@FredBquick,
Quote: If there is no God, as atheists say, everything is just the physical reality, and nothing else.
In the book of Sirach, R, H, Charles translation chapter 47 verse 17, it is written concerning Solomon, “By thy
SONGS, PARABLES, DARK SPEECHES and
SATIRES, thou didst cause astonishment to the peoples etc.”
In Ecclesiastes, Solomons book of
SATIRES, Solomon gives us a bird’s eye view of the mind of an Atheist.
Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die. I envy those who are dead and gone; they are better off than those who are still alive. But better off than either, are those who have never been born etc.
A man may have a hundred children and live a long time, but no matter how long he lives, if he does not get his share of happiness and does not receive a descent burial, then I say that a baby born dead is better off.
Man and animal receive the same ultimate reward, total oblivion, from the dust they came and to the dust they shall return. A wise man is no better off than a fool, the reward for doing good is the same as that for doing evil, so don’t be too good or too wise, Why kill yourself?
We are all going to our final resting place, and although life is useless, the conclusion of the matter is, if you live a religious life you may at least experience some peace in the short span of consciousness that has been allocated to you in this useless life. So go ahead and eat, drink and be merry, drink your wine and be cheerful. It’s all right with God. Enjoy your life with the woman you love, as long as you live the useless life that God has given you in this world. Enjoy every useless day of it, because that is all that you’ll get for all your troubles.
Never again will you take part in anything that happens in the world, because there will be no action, no thought, no knowledge, no wisdom in the world of the dead to where the righteous, the wicked, the wise and the fools, animal and man, are all going. For the living know that they are going to die, but the dead know nothing.
Solomon wrote four books and Solomon’s songs are found in his book,
‘SONG OF SONGS,’ his parables are found in his book of
‘PROVERBS’, his dark speeches are in the
‘WISDOM OF SOLOMON’ and who can read the negative and even depressing words from the book of ‘Ecclesiastes without realizing that here is the
‘SATRICAL’ work of Solomon, aimed at those people of the godless religion, who believe in neither life after death, or the resurrection from the dead.