belief that Trump is right for America doesn’t make him unique, but it certainly makes him rare.
We sometimes wonder why so few people are jumping from the Trump/MAGA ship.
The only thing that’s “unnatural” about eating meat has occurred very recently in human history, and that’s factory farming. When I drive past thousand-acre pastures dotted with happy cows, I don’t have a problem knowing that most of these animals are going to wind up under cellophane in grocery stores, or served up on plates in restaurants.
Let’s contrast the advice that Pythagoras gave us (at left) with the sensibilities of the MAGA/Trump people.
Does getting hit in the head disqualify Aaron Rodgers as a source of medial information, or is it simply the fact that he has no scientific/medical training?
I hope there are theologians with better ideas on free thinking, common sense, and rationality than this fellow at the Assembly of GOD and this particular Methodist Church.
