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Njengengcali yeengqondo zonyango ngamanye amaxesha ndiye ndibonisane nabantu abasokolayo ngaphandle kwento engekhoyo. Uninzi lwee-agnostics ezichazayo okanye ezingakholelwayo kuThixo. Abadandathekanga ngokwaseklinikhi okanye banxunguphele, ngokokwabo, kodwa kunokuba bazifumane bexubha "ngocingo" lokuphila nje. Ngokucacileyo, ayifanelekanga ukuba ndinyanzelise umbono wam wehlabathi kubo, ke ndizama ukubanceda ukuba bavumelane kwaye benze uxolo kunye nolwabo. Ngelixa oku ikakhulu kubandakanya imizamo ejolise ekuphuculeni nasekuphuculeni amava abo ngokweemvakalelo, ezinye zefilosofi ezinomdla, ezengqondo kunye nokuqonda kuyaxoxwa.

Ngoku ndiyavuma ngokupheleleyo ukuba andiyiyo ingcali kwicandelo le-physics, i-chemistry, i-biology, okanye i-theology kodwa ndiyakholelwa ukuba ndiyazi kakuhle isayensi esisiseko kunye nengqondo yomntu. Ngapha koko, abantu abangaphezulu kunam nababhalileyo kunam babhale ngale nto kunye nezifundo ezifanayo (umzekelo, uChristopher Hitchens, uRichard Dawkins, uSam Harris, uFriedrich Nietzsche, uAlbert Camus, uSoren Kierkegaard, noCarl Sagan ukukhankanya kuphela igcuntswana). Nangona kunjalo, njengengcali yeengqondo, ndiyakholelwa ukuba ndikulungele ukunika uluvo kuba ndizifundile zombini izinto ezibonakalayo zobuchopho bomntu kunye nobukhulu obungabonakaliyo bengqondo yomntu. Kwaye ingqondo, kubonakala ngathi ayikho enye into ngaphandle kwepropathi evelayo yengqondo; "Imfihlo" yayo enika ubungqina bokubaluleka kokuziqhelanisa kunye neenzuzo zokuzivelela kwezinto.

Nantsi isampulu yento ekuhlala kuxoxwa ngayo ngexesha lam kunye ne-agnostics kunye nabantu abangakholelwa kuTixo abakunyango lwe-angst ekhoyo, okanye abajamelana nobukho xa umntu enembono yehlabathi.

Okokuqala, ndiza kujonga kwakhona "iintsika" zobukho obukhoyo ngenjongo yokucaca. Babodwa, banoxanduva, ukungabinantsingiselo kunye nokufa. Ukuzahlula kuba sisodwa ngokupheleleyo ebomini bethu. Akukho mntu unokukwazi ngokwenyani amava ethu okuziva okanye eve iintlungu zethu nokuba sisondele kangakanani kubo. (Ngelishwa, eyaziwayo "iVulcan mind meld" ayikho-ubuncinci okwangoku ...). Sahlukaniswe ngokupheleleyo kubo bonke abanye abantu kuba amava ethu kwindalo iphela abakho kuphela kwingqondo nakwiingqondo zethu. Njengoko isenza kuphela kwingqondo nakwiingqondo zabanye. Kodwa le nyaniso ayithethi ukuba kufuneka sibe nesizungu. Sinokwenza unxibelelwano olubalulekileyo kunye neminye imiphefumlo ebekelwe bodwa ngokulinganayo kwaye ngenxa yoko sizixhase, ukuya kwinqanaba, ukusuka kubunzima obucinezelayo bokubakho bodwa.

Okulandelayo luxanduva. Le yingcinga yokuba ukuze uvumelane nobomi, kubalulekile ukwamkela ukuba izinto ezininzi azenzeki "ngesizathu" okanye njengenxalenye yesicwangciso "esiphakamileyo." Zenzeka ngenxa yokuba izinto ezingahleliwe kunye nokungaqondani zezona zinto ziphambili zokuqhuba ezigqiba okuninzi okwenzeka kuthi ebomini. Kodwa nangona singenakho ukulawula okuncinci kubomi bethu obukhulu, sinoxanduva lweziphumo, ezilungileyo nezingalunganga, uninzi lwezinto esizikhethayo kunye nezenzo zethu kuba ekuphela kwento esinokuyilawula ebomini bethu kukuziphatha kwethu. Oku kusinika umbono wokuzikhethela kunokuba sizive singenamandla kwaye singenamandla kuba ukwazisa okwenzeka kuthi ebomini ngokupheleleyo kwimikhosi yangaphandle kunye nezinto akunamandla. Asifani namagqabi awela emlanjeni omkhulu, othuthwa nje ziiddi kunye nemisinga. Endaweni yoko, sifana nabantu abakwimikhumbi encinci abanokubheqa kwaye baqhube ukuya kwinqanaba elithile nangona beqhutywa kumlambo wesithuba kunye nexesha ngokungenakulinganiswa kwikamva elingaziwayo.

Emva koko kuza intsingiselo. Njengoko sele kukhankanyiwe apha ngasentla, kwaye njengoko ndiza kuthetha ngaphezulu apha ngezantsi, le yimeko yesiseko apho kungekho ntsingiselo ichazwe kwangaphambili, injongo okanye ukubaluleka okuthile kubomi bomntu. Intsingiselo ithathwa ngokuba yinto eyenziweyo yabantu, hayi into eyindalo kwindalo iphela okanye kubomi bethu. Ke, kwindalo engenantsingiselo yendalo, kuxhomekeke ebantwini ukuba bazenzele intsingiselo. Abanye benza njalo ngokuba nabantwana, umsebenzi onenjongo, ubudlelwane obunothando, ukuzonwabisa ngokuzonwabisa, ukubonakalisa ubugcisa, ukufumana amandla kunye nobutyebi, okanye nayiphi na enye indlela okanye indlela abanokuyifumana ebanika i-raison d'etre.

Ekugqibeleni kuza ukufa. Ukubuyela kwelokulibala kobomi bethu bangaphambi kobomi. Isiphelo esipheleleyo sobomi bethu njengezinto eziphilayo ezinolwazi, ezizaziyo. Ukuphulukana ngokupheleleyo nako konke esikuko, konke esikwaziyo, nako konke esinako kubandakanya neziqu zethu. Konke okuseleyo kuthi emva kokufa ngumcimbi ophathekayo wemizimba yethu etshisiweyo okanye ebolayo kwaye, ukuba siyathandwa, bubukho bethu kwezinye iinkumbulo.

Ukuba umntu uyazamkela izinto ezikhoyo zokungathobeli Thixo, yintoni anokuyenza ukwenza uxolo nayo? Zithini iimpendulo zeli lizwe kwimibuzo yakudala yokuba sibekho njani? Yintoni injongo yethu? Ngaba konke oku kukho? Ithetha ukuthini yonke le nto, kwaye yintoni elandelayo eza kulandela?

Okokuqala, kubalulekile ukwamkela ukuba i-physics (classical, relativity and quantum mechanics) sesona sixhobo sichazayo nesichazayo abantu abakhe basifumana okanye basenza. Ngayo sahlule i-athomu, sasebenzisa amanye amandla afana ne-electromagnetism, sakha iminyaka yolwazi, sathumela amadoda enyangeni, sajonga umda wendalo ebonakalayo, kwaye saqala ukutyhila iimfihlelo ezininzi ezigadiweyo malunga nendalo yendawo nexesha, umba namandla, nobomi ngokwabo. Ewe kunjalo, uqikelelo lokuba iingcinga zika-Einstein zenziwa ngaphezulu kwenkulungwane eyadlulayo ziyangqinwa namhlanje (umz. Amaza omxhuzulane kunye nemingxunya emnyama).

Kubonakala, ke, ukuba ifiziksi yinjini evelise kwaye yaqhuba iphela. Ngokuqinisekileyo iyakwenza i-chemistry, yona eya kuthi ekugqibeleni idale ibhayoloji eya kuguquka kwaye itshintshe ngokuhamba kwexesha. Kolu luvo, ubomi babantu benzeka kulo mhlaba ngenxa yokungabikho kokuziphatha okungacwangciswanga kodwa okungenakuphepheka komcimbi kunye namandla okuvelisa iinkqubo zeatomiki, zomzimba kunye neekhemikhali ezikhokelela ebomini. Akukho mdali, akukho uyilo lukrelekrele okanye ngenye indlela. Iinkqubo ezingenakuthintelwa zomcimbi kunye namandla ngaphandle kokuqonda nokuthobela imithetho ye-physics.

Nanini na xa iimeko ezithile kodwa ezingahleli zikhona, isiphumo siyakuhlala siyindlela yokuzenzekelayo kunye nokuvela kobomi-ulungiselelo lwexeshana lweemolekyuli ezinokubonakala ngathi ziyaphikisana ne-entropy.Ezinye zezinto ezingaqhelekanga ezibonakala ziyimfuneko ukuze "ubomi obuphambili" okanye ubomi obunemvakalelo bube khona kubandakanya inkwenkwezi ezinzileyo kwindawo ekuhlalwa kuyo kumnyele; iplanethi enamatye kwindawo ekuhlala kuyo loo nkwenkwezi izinzileyo inemagnetosphere ekhuselayo (efaka ii-biomolecule ezibuthathaka kubungakanani obukhulu bemitha yelanga kunye neye-cosmic); amanzi angamanzi kwiplanethi; isathelayithi ezinzisayo (inyanga ithintela umhlaba kwiinguqu ezinkulu zemozulu eziphazamisa ubomi); kunye nesigebenga segesi esingummelwane esinjengeJupiter esisebenza njengesicoci esinamandla kunye nesicoci, ngaloo ndlela sikhusela umhlaba kwiingozi ezinokubachaphazela nabanokubanempembelelo ezinokuthi zonakalise ubomi obuvelayo nobukhoyo.

Kukho inani elingalindelekanga leenkwenkwezi ezineenkqubo zeplanethi kwindalo ebonakalayo. Kuqikelelwa ukuba kusenokwenzeka ukuba kukho iiplanethi ezizigidi ezithandekayo kubomi bomnyele wethu kuphela. Kuba kucingelwa ukuba kukho izigidi ngezigidi zeminyele kwindalo eyaziwayo, inani leeplanethi ezinje "ngomhlaba" ezinobomi obuguqukileyo nobunolwazelelelo ziyayiphikisa intelekelelo. Ngamanye amagama, iimeko ezithile ezithi zivelise ubomi zinokuthi ziqheleke.

Ngenxa yoko, kwisikimu esikhulu sezinto, imeko yomntu ifana nje nazo zonke ezinye izinto eziphilayo. Ubukho obuqhutywa yimfuneko yebhayiloji yokusinda nokuzala kwakhona.

Nangona kunjalo, abantu banokwenza, bafumane kwaye bakhuphe "intsingiselo" kunye "nenjongo," nokuba bayayiqonda "intsingiselo" kunye "nenjongo" njengezinto eziyindalo kunye nokwakhiwa kwengqondo yomntu.

Ngaphandle kwengqiqo ethile yentsingiselo, ubomi bunokunganyamezeleki kubantu abaninzi abalahla uthixo ocinga nzulu kunye nokucinga ngezinto ezikhoyo. Bayaqonda ukuba ngokwembono yendalo, akukho mahluko phakathi komntu kunye neentsholongwane. Indalo iphela, kubonakala ngathi alunankathalo kulonwabo lomntu.

Kungenxa yeso sizathu le nto abantu abaninzi bekhetha uthixo njengengcamango njengendlela yokuzifaka ethembeni "lobomi obungunaphakade," injongo ephezulu, ukuqonda okukhulu kunentsingiselo, kunye nokubakhusela enzonzobileni yokoyika okukhoyo nokuphelelwa lithemba " abangakholwayo ”banokuchaphazeleka lula.

“Unyango” lolu luvo lusekelwe kubunyani kwaye lusekwe ngokwenyani kodwa lusekele umngeni ngokwasemphefumlweni, ikakhulu "luxinzelelo lwenyani," kubonakala ngathi lusengqiqweni, ixesha elide. Ayisiyo-hedonism ngendlela eqhelekileyo ethi abantu bacinge ngayo, kodwa njenge-raison d'etre kunye ne-modus vivendi eqhutywa ngumzamo wokonwaba kangangoko kunokwenzeka ixesha elide ngaphandle kokulimaza okanye ukwenzakalisa ezinye izidalwa. Ukuzibophelela okukodwa. Kodwa kuninzi, olo lubandakanya umsebenzi owonwabisayo, umdlalo omnandi, ubudlelwane obunentsingiselo, mhlawumbi ukuzala kunye nothando. Mhlawumbi kwanoluvo lwenjongo ephezulu kunye nokunxibelelana ngokomoya.

Ke, ukuzikhusela ngezixhobo zentsimbi zokuba nje, ukuba umntu uyakwazi ukumelana nokuzimela okunzulu; bathathe uxanduva ngezenzo zikabani kunye neziphumo zabo zendalo; ukudala inkohliso yentsingiselo nenjongo ebomini; kwaye wamkele ukungachazeki nokungaqiniseki kokungenakuphepheka kunye nokusisigxina sokufa, emva koko umntu angenza uxolo ngobomi behlabathi.

Okanye, umntu unokwamkela uthixo onguthixo.

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Ilungelo lokushicilela 2019 Clifford N. Lazarus, Ph.D.

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