"The more I examine the universe and the details of its architecture,
the more evidence I find that the universe in some sense
must have known we were coming."
Freeman Dyson
Image generated with the assistance of Microsoft Copilot
Raison
d'être
I
often walk and engage people in discussions. Sometimes general, more often existential.
During one discussion, I formed a solid
friendship with one man, who asked me about the reason for life and existence.
I asked him what he thought, and he said “reincarnation.”
“But
don’t you think the Creator would have a more noble reason for man’s
existence?” I asked. “Consider that we spend our entire lives gaining knowledge
and wisdom. Consciousness is a miraculous construction that science still holds as one of life's great mysteries. Our thoughts, memories, and loves would all
end if we were reincarnated back as a cockroach or some higher being. We would lose our identity?"
From
my perspective, I fully believe our reason for living is indirectly explained
by Jesus. When someone asked Him what the greatest commandment was, He replied:
“‘Love
the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your
mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it:
‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these
two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37-40, BSB)
Consider
that we live in an environment where love for God and neighbour is practiced by
a minority. Many people’s reasons for living are to exploit others, gain
wealth, have as much sex as possible, and look after themselves. But does this
make people happy? True happiness comes from a life focused on God and
neighbour. This was a theory fully explored by the Pew Research Centre in 2019:
Are Religious People Happier, Healthier? Our New Global Study Explores This
Question.
Surely,
we all want to be happy. We can spend the rest of our life going up purposeless
paths or heed the Apostle Peter’s advice,
“God
intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him,
though He is not far from each one of us. ‘For in Him we live and move
and have our being.” Acts 17: 27, 28. BSB.
Is
it time to bow our heads and speak with the creator with a sincere heart rather
than walking up empty lanes.
Raison d'être
"The more I examine the universe and the details of its architecture,
the more evidence I find that the universe in some sense
must have known we were coming."
Freeman Dyson
Image generated with the assistance of Microsoft Copilot
Raison d'être
I often walk and engage people in discussions. Sometimes general, more often existential. During one discussion, I formed a solid friendship with one man, who asked me about the reason for life and existence. I asked him what he thought, and he said “reincarnation.”
“But don’t you think the Creator would have a more noble reason for man’s existence?” I asked. “Consider that we spend our entire lives gaining knowledge and wisdom. Consciousness is a miraculous construction that science still holds as one of life's great mysteries. Our thoughts, memories, and loves would all end if we were reincarnated back as a cockroach or some higher being. We would lose our identity?"
From my perspective, I fully believe our reason for living is indirectly explained by Jesus. When someone asked Him what the greatest commandment was, He replied:
“‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.” (Matthew 22:37-40, BSB)
Consider that we live in an environment where love for God and neighbour is practiced by a minority. Many people’s reasons for living are to exploit others, gain wealth, have as much sex as possible, and look after themselves. But does this make people happy? True happiness comes from a life focused on God and neighbour. This was a theory fully explored by the Pew Research Centre in 2019: Are Religious People Happier, Healthier? Our New Global Study Explores This Question.
Are religious people happier, healthier? | Pew Research Center
Surely, we all want to be happy. We can spend the rest of our life going up purposeless paths or heed the Apostle Peter’s advice,
“God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us. ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.” Acts 17: 27, 28. BSB.
Is it time to bow our heads and speak with the creator with a sincere heart rather than walking up empty lanes.