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Episode 160: Everything is Meaningless: The Book of Ecclesiastes
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Length:
94 minutes
Released:
Mar 19, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
David and Tamler dive into the book of Ecclesiastes, an absurdist classic that is somehow also a book of the Bible. Is everything meaningless, vain, and a chasing after the wind? Are humans just the same as animals? Are wise people no better off than fools? Will God judge us after we die, rewarding the good people and punishing the shit-heels? What if there is no afterlife and this is all we get? How should we deal with our pointless, unjust existence? Plus we return to our opening-segment bible— Aeon—and talk about an argument for replacing jealousy with...wait for it…compersion.
Released:
Mar 19, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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