slimcloudy
On the Rocks With a Twist
Life is a game. This statement is often thrown around by Buddhists, Hindus and the likes of Alan Watts but what do they mean when they say speak of this comparison of life to a game?
With or without the existence of a creator, I find myself arriving at a Nihilistic perspective of reality. In the atheistic world, it's easy to see that all our values are mere fictions we've created from thin air to sustain order and make common living more enjoyable and prosperous BUT the importance and value of enjoyable and/or prosperous living is still completely made up, therefore irradiating any potential purpose.
Now, when I consider the concept, complexity and abstract nature of a creator in the worlds of monotheism and polytheism, the idea that a God could desire anything of us appears highly implausible (as desire implies weakness and weakness implies a crack in omnipotence). The most realistic idea of a God's reasons for creation is perhaps some deeply inherent creating nature or reasons far beyond human comprehension, therefore anything we do on earth is still highly irrelevant and again: purposeless.
Therefore life can be considered a made up game either way. We make up rules, put on our masks and play to our heart's content.
On the Rocks With a Twist
Life is a game. This statement is often thrown around by Buddhists, Hindus and the likes of Alan Watts but what do they mean when they say speak of this comparison of life to a game?
With or without the existence of a creator, I find myself arriving at a Nihilistic perspective of reality. In the atheistic world, it's easy to see that all our values are mere fictions we've created from thin air to sustain order and make common living more enjoyable and prosperous BUT the importance and value of enjoyable and/or prosperous living is still completely made up, therefore irradiating any potential purpose.
Now, when I consider the concept, complexity and abstract nature of a creator in the worlds of monotheism and polytheism, the idea that a God could desire anything of us appears highly implausible (as desire implies weakness and weakness implies a crack in omnipotence). The most realistic idea of a God's reasons for creation is perhaps some deeply inherent creating nature or reasons far beyond human comprehension, therefore anything we do on earth is still highly irrelevant and again: purposeless.
Therefore life can be considered a made up game either way. We make up rules, put on our masks and play to our heart's content.