Ecclesiastes 1-4
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wolfbiblemoonApparently generations coming and going, the sun rising and setting, the cycling patterns of air flow and the water cycle are all monotonous and not worth studying. Nothing ever changes on earth, and noone gets any benefit from effort expended on Earth, nothing is new and everything has been done before. Acquiring knowledge and wisdom and human accomplishment is all futile. This is such a misanthropic point of view, it goes totally against my humanist view of the world. It belittles human accomplishment & the pursuit of understanding our world, I don't understand why this sort of thing is at all comforting to anyone.
And it is pointless to party, to gain possessions, to gain wisdom if it doesn't bring you fame, and to work hard if you are apart from God. Because otherwise God gives all your wealth to someone who did please him, OK then.
There are particular times for every event in a human life (makes a nice song), times that God has made fit just so while keeping it all hidden so we can't find out the right times for ourselves.
Finally something that I can agree with, humans are just like animals, there is no way to know for certain than human and animal spirits have different fates upon death. And we don't know what the future holds so should enjoy the present.
If a people is oppressed then their dead are more fortunate than the living, and those that have not been born are the most fortunate.
There are several futile ways of working (when motivated by envy, greed or prestige) and one that is beneficial, working together with other people and sharing the rewards.
Oh and how do you pronounce Ecclesiastes?
And it is pointless to party, to gain possessions, to gain wisdom if it doesn't bring you fame, and to work hard if you are apart from God. Because otherwise God gives all your wealth to someone who did please him, OK then.
There are particular times for every event in a human life (makes a nice song), times that God has made fit just so while keeping it all hidden so we can't find out the right times for ourselves.
Finally something that I can agree with, humans are just like animals, there is no way to know for certain than human and animal spirits have different fates upon death. And we don't know what the future holds so should enjoy the present.
If a people is oppressed then their dead are more fortunate than the living, and those that have not been born are the most fortunate.
There are several futile ways of working (when motivated by envy, greed or prestige) and one that is beneficial, working together with other people and sharing the rewards.
Oh and how do you pronounce Ecclesiastes?
