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I'm not sure if you're trolling or if you genuinely don't understand reading fiction. In case of the latter consider this: Imagine traveling to a destination.

I'm not sure if you're trolling or if you genuinely don't understand reading fiction. In case of the latter consider this: Imagine traveling to a destination. The way is fraught and perilous, but you reach your goal- a blissful paradise. Would you say that the whole experience was happy? It's the same with literature: it's about the journey, not the destination.

Konohamaru 4y ago
All's well that ends well - William Shakespeare. I'm not trolling. I literally believe that during a person's life, absolutely nothing matters except the final state at death. No matter what happens to him in the intervening time, if the end is good, it's all good. And I believe this with 100% no wiggle room.
- hutzlibu 4y ago
  The end is always death. That is neither good nor bad, but simply final death. So to me what matters is all the life before and not just the moments before fading out.
- Shorel 4y ago
  I believe you believe what you wrote, and I believe you are not trolling. I also believe your ideas are 100% false. Life is far too valuable to be defined in a single moment. And for many people, this single moment is not even a conscious one, they could be sleeping, or in a hospital bed, or it would happen too fast for them to notice. So it is also something they never experience. Life is every moment we spent with our loved ones, and the experiences we leave behind. Every interaction matters, a single experience may matter more for some people than for others, and these experiences will stay in the memories of these others when we are gone. So we should strive to live the best of these experiences. I also believe in your 'no wiggle room' attitude. So this comment is not really for you. It is for anyone else who reads your comment in the future, so they can also see there's strong disagreement with your comment and all its ideas.
  - Konohamaru 4y ago
    Thank you!
- synu 4y ago
  To look at an extreme example, lifetime spent under daily torture and imprisonment with a last minute redemption and freedom just before dying of old age would be a life well lived?
  - Konohamaru 4y ago
    Better than 10,000 years of happiness, bliss, and productive work followed by an eternity in the Lake of Fire.
    - synu 4y ago
      Got it, thanks.
      - Konohamaru 4y ago
        Here is the worst part of the Lake of Fire: "And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. THERE WILL BE NO REST day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name." (Revelation 14:11) Have you ever suffered from insomnia? You cannot think about anything, you cannot focus on anything, you cannot do anything. You just have one overwhelming thought in your mind: to go to sleep. Imagine that forever and ever. That is far worse than any physical pain one can experience. Meanwhile, there will be many sensual delights in the New Jerusalem, but the best one will be the freedom to sleep any time you want.
- Konohamaru 4y ago
  *"end is good" meaning "he is all right && he didn't harm anybody else in the process".

Konohamaru 4y ago

All's well that ends well - William Shakespeare. I'm not trolling. I literally believe that during a person's life, absolutely nothing matters except the final state at death. No matter what happens to him in the intervening time, if the end is good, it's all good. And I believe this with 100% no wiggle room.

hutzlibu 4y ago
The end is always death. That is neither good nor bad, but simply final death. So to me what matters is all the life before and not just the moments before fading out.
Shorel 4y ago
I believe you believe what you wrote, and I believe you are not trolling. I also believe your ideas are 100% false. Life is far too valuable to be defined in a single moment. And for many people, this single moment is not even a conscious one, they could be sleeping, or in a hospital bed, or it would happen too fast for them to notice. So it is also something they never experience. Life is every moment we spent with our loved ones, and the experiences we leave behind. Every interaction matters, a single experience may matter more for some people than for others, and these experiences will stay in the memories of these others when we are gone. So we should strive to live the best of these experiences. I also believe in your 'no wiggle room' attitude. So this comment is not really for you. It is for anyone else who reads your comment in the future, so they can also see there's strong disagreement with your comment and all its ideas.
- Konohamaru 4y ago
  Thank you!
synu 4y ago
To look at an extreme example, lifetime spent under daily torture and imprisonment with a last minute redemption and freedom just before dying of old age would be a life well lived?
- Konohamaru 4y ago
  Better than 10,000 years of happiness, bliss, and productive work followed by an eternity in the Lake of Fire.
  - synu 4y ago
    Got it, thanks.
    - Konohamaru 4y ago
      Here is the worst part of the Lake of Fire: "And the smoke of their torment will rise for ever and ever. THERE WILL BE NO REST day or night for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name." (Revelation 14:11) Have you ever suffered from insomnia? You cannot think about anything, you cannot focus on anything, you cannot do anything. You just have one overwhelming thought in your mind: to go to sleep. Imagine that forever and ever. That is far worse than any physical pain one can experience. Meanwhile, there will be many sensual delights in the New Jerusalem, but the best one will be the freedom to sleep any time you want.
Konohamaru 4y ago
*"end is good" meaning "he is all right && he didn't harm anybody else in the process".