The Source of Meaninglessness

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He says there's just the same cycle as repeating itself over and over. A generation comes, a generation goes or a generation goes, a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. Thes, this is when we go back. He says, let me tell you about my journey to try to find ike, what is good in life? Let me tell you, lika, i've just told you, life is meaningless.

David and Tamler dive into the book of Ecclesiastes, an absurdist classic that is somehow also a book of the Bible. Is everything meaningless, vain, and a chasing after the wind? Are humans just the same as animals? Are wise people no better off than fools? Will God judge us after we die, rewarding the good people and punishing the shit-heels? What if there is no afterlife and this is all we get? How should we deal with our pointless, unjust existence? Plus we return to our opening-segment bible— Aeon—and talk about an argument for replacing jealousy with...wait for it…compersion.

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