Wednesday, October 7, 2009
What is paradise?
Wikipedia - Paradise is a place in which existence is positive, harmonious and timeless. It is conceptually a counter-image of the miseries of human civilization, and in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, but it is not necessarily a land of luxury and idleness.
Even though I'm not a christian, I'm just very puzzled.
How do we know if there's really paradise? Afterall, it occurs to me that this whole world, our Earth is built on money. Without money, there wouldn't be place for development. There would not be people wanting to improve our lifes, & so on. So, there wouldn't be even technology, music... etc, existing right? :/ .
So I can safely say that this world is built by money right?
However, I must say, that even though money brings around lots of entertainment, lots of fun, lots of improvements in our life, it also brings about disruptions to the world. There's disparity between the rich and the poor. So many countries, so many people are suffering. Why? Due to money...
Why is there so much crime & bad things happening in the world today? Because of money too...
People, in desperation, often steal money, whether it's from their own parents or strangers, just because they don't have enough. People suffer from hunger, die from infections, etc, is also because of money.
So I conclude that money brings about pros and cons, like almost all other things on Earth.
We derive happiness from money. But we derive sadness and anger from them too...
I was thrown into an argument with my mother about paradise. I really can't imagine how paradise will be...? I guess there wouldn't be any sort of money in it right? Since money is really sinful. But if there's no money, there wouldn't be any development right? :/ . All humans are imperfect. If there were to be a form of currency, people would surely show their greedy nature I guess? So, I really can't imagine life in paradise.
There wouldn't be any work, there wouldn't be any technology... There would only be music from the nature... Birds chirping and leaves rustling. So I conclude, Paradise is plain boring...?
I told my mother... Rather than to have an everlasting life in a "perfect" world without any illness/sins, I would rather have several lifes in a imperfect world with entertainment&sins. Because I wouldn't want to lead a life like a caveman who just enjoys nature...? :/
It's just weird. I just can't understand everything ): .
How how how? I have taken interests to many things...
T_T . But I only have 1 life. I can't fulfill all my wishes...
I really wished I had a few lifes. Then I'd be able to live life happily, without regrets... ¶ 4:31 PM
Wikipedia - Paradise is a place in which existence is positive, harmonious and timeless. It is conceptually a counter-image of the miseries of human civilization, and in paradise there is only peace, prosperity, and happiness. Paradise is a place of contentment, but it is not necessarily a land of luxury and idleness.
Even though I'm not a christian, I'm just very puzzled.
How do we know if there's really paradise? Afterall, it occurs to me that this whole world, our Earth is built on money. Without money, there wouldn't be place for development. There would not be people wanting to improve our lifes, & so on. So, there wouldn't be even technology, music... etc, existing right? :/ .
So I can safely say that this world is built by money right?
However, I must say, that even though money brings around lots of entertainment, lots of fun, lots of improvements in our life, it also brings about disruptions to the world. There's disparity between the rich and the poor. So many countries, so many people are suffering. Why? Due to money...
Why is there so much crime & bad things happening in the world today? Because of money too...
People, in desperation, often steal money, whether it's from their own parents or strangers, just because they don't have enough. People suffer from hunger, die from infections, etc, is also because of money.
So I conclude that money brings about pros and cons, like almost all other things on Earth.
We derive happiness from money. But we derive sadness and anger from them too...
I was thrown into an argument with my mother about paradise. I really can't imagine how paradise will be...? I guess there wouldn't be any sort of money in it right? Since money is really sinful. But if there's no money, there wouldn't be any development right? :/ . All humans are imperfect. If there were to be a form of currency, people would surely show their greedy nature I guess? So, I really can't imagine life in paradise.
There wouldn't be any work, there wouldn't be any technology... There would only be music from the nature... Birds chirping and leaves rustling. So I conclude, Paradise is plain boring...?
I told my mother... Rather than to have an everlasting life in a "perfect" world without any illness/sins, I would rather have several lifes in a imperfect world with entertainment&sins. Because I wouldn't want to lead a life like a caveman who just enjoys nature...? :/
It's just weird. I just can't understand everything ): .
How how how? I have taken interests to many things...
T_T . But I only have 1 life. I can't fulfill all my wishes...
I really wished I had a few lifes. Then I'd be able to live life happily, without regrets... ¶ 4:31 PM
