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The human purpose |
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"Why does what happen to I?" |
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| Beyond the previous pairing of questions lies the final questions and answers most often associated with "why does what happen to I?" and "why?" | ||
| In philosophical terms, the answers to these questions most often give rise to glimpses of the mind of the universe- the mind of what we may have traditionally called "God". | ||
| In spiritual terms, answers to the question why would go a long way to providing some comfort in understanding our destiny, life after death and the concept of a large force in nature, the earth and the universe. | ||
| Why do some things happen to I? is probably one of the most profoundly mysterious questions- that for many, few answers provide any degree of comfort. | ||
| 16.8.1 | Why do bad things happen to some of us? | |
| The reason why comes sharply into focus during the time of grief over the death of a person close to us. No answers yet provide adequate reasoning behind the death of some people, over the prolonged life of others. Parents live on, while their children die before them. Some beautiful and good people die of horrible sicknesses, while some evil people seem to live until 100. Our parents have died or will die. We will die. | ||
| Answers like "it is all part of God's will" is not enough. It simply doesn't cut it as a sensible or detailed answer. If anything, the answer generates the image of a precocious God wielding his power, fingering people at whim to die or to be hurt, for no good reason other than he can. | ||
| The lack of any reasonable explanation to the pain and suffering that exists in the world is the major motivation for people to lose their belief in a God or a certain faith later on in life. | ||
| 16.8.2 | UCA and finding answers to the reasons why? | |
| Just as UCA provides answers to all the previous questions, the most powerful answers really come into focus when we consider the largest and most important questions of why? and what makes me human?. It is at this fundamental level that UCA stands apart as a model for conceiving the context and purpose of our existence. | ||
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