Vanity of Vanity, Says the Teacher

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"It does seem to me that the bible is a rich source of philosophy art. I say this not as a religious person, but philosophy and art and beauty and just questions," he says. "I know a lot of people already believe this, but think as if you go through a kind of atheistic phase, as i kind of did, you start to think of the bible as just stupid stories that make people do bad things."

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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