Significant slice of the U.S. workforce believes their jobs have no purpose

Re:Significant slice of the U.S. workforce believes their jo... by madspindel on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @05:47AM (#37131963)

Ecclesiastes in the Bible begins with:

The words of the Teacher, son of David, king in Jerusalem:

2 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher. “Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.”

3 What do people gain from all their labors at which they toil under the sun? 4 Generations come and generations go, but the earth remains forever.

and it ends with:

Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the duty of all mankind. 14 For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.

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Re:Significant slice of the U.S. workforce believes their jo... by dougmwne on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @06:30AM (#37132206)

What has been, that will be; what has been done, that will be done. Nothing is new under the sun!

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Re:Significant slice of the U.S. workforce believes their jo... by nly on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @07:55AM (#37132811)

So nothing is pointless because God actually gives a shit about all of it, no matter how insignificant, and is going to weigh it all up in the end?

I guess that helped some people sleep at night as they laboured away as slaves.

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Re:Significant slice of the U.S. workforce believes their jo... by pyinstallwoes on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @07:58AM (#37132842)

That’s a really pointless existence

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Re:Significant slice of the U.S. workforce believes their jo... by FreshStart on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @12:34PM (#37136022)

So if God is just a adaption to a endless cycle of strife, the answer is worship a gut instinct to continue the cycle? As in never question your program? Never strife for more?accept the unacceptable.. That is the whole answer..

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Re:Significant slice of the U.S. workforce believes their jo... by skinner927 on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @04:28PM (#37138927)

Isn’t life (regardless of species), by nature, simply an endless cycle of strife?

The universe as a whole is completely pointless. That doesn’t mean it’s not worth experiencing. I say this a collection of particles from which that pointless universe is made, so what do I know.

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