I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the world so beautiful?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Religion survives because it answers three questions that every reflective person must ask. Who am I? Why am I here? How then shall I live?
The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and become one's key to the experience of others.
'Why are we here?' 'What is our purpose? 'Is there an afterlife?' 'Is there a God?' 'Is it all about science?' Those are big questions, and usually, TV is a little scared to go there.
I'm really intrigued by those eternal questions of creation and belief and faith. I don't care who you are, it's what we all think about. It's in the back of all our minds.
Science is very good at answering the 'how' questions. 'How did the universe evolve to the form that we see?' But it is woefully inadequate in addressing the 'why' questions. 'Why is there a universe at all?' These are the meaning questions, which many people think religion is particularly good at dealing with.
Why are we here? Where do we come from? Traditionally, these are questions for philosophy, but philosophy is dead.
The questions worth asking, in other words, come not from other people but from nature, and are for the most part delicate things easily drowned out by the noise of everyday life.
The beauty of Judaism is that it demands we ask questions, especially of ourselves.
I've been a little bit obsessed with religion, without being a religious person, for about a decade.
We don't understand why we're here, no one's giving us an answer, religion is vague, your parents can't help because they're just people, and it's all terrible, and there's no meaning to anything.