A Young Man Gives Young People Advice

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At the end of ecclesiastes 11, verse nine, rejoice, young man, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. But know that for all these things, god will bring you into judgment,. banish anxiety from your mind and put away pain from your body. And then the leading off twelv, right after that, remember your creator. For youth and the dawn of life are vanity.

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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