Mostly ignorance and selfishness. The majority avoid connecting the dots whenever the truth is inconvenient. They need to be dragged kicking and screaming into the future.
“God created all for us to enjoy. Why would he instill within it the sense of self with which to suffer?” Is a paraphrased response I’ve received when posing this question to a few friends.
How insane would it be to find out that a living creature with a nervous system cannot know its own suffering?
Hubris
Mostly ignorance and selfishness. The majority avoid connecting the dots whenever the truth is inconvenient. They need to be dragged kicking and screaming into the future.
“God created all for us to enjoy. Why would he instill within it the sense of self with which to suffer?” Is a paraphrased response I’ve received when posing this question to a few friends.
Ah yes, that good and just world they keep insisting exists