How does classical/traditional theism help us understand what life is?
Part II of II
Classical/traditional theism takes a step beyond this.
Life is more than just birth, death, and what goes on between the two. Classical/traditional theism goes on to say there is more.
Hope now evolves that life is not the end and as such, behavior becomes elevated.
The individual life takes on greater significance and so does behavior.
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Life being unlimited by time changes the concept of what life is.
Attaching the concept of eternal existence to life now adds a new possibility to life.
Now life gains an appearance of having some purpose.
Why else would one leave one state of being, life before birth, in order to come into another state of being into the universe?
If there were not a reason, why would you die?
If your soul is eternal, leaving this existence in order to get back to where you came from would imply a need to do so.
Under classical/traditional theism, hope arises, for logic springs up regarding the possibility that there is a significance to all of this.
Classical/traditional theisms such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and others provide hope.
Existence outside this universe, however, is still uncertain.
Under classical/traditional theism, the size of the Causative Force is limited to just part of the region beyond the boundaries of the universe.
Under these theisms, our universe does not lie within the Causative Force.
The result of this limited perception regarding the size of the Causative Force is that you still have no significant impact upon the Causative Force.
This limited perception regarding the size of the Causative Force leads to limited behavior we generate towards others, for we see others as being limited.
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