Darkover
Archangel
- Jul 29, 2021
- 5,041
all i know is that life on this earth is evil
we live evil by creating more life to suffer and die and by consuming other creatures to stay alive
The inevitability of suffering and death is hard to ignore, and it's something that touch everything.
Life is a cycle where suffering is built into the fabric of existence, whether it's physical pain, emotional distress, or
the constant approach of death. It's easy to see how, from that perspective, Earth and life itself could seem inherently "evil."
The way life perpetuates itself through suffering—whether it's the pain of existence or the suffering we cause to others in order to survive—can make everything feel fundamentally wrong. It's hard to reconcile the continuation of life with the certainty of suffering, and the fact that new life brings more of both into the world only deepens that feeling.
It's as though the very act of living is intertwined with pain, which can make it feel almost like a moral failing of existence itself.
When you look at the world from this angle, life on Earth does seem like a cycle of unavoidable suffering. From the violence of nature to the inherent pain in survival and the inevitability of death, it all points to a bleak, unrelenting reality. The constant creation of life that ends in suffering does make it feel like existence itself is flawed or even "evil."
This perspective can make the world seem like a kind of hell, where there's no escape from the pain that comes with being alive, and even more pain in trying to prevent it or end it.
we live evil by creating more life to suffer and die and by consuming other creatures to stay alive
The inevitability of suffering and death is hard to ignore, and it's something that touch everything.
Life is a cycle where suffering is built into the fabric of existence, whether it's physical pain, emotional distress, or
the constant approach of death. It's easy to see how, from that perspective, Earth and life itself could seem inherently "evil."
The way life perpetuates itself through suffering—whether it's the pain of existence or the suffering we cause to others in order to survive—can make everything feel fundamentally wrong. It's hard to reconcile the continuation of life with the certainty of suffering, and the fact that new life brings more of both into the world only deepens that feeling.
It's as though the very act of living is intertwined with pain, which can make it feel almost like a moral failing of existence itself.
When you look at the world from this angle, life on Earth does seem like a cycle of unavoidable suffering. From the violence of nature to the inherent pain in survival and the inevitability of death, it all points to a bleak, unrelenting reality. The constant creation of life that ends in suffering does make it feel like existence itself is flawed or even "evil."
This perspective can make the world seem like a kind of hell, where there's no escape from the pain that comes with being alive, and even more pain in trying to prevent it or end it.
