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Gosh, the Catholic Church has really creates some deep issues. I think all of you are smarter than I am because I got lost by the third entry. Especially when Angel of Death said "There is no differennce between you and the tree in front of you." I stopped thinking at that point and said the most-often repeated word of the human race: Huh? How do you know if the tree in front of you exists? Well, not-so-smart people like me try touching it or pinching ourselves, our banging our heads against the tree. I believe the ephemerality of all entities makes us feel like life is an illusion because nothing lasts. Makes you wonder if we'll last. What's real? Is real something that lasts? Does the attribute of death make it unreal? That's why I love you people. If I asked this question to one of my friends, their minds would freeze and then return to "reality." Oh God, I am so trying this out tomorrow. In the middle of a conversation, I'll ask my friend "Whats real?" and I'll get a Homer Simpson response and a good laugh! This is what people like us do for entertainment. Make fools of others. Do we feel superior to them? Ah, I digress again! Apparently, certain sects of Chrisitanity aren't providing satisfying answers to deep thinkers like us. Here's another theory, maybe we as humans who have only managed to use 10% of our "minds" (what is a mind?), can not understand reality. None of you have mentioned this. Did id ever strike you that thought has it's limitations? The mind, like the body, has its limitations. And, we can not depend on it either. How many of us will be able to rationalize thoroughly when we're 93 years old and our minds wander? Our minds are tools that are not universal. Think of it as a wrench. You can use a wrench to fix a car, but not eat your food. What am I trying to say? Maybe we can understand reality by "feeling" our way through, rather than through thinking alone. I have no idea what I mean when I say "feeling". It's something different than thinking, maybe emotions or spirituality or something. Agh, my mind really hurts from all this thinking. Or does it? Is pain real? Let me just throw this book in my hand at someone.....Yes, pain is real. None of you can argue with me because the bruise I just got is VERY real. There you go, reality is painful! I have achieved enlightenment!
"How can we be just in a world without mercy and merciful in a world without justice?"
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