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Is religion the only cure to the absurdity of existence? Philosophy doesn't help at all.

>> No.16327761

>religion isn’t philosophy
ngmi

>> No.16327762
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16327762

>>16327760
>Philosophy doesn't help at all.
It does, you’re just too retarded to get it.
>inb4 explain then
You’re too retarded to get it I’d be wasting time

>> No.16327764

>>16327760
no the cure is death, although is a temporary cure since you'll be reborn someday

>> No.16327767

>>16327762
First of all, thanks for your sincere and well thought-out input.
However, I must ask, how do you explain that most of the greatest philosophers were so despondent? Were they too retarded to get it?

>> No.16327782

>>16327761
The invention of the Western distinction between religion and philosophy has been a disaster for the human race.

>> No.16327787

>>16327760
Why not just accept it?

>> No.16327801

>>16327767
>despondent philosophers
These are what Plato called sophists. He hated them for a reason. I suggest you go back

>> No.16327803

>>16327760
Philosophy either ends with Nihilism or with the Logos. There is no middle ground

>> No.16327806

>>16327787
Because humans crave meaning.
Forfeiting the search for meaning is against our very nature.

>> No.16327820

>>16327806
Pretty sure I'm a human, can't say I ever was interested in that meme. What's even the meaning behind looking for meaning? Why forcing our ideas on reality?

>> No.16327823

>>16327801
>Muh plato didn't like so i don't like
Do you ever use your brain?

>> No.16327834

>>16327806
You aren't going to get any help here, just dumb bullshit like this >>16327820. The answer to initial question, at least as far as I have found, is yes, religion is the only thing that will help. It's the only thing that I've found that can bridge the gap to something that can be perceived as objective, and that can provide some kind of comfort regarding mortality. Actually believing in it is the problem.

>> No.16327840

>>16327820
>What's even the meaning behind looking for meaning?

Welcome to infinite Regress. Enjoy your stay

>> No.16327896

>>16327840
One can just accept that it's a pointless pursuit and focus on something that actually affects you.

>> No.16327901

>>16327896
That still involves belief. What I'm trying to say its that at the bottom of infinite regress is always belief

>> No.16327906

Anything that gives meaning to life is a religion. Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Islam, Shinto, BLM, Marxism, Sports, whatever.

>> No.16327914

>>16327901
Wouldn't belief in the practical sense of the word, have some sort of active element to it? Labeling indifference as belief might be technically accurate but is also not too useful to describe the matter.

>> No.16327928

>>16327906
>BLM
>Marxism
epic troll, bro

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>>16327760
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>> No.16328326

>>16327914
You are correct