While we may and should be grateful for what we have, still—is life on earth, as the Preacher of Ecclesiastes says, “vanity” (an inconsequential vapor)?
Ecclesiastes 1:2 KJV
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”
He meant it, too.
“Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.”
He meant it, too.
Such a completely anti-21st century sentiment. We are such boasters, narcissists, working on our “personal brands,” compromising our principles for things that ultimately matter little, genuinely impressed by mere show.
Not all of us of course.
Not all of us of course.
The suggestion that “all is vanity” seems to appeal only to losers, philosophers, and a certain sort of religious adherent. Not to anybody in mass media, probably.
Curious if the pro-“all is vanity” camp aligns with the cynical aged, while the anti camp aligns with younger, ambitious, positive folks.
Not just Ecclesiastes:
Psalm 39:6 KJV
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
Psalm 39:6 KJV
Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.
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