armyboyjay
Registered Member
there seem to be some smart people on this site, so i'd like some thoughts...
i've been hit many times w/ the ? "Why do bad things happen to good people?" (ie, why did lil' Jimmy die when he was two via malaria or whatever the case).
In other words, somehow i've adapted in my nature that there are certain things that are simply not right in this world (rape, starvation, disease, you name it, fill in the blank).
Which leads me to the question how I came to this conclusion in the first place.
What, in me, in us, instictively knows that there are certain things in this world that just aren't right? Does a fish feel out of place in water (perhaps they do, i'm not a fish)?
Terrible things happening to people isn't a new thing, by any means (bad crap has been happening to us for quite a while, right?). Then why am I so perplexed by it?
How can thoughts like, "This shouldn't be happening" or "This isn't the way it's supposed to be?" come to me unless, somehow, instictively, I know of a way things ARE supposed to be?
Another example, for instance, is time. Why am I so amazed by it? ("Look how time flys!" "Why, I feel like I was just sixteen yesterday.") If I am meant to be in time, why is there something inherent in me that is simply not temporal?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks
armyboyjay
i've been hit many times w/ the ? "Why do bad things happen to good people?" (ie, why did lil' Jimmy die when he was two via malaria or whatever the case).
In other words, somehow i've adapted in my nature that there are certain things that are simply not right in this world (rape, starvation, disease, you name it, fill in the blank).
Which leads me to the question how I came to this conclusion in the first place.
What, in me, in us, instictively knows that there are certain things in this world that just aren't right? Does a fish feel out of place in water (perhaps they do, i'm not a fish)?
Terrible things happening to people isn't a new thing, by any means (bad crap has been happening to us for quite a while, right?). Then why am I so perplexed by it?
How can thoughts like, "This shouldn't be happening" or "This isn't the way it's supposed to be?" come to me unless, somehow, instictively, I know of a way things ARE supposed to be?
Another example, for instance, is time. Why am I so amazed by it? ("Look how time flys!" "Why, I feel like I was just sixteen yesterday.") If I am meant to be in time, why is there something inherent in me that is simply not temporal?
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Thanks
armyboyjay