Posted: 2 years ago Life is Stupid



Distancing oneself from religious propaganda, distancing oneself from propaganda emanating from the church can be quite difficult even today. In many areas of the world religion and religious institutions are very prevalent.



In a large portion of the southern United States churches occupy nearly every street corner. Unfortunately 75 to 80 percent of the time these churches appear to be empty. These are large buildings, considerably sized structures occupying considerably sized plots of land. And they sit empty. No lodge is available. No food or other assistance is offered.



Yet each week, a couple times a week, money is deposited into these churches. Funds are certainly available. Funds are available to purchase illuminated signs to advertise events, funds are available to purchase stained-glass windows, funds are available to purchase costumes for church plays. Funds are available for church members and church members only. It's seemingly all for their exclusive entertainment. It seems like quite a waste.



But once one distances oneself from religious propaganda, once one distances oneself from whimsical spirituality one begins to realize that life is simply a cycle. A sort of chemical reaction caught up in repetition.



An organism lives. It works. It toils. It digs food from the ground. It collects food from the trees. Then it reproduces. It creates another organism. That organism matures and proceeds through the same cycle. It produces an additional organism. All of these things go through the same cycle. They live, they toil and they die.



Organisms caught up in this cycle know the procedure. We know the outcome. We know the result yet we continue to fling more organisms into this. Despite the work, despite the toil, despite disease, despite conflict, despite competition, despite all of these issues and ultimately despite death the cycle continues.



Life is perpetuated by impulse. Reproduction, or more precisely copulation, is a form of automated behavior. It is impulsive and not the result of rational decision-making. It is the central component of this monotonous cycle. It's also the telltale sign of the predicament we're in.



Once one distances oneself from the delusion and the nonsense one begins to see that life is nothing more than a rut. It's just things caught up in a cycle. Like the Earth spinning around the Sun. Or the Moon around the Earth. It's just a cycle.



It really isn't special. What makes it seem special is this thing we call "consciousness". But consciousness really isn't that great because consciousness is the very thing allowing us to realize and perceive negativity, injury and all of these other worries. Consciousness allows worry. Consciousness allows sadness and suffering. With this considered consciousness really isn't that great.



Consciousness is complex, as it further compounds the problem through projection. Consciousness, awareness itself is the problem, but it erroneously projects the problem outward, inaccurately identifying externalities as the issue. Blistering heat is "bad" only when consciousness perceives it as such. But the blistering heat itself is not a problem. "Blistering heat" cannot even be realized without consciousness. Consciousness is the problem and the problem creator.



Life is simply a cycle. There is no real purpose to this cycle other than continue to continue. There is no other discernible, practical function at work. Attainment of happiness could be viewed as the purpose, but subsequent individuals may feel differently. They may not feel happy. They may feel there is no purpose.



"Purpose" exists only in the mind. There is no real "purpose" out there. There is no superior being outside our universe with purpose in mind which we must fulfill. Even if there were a superior being with purpose in mind it would be meaningless. It would only be relevant to that being. Why is that the purpose? Where did the purpose come from? Is that being following commands or reporting to some other being? The argument falls into infinite regress.



Where did "purpose" originate? The simple answer is "purpose" did not originate because there is no real "purpose". There is no real purpose to the cycle of life other than survive to survive. There is no discernible purpose other than continue to continue. That's what's happening. One really can't guarantee anything other than that. One can't guarantee happiness, one can't guarantee what their child may consider "success". One can only guarantee that one is continuing to continue. That's all that is happening.



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