Zarathustra wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 12:22 am
Can religion do anything about it? ... Even the most successful and powerful people seem suddenly die, and depart from this world without ever coming back. So what was the meaning of their hard work for the success?
Religion ...
Not for me specifically. But it helps many, maybe it can help you too. The way I see it, it's a way of coming to terms with the idea that you're expendable material for someone else's purpose, and hoping for favors, maybe even after death, for a good job. There are many ways to distract from death that people have devised, and religion is one of them. The definition of "eternal life" depends on how it is understood. Religion only promises this to the "soul", whatever that is. Do you have a soul? And if there is, how did you make sure of it?
Like I said, it all depends on your faith and how you interpret it.
I think that all outstanding achievements have arisen from the desire and efforts of specific people to approach or even touch the divine. Does it make any sense? I believe that there is, maybe not for a specific person, but for the universe does.
About powerful people ...
Strong compared to what? With you, maybe, but in front of the forces of nature? ... an ant remains an ant, no matter how strong it is.
But understanding the meaning of their work still depends on the point from which you look at it. Perhaps work is also just a way not to think about death.
All power and wisdom is relative. There are no wise people in absolute terms, there are only those who think they are.