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I totally agree with you. Comfortable suffering certainly seems preferable to unbearable pain, but maybe is not preferable to a daily struggle. My point is el
by yters 7y ago
I totally agree with you. Comfortable suffering certainly seems preferable to unbearable pain, but maybe is not preferable to a daily struggle. My point is eliminating physical suffering does not eliminate existential suffering, whereas eliminating existential suffering with ultimate meaning can in a certain way eliminate physical suffering. For example, many Christians, and people in other religions and philosophies, in the past and even today voluntarily undergo tremendous torture and painful executions because they've found a profound relief for the existential suffering.