Religion
In reply to the discussion: Religious Question #1 [View all]QuantumOfPeace
(97 posts)_You state this as if it were a fact. How do you know this?_
One answer: As finite beings, we cannot possibly know infinite consequences. It's like the butterfly effect, maybe.
I suspect there are other ways to think about it, too.
_Which, according to believers, exists and is real. So why not just create heaven and be done?_
Because (temporal) life is precious in its own way, which includes knowledge of good and evil.
Besides, it seems kinda lame (and self-destructive?) to go through life thinking that the earth should be heaven, when there is no way to achieve that on your own reckoning/assertion.
To be upset for something you cannot get/have? That's not delusion, but seems it could lead to some kind of neurosis, maybe, or depression or anxiety.