why do i live and someone better dies?

[etilit]

i struggle with this thought...i cant understand it

 

[brmstn69]

Who's to say they are better? For all you know, even though outwardly they appear to be saints, deep down inside, they could be pure evil...

Call me cynical, but I believe that many who do good work, do so to cover for their own sins...

 

[squiggle]

i struggle with this thought...i cant understand it

Isn't this one of the many reasons why mankind needed to invent gods? A supreme being indicated some sort of master plan so the death of one person over another could be explained as a necessary part of the grand scheme although unfathomable by mere mortals.

 

[Tjerk12]

Diversity gives life its beauty. Imagine that only the best would stay alive. That would be the end of mankind, because when only two people are left, still one would be better than the other. Good or bad is a judgement about abilities. When better people than you dye earlier it means in fact that your ability to stay alive is better than theirs, what leaves the question were they really better? Probably you under estimate your own abilities.

 

[Urban]

First, I absolutely second brmstn69.

Second, your question implies that there is some guiding hand deciding who will live & who will die. This is a lot like believing that "God" wanted your football team to win.

I know this sounds cynical, but think of it more as an introduction to reality.

 

[SimplyJakeAndAlex]

Who's to say they are better? For all you know, even though outwardly they appear to be saints, deep down inside, they could be pure evil...

Call me cynical, but I believe that many who do good work, do so to cover for their own sins...

Was going to ask the similar question but you beat me to it :rofl: What make a person better than another one? Am I better than my neighbors because I have a bigger house than they do, Am I better than anyone in this board because I have a sexy husband that loves me and I love him? Am I better because I'm gay and have children while other doesn't? Is me being successful in business makes me better? I doubt it! What makes me better and it's not a comparison to anyone is that I believe in my abilities and I appreciate and respect those of others. That's make me a better person in my book for myself, not compared to anybody else. One can be better at someone in sports, or talent that other have that you may not have developed, but those are talents in a given area of expertise, you're better than everyone and everyone is better than you (_____insert your talent here_____). Where I lack talent you can be the best at it and vice and versa.:cheers:

 

[jeansGuyOZ]

First, I absolutely second brmstn69.

Second, your question implies that there is some guiding hand deciding who will live & who will die. This is a lot like believing that "God" wanted your football team to win.

I know this sounds cynical, but think of it more as an introduction to reality.

My thoughts exactly.

The question should not be "why did this thing happen, which seems so unfair", but rather "What mechanism, if any, exists to guarantee rewards or punishments according to how a person lives?" My answer to that is "None, except that we generate ourselves, via social institutions such as law and the courts and other less official things like the positive responses of other people."

That probably is the same thing as saying there is no god, at least not the kind of god imagined by Christians and Muslims and other religions, who watches us, sees everything we do, and rewards us or punishes us accordingly with eternal bliss or eternal damnation. I tend to shy away from religious discussion in forums such as this, but still the question was asked, and that's my answer.

In my opinion that makes the one life we have on this planet MORE meaningful, not less.

 

[cacc]

Nobody is better than anybody else, and there is no real reason why they died and you lived, other than bad luck on their part.

 

[jeansGuyOZ]

The other thing worth noting is, to say that you are still alive is just another way of saying you're not dead yet.

 

[tonka]

Nobody is better than anyone else? I know people who are kind and generous of spirit. And I know people who are cold pricks. Or vindictive pricks. Or selfish pricks.
I try to be the former...most of the time.

Whatever they are, they will live and then die.