1. a guy sentenced to spent eternity pushing a rock up a mountain. only to have it roll back down to bottom
2. that guy had no meaning
3. Humans who don’t believe in god, heaven, hell all they have is struggle because in the end they are condemned to lose.
hence
Humans who believe in god are cowards and foolish.
Humans who don’t believe in god are deadly dumb to live because human life is like Sisyphus.
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Sisyphus did have meaning. Getting the rock up the hill was his purpose. He felt a sense of accomplishment after he rolled the boulder up the hill. Once there, he rolled the boulder back down the hill, and got a break from his tedious chore as he leisurely strolled back down.
It was the walk back down the hill where he was able to reflect on what he had achieved before rolling the rock back up hill.
Some say that life is all about perspective. Instead of believing that rolling a rock up and down a hill for all of eternity is futile, you can take solace in the realization of what you’ve accomplished as you take a break on the way back down. Who’s to say that Sisyphus didn’t have a good attitude as he repeated the same mindless chore over and over again? He was getting a good workout outdoors. Birds were chirping, the skies were sunny, a gentle breeze was wafting through the air, and he was humming a tune as he worked.
Meaning is a byproduct of language. If you convey a message, it has meaning, unless you use gibberish nonsensical wording. That’s called word-salad and is often indicative of schizophrenia.
pur·pose
/ˈpərpəs/
noun
noun: purpose; plural noun: purposes
1.
the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists
“Purpose” would have been a better word choice than “meaning”.
Sisyphus had a purpose is what I meant.
mean·ing
/ˈmēniNG/
noun
noun: meaning; plural noun: meanings
1.
what is meant by a word, text, concept, or action.
Although “meaning” isn’t bad either. It can include concepts or actions as well as text.
rea·son
/ˈrēzən/
noun
noun: reason; plural noun: reasons
1.
a cause, explanation, or justification for an action or event.
“the minister resigned for personal reasons”
synonyms: cause, ground(s), basis, rationale; More
motive, motivation, purpose, point, aim, intention, objective, goal;
explanation, justification, argument, defense, vindication, excuse, pretext
“the main reason for his decision”
•
good or obvious cause to do something.
“we have reason to celebrate”
•
Logic
a premise of an argument in support of a belief, especially a minor premise when given after the conclusion.
2.
the power of the mind to think, understand, and form judgments by a process of logic.
Meaning and purpose are both relevant concepts. Meaning is the reason why you do something, and purpose is embedded in what you do. But human life isn’t so much like Sisyphus, where the activities organizing it are inherently without benefit aside from whatever simple joy may be derived by doing them. Human activities tend to organize around improving one’s living conditions, and making them more bearable for the actor involved. God or no god, human life can be better or worse for anyone, depending on how it’s organized.
Sure, ok.
I picked up some Andouille sausages yesterday. $3.49 per pound, so a .76 pound serving was $2.65. I barbequed them on the grill, then washed ’em down with a few beers. It was great. I thought it was a generous portion for the price.
I think I’ll do the same exact thing again today.
Those little pleasures are just fringe benefits. A whole shitload of work went into procuring, refining, packaging and presenting those sausages for sale – and countless people you’ll probably never meet worked tirelessly to ensure those sausages were as delicious as they could possibly be. Thank god for those anonymous, mysterious workers, and the pigs from whence the sausage came.
Have you ever tried fermenting your own brews? I want to get into that as a hobby but it’s one of those on-hold plans, since I don’t currently have enough money to get started with it.