/lit/ - Literature

>>16404433
>Breaking the fourth wall

>self improvement

>spirituality

>>15847557
>Marcus Aurelius

>>>15791879 (OP)
>Actually, that child won’t have to experience several more decades of empty materialism and cultural nihilism so I’d say god is doing it a favor.
>Beyond that, I’ll need a logica proof that suffering is bad simpliciter

>Based and valid

>>15442566
>meaning

>I just wanted to share with you a beautiful example of the transformative power of God's grace: before and after pictures of my friend who became Orthodox

>>15433235
>This whole thread is essentially "black people are bad" just in foreign languages so mods won't delete it as quickly as in the usual case.
>For those who don't know the languages

>art

>>15317233

>Yeah I only buy fancy hardcovers
>clothbound, acid-free paper, holy shit I'm gonna coom!
>books are meant to last bro!
>Gotta have the booksehlf look pretty, no crummy paperbacks for me!

>metaphysics and religion

>The Bible

>I fr*ggin' hate niggers!!

>>14545227
>things are wrong and my empathy tells me not to

>>14521609
>"Human sacrifice is fucked up man"

>>14070555
>Lennox

>>13805431
>most metal....

Didn't have to read past that

>>13742803
>suffering is bad

>Both the Mahabharata and Shrimad Bhagavatam give a vivid description of how things are like in Kaliyuga. The following is a list of features typical to Kaliyuga according to these two shastras:
>1). People will not think twice before cutting down trees or destroying groves.
>2). Everyone will eat the same kind of food (i.e. will lack discrimination in matters of food and food-habits).
>3). Even though having the outward appearance of saints, people will indulge in trade and commercial activity.
>4). During Kaliyuga a man will be friends only with his wife. A man will consider only those people to be his relatives who are related to him through his wife.
>5). Whoever has money will be considered of noble birth and as having good qualities. The one who has power in his hands will be able steer the course of justice in his favor.
>6). The one who lacks money and cannot bribe will be deprived of justice by the courts.
>7). People will consider far-off water bodies as pilgrimage but neglect pilgrimages near to them (for example living with parents and serving them).
>8). Brahmins will start performing the tasks which otherwise shudras are supposed to perform.
>9). Brahmins will abstain from sacrifices and the study of Vedas.
>10). People will stop making offerings to their ancestors.
>11). Brahmins will start eating anything (i.e. they become indiscriminate in their food habits).
>12). Men will have shorter life span and be feeble in strength. They will be weak in energy and valour.
>13). During Kaliyuga, women will use their mouths for copulation.
>14). Under the burden of excess taxation, householders will turn into robbers.
>15). In ashramas, brahmacharis will indulge in evil conduct and pander to the desires of the world. The ashrams will be full of show-offs who are experts in the art of living off the food of others.
>16). When Kaliyuga degenerates even further, people who follow Dharma are seen to have an ever smaller life.
>17). People will sell goods with false weights. There will be a lot of deceit associated with trade.
>18). Towards the end of Kaliyuga, the young one act like the old. The conduct that suits the young is seen in the old. The old will think like children and the young will have the intelligence of the old.
>19). In Kaliyuga, people abbreviate the truth; because of this harm done to the truth, lifespans are shortened.
>20). Brahmins, Kshatriyas and Vaishyas will beget children with each other, and become like shudras, devoid of austerities and truth.
>21). Because of the shortage of cows, people will resort to drinking goat and sheep-milk.
>22). In Kaliyuga, rules about what is to be eaten are transgressed.
>23). Brahmins will not observe sacred vows but will criticize the Vedas. Deluded by logic they will give up worship and yajnas.
>24). At the end of Kaliyuga, the world will be overtaken by mlechha conduct. There will be no rites and sacrifices. There will be unhappiness everywhere and no festivals will be celebrated.

>>13669331
>It would be far edgier to propose that waiting in line for the new iPhone is an act of beauty and a shining example of the human spirit
You fucking moron that's exactly what Apple's Advertising & Marketing department persuaded the people waiting in line to think

>>13636691
omg...Upvoted

>>13423010
>Thomas Nagel

>>13266412
You’re quoting two different people but please go ahead and link us. I can tell by your responses that you haven’t even read the book but go ahead