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【2022-01-19】
@whigzhou: When I was brushing my teeth and listening to music in the morning, I remembered an old question I thought about when I was in middle school but never discussed it with anyone, that is, I can understand some people’s fear of hell, but I have never been able to understand the yearning for heaven,
When I first heard about heaven, I spent a few minutes imagining what it would be like to live in heaven. The only feeling I got was boredom, emptiness, nothingness, and then I tried every possible setting. Not a non-boring version of Paradise,
So I secretly concluded that those who yearn for heaven have not carefully thought about what life in heaven is like, but just stay in a vague and empty image?
such as danger,
There shouldn’t be any dangerous situation in heaven where you could die or at least be seriously maimed or miserable, right?
But without danger, there would be no courage, courage, adventure, excitement, deft skill to avoid danger, joy after surviving…, no danger, prudence, keenness, vigilance all lose their meaning, these virtues and recklessness Indistinguishable from dullness,
The same can be extended from physical danger to anything that has to do with risk, for no action is reckless or prudent without pain and tragedy, and there is no way to speak of such a difference,
There should be no scarcity in heaven, right?
But since there is nothing lacking, hard work, diligence, frugality, cherishment, and the joy of harvest all lose the premise of existence, sharing can no longer express friendship, gifts can no longer elicit gratitude, and charity can’t find anyone to help at all.
There should be no wicked people in heaven, right?
But what is the use of moral sentiments when there are no vices? In a world where everyone is an angel, what else is there to appreciate, reward and encourage?
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Without further enumeration, you can probably see what I mean, all those good and admired virtues that we hold dear only show value in our efforts and achievements in trying to escape from the opposite negative situation, and once these Effort is no longer needed, and the corresponding beauty and virtue lose their meaning,
At that time, my understanding was so far, and I didn’t study why our value system is like this.
Later, when I read Darwin, I realized that things can only be like this. Our value system is slowly established in the long-term struggle for survival. Eternal scarcity (and the suffering and evil that accompanies it) is the basis of evolution. the driving force by which all good and virtue spring forth, not to replace them by destroying them,
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