I didn't say I wanted to "reconcile suffering out of existence". This whole talk about suffering started when Fluminator asked me to explain why it is bad when a small child dies of malaria.Wusti wrote: ↑Mon Oct 24, 2022 4:30 amI have to say that you need to follow this to the end in various ways, and not just conclude that suffering is bad because it makes you and other feel bad - but the HOW of stopping suffering is something you should consider.Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑Sat Oct 22, 2022 6:02 pm@Fluminator: If you still want more from me on why suffering is bad, I have been reflecting on how to explain it to you.
I think that suffering is bad because I have experienced it, and I have some evidence to suggest to me that others experience suffering as a bad thing also.
I know that when something happens that causes me to suffer, I do not like it, it upsets me, it makes me sad.
I have seen other people experience various forms of suffering and in pretty much every case it was abundantly clear that they also did not like it, and were sad.
Human beings are social creatures. I am a very social person. I do not want to suffer, and I do not want other human beings to experience suffering.
Therefore, I conclude that suffering is bad.
Does that answer you?
For example when I was in my early 20s and my relationship with my first love broke down I suffered and was sad. How do you make this go away? Well, she could've decided to stay in the relationship - but then she might suffer being stuck with a partner she didn't want to be with anymore - cancelling one suffering creates another.
Paint me a picture of how you can reconcile suffering out of existence and what it would look like.
Paint me a picture of why is good that thousands of small children die every day from painful, preventable diseases?