Heaven?

[pasithea]

You know. Just thinking about the whole religion thing some more and it occurred to me... All these people who are trying to get into heaven... What are they going to do when they get there? I've never heard a single religious person mention their post-heaven-arrival plans. You're going to be happy for all eternity? How, exactly? Eating from the tree of knowledge is a sin, so you probably won't get to catch up on your reading. Likewise, adultery, sloth, gluttony, etc... So.. How exactly are you going to be 'happy'?

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[dv-girl.livejournal.com]

I think if that disable switch is normal for people, there is probably something seriously wrong with me. I'm obsessively curious about almost everything all the time. Various things come to the forefront, of course, but my mind is always racing. It's a very frustrating, even maddening thing being trapped in this pathetic body which can barely do any multi-tasking at all and is so high maintenance with its needs for sleep, shelter, and food. If I could spend every second studying, I likely would. That's what I do with nearly all of my free time. Even when I walk places, I'm constantly studying the plants, animals, mushrooms, shapes and textures of things, composition and colors of the world around me. Every moment is precious and it drives me mad to waste any of them. :/

[yetanotherbob.livejournal.com]

It's only wrong if it significantly hinders. But you've never had a time where it's 'Fuck it, I don't want to deal with this.' or 'Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn!'? Anyways, my best guess is that it's something that's internally consistent just as long as it's a closed system. That is, there are some who don't care, and they don't care that they don't care. Their endgame is to bring about the end of the world, so that they can get a spiritual lobotomy. Thus their distrust of intelligence. Scary, innit?

Although it should be said, it's more that we're biased in a long-standing debate. What's better? What's truely good? A happy pig, or an unhappy socrates? You, I, and our friends side with Socrates, but others make the argument for the pig, since it's not suffering.