I think it's something you learn from. For example, with physical pain (say, putting your hand in a fire) it's just your body's way of telling you to not do whatever it is that's causing you pain. I mean, otherwise your hand wouldn't last long. It's pretty much just warning signs and your body letting you know that you're doing something that it can't handle, so to speak.
I guess the same could be said for other types of pain, like emotional. Pain is bad, and most people don't want to suffer much of it. So, whenever something causes you pain, you bear that in mind next time a similar situation comes up. Pretty much just learning from your mistakes and all that.
So yeah, I do think pain serves a purpose. I see it as mainly your body's way of warning you. Our bodies can only take so much, and if we weren't aware that we're doing damage to ourselves, then we wouldn't last long. It could also be said that it's to act as a kind of balance. Going through something painful makes you appreciate the good things in you life a lot more.
Do you think suffering is ever pointless? Like with women giving birth, war, famine, excessive labor, etc...
The mods struck back, so you probably know who i am.lol. I haven't suffered much myself, but it's been a recurring theme in my life lately, like something i have to figure out. And the movie Zenith brought these thoughts to my mind today; in the movie everyone is genetically altered to be "happy", but they become numb and take drugs that cause pain just to be able to feel something. I had a sort of epiphany about human suffering after watching it. I don't really remember it right now, but I'd like to see what others think first anyway.
Women giving birth? I guess you could call that an evolutionary mistake. It's the size of our heads compared to our bodies at the time of birth. Other animals don't have that problem...but then of course other animals aren't as smart as us.
Is it normal to justify pain and suffering w/ a greater purpose?
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I think it's something you learn from. For example, with physical pain (say, putting your hand in a fire) it's just your body's way of telling you to not do whatever it is that's causing you pain. I mean, otherwise your hand wouldn't last long. It's pretty much just warning signs and your body letting you know that you're doing something that it can't handle, so to speak.
I guess the same could be said for other types of pain, like emotional. Pain is bad, and most people don't want to suffer much of it. So, whenever something causes you pain, you bear that in mind next time a similar situation comes up. Pretty much just learning from your mistakes and all that.
So yeah, I do think pain serves a purpose. I see it as mainly your body's way of warning you. Our bodies can only take so much, and if we weren't aware that we're doing damage to ourselves, then we wouldn't last long. It could also be said that it's to act as a kind of balance. Going through something painful makes you appreciate the good things in you life a lot more.
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Do you think suffering is ever pointless? Like with women giving birth, war, famine, excessive labor, etc...
The mods struck back, so you probably know who i am.lol. I haven't suffered much myself, but it's been a recurring theme in my life lately, like something i have to figure out. And the movie Zenith brought these thoughts to my mind today; in the movie everyone is genetically altered to be "happy", but they become numb and take drugs that cause pain just to be able to feel something. I had a sort of epiphany about human suffering after watching it. I don't really remember it right now, but I'd like to see what others think first anyway.
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Women giving birth? I guess you could call that an evolutionary mistake. It's the size of our heads compared to our bodies at the time of birth. Other animals don't have that problem...but then of course other animals aren't as smart as us.