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If nothing happens after we die, what's the point of it all? (reddthat.com)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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We spend our days bound by endless obligations. Yet, even with loneliness, failed relationships, and soul-draining work, people still manage to catch a glimpse of happiness. Why?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

From what i've observed, people deal with "there's no higher power" differently.

For some people, that i call right-wing, or authoritarian, having some higher power that tells them what to do, is the meaning of life. If they lose that something, then they become depressed and stop living, in any sense, a joyful life.

On the other hand, there are people, which i am comfortable to call left-wing, or hippies, or communitarian, who don't need that higher power to tell them what to do, in fact, it rather obstructs them. They are joyful even in the absence of a higher, guiding power, because they can find their own meaning in life.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

IMO the need for a higher authority is both because of fear of death, and to be lazy and not think about what is right and wrong. So either excuse yourself (ex. catolicism, ask oardon from god not the victim) or just believe "your" religion gives you the right to do as you please.

So stop living in fear and embrace the absurd that we, simple 100 years tops organic blobs live in a billion years universe.