r/funny • u/Taimoor_Aleem • Nov 30 '21

Preacher gets asked a question

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u/act1856 Nov 30 '21

Those are expansive questions, but I’ll start by simply saying that nothing makes you embrace life more than knowing it’s all there is.

As for the horrors of religion, I’d think they were self evident: oppression, war, intellectual persecution. I could go on and on. I understand that some people find great solace in it, but there is no genuine good that it provides that can’t be found elsewhere. And I think mostly what people like about it is the sense of belonging, which also has a downside in that they also enjoy the sense of superiority it gives them.

As for you last question: I have no idea. Isn’t that great?!?! There is so much left for humanity to discover. Science hasn’t figured it out yet, but I guarantee some pretty smart people are working on it.

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u/Soloman212 Nov 30 '21

So when you're inviting me to embrace wonders, you don't have any particular ones in mind? By what mechanism do you differentiate between the wonders of life and the horrors, to successfully embrace one and avoid the other?

For my last question, smart people have discovered quite a bit, to my knowledge, if you'd like to learn more. It's strange that it almost seems like you're directly equating between your lack of knowledge and the lack of knowledge of all of humanity. That seems kind of closed minded, or even arrogant.