Struggle versus Survival

[arpad]

How God judges a man is something we cannot imagine at all. If he really takes strength of temptation and the fraility of nature into account, whom can he condemn? But otherwise the resultant of these two forces is simply the end for which the man was predestined. In that case he was created so that the interplay of forces would make him either conquer or succumb. And that sounds not like a religious idea at all, but more like scientific hypothesis...

So if you want to stay within the religious sphere you must struggle

(c) Wittgenstein (of course)

Comments

[-kk.livejournal.com]

W. is always refreshing.

But I wonder... Does he really write "he" and not "He" speaking of God?

[arpad.livejournal.com]

"I never beleived in God before" - that I understand. But not: "I never really beleived in Him before". (c)

So I suppose he could

[cleobatya.livejournal.com]

thats interesting...i always felt that verifying the accuracy of religious narratives is less important than deciding whether G-d exists, and whether He has placed us on a path to overcoming temptation/weaknesses/obstacles (possibly the "meaning of life(??)".

being religious brings a stronger awareness of these obstacles, but i often suspect that religious observance clouds the real way to overcome personal weakness.