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I'm not trying to proselytize here, just merely pointing out that the sentiment is thousands of years old: Akabyah ben Mahalalel said: mark well three things a
by dtnewman 3y ago
I'm not trying to proselytize here, just merely pointing out that the sentiment is thousands of years old:
Akabyah ben Mahalalel said: mark well three things and you will not come into the power of sin: know from where you come, and where you are going, and before whom you are destined to give an account and reckoning. From where do you come? From a putrid drop. Where are you going? To a place of dust, of worm and of maggot. Before whom you are destined to give an account and reckoning? Before the King of the kings of kings, the Holy One, blessed be He.
-Pirkeh Avot 3:1
(Written sometime before 200 CE)
- thefz 3y agoNothing relative to God in OP's post. Contrarily,it is materialistic in nature.
- groby_b 3y agoThis was neither the point of the PP, nor is the OP "materialistic" in nature. (Did you mean secular?) Both are questioning how you should invest your time, and what really matters in your life. Yes, sure, PP is anchored in religion, but the sentiment is the same.
- dtnewman 3y ago⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆ The point doesn't have to do with religion. Rather that people (many of whom were religious thinkers) have been thinking along these lines for thousands of years.