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Though thirty spokes may form the wheel, it is the hole within the hub which gives the wheel utility. It is not the clay the potter throws, which gives the pot its usefulness, but the space within the shape, from which the pot is made. Without a door, the room cannot be entered, and without its windows it is dark Such is the utility of non-existence.

The Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu. The Utility of Non-Existence.

Have you ever wondered why we are here? or is life worth living, are you sad about the challenges you face and it makes you question what is the purpose of the world existing.

This excerpt reveals something very interesting. If you as an individual were never born, didn’t come into existence, then in the non-existent state that you will have been, you will be nothing, entirely without use.

The breadth and consciousness we have signifies we are of use. There’s something that can come out of us. And it can be beautiful, it can be ugly. But the fact we exist means we can be of use. That’s purpose.

Are our paths set before us before we are born ?

For those whom He foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

And those whom He predestined He also called, and those whom He called He also justified, and those whom He justified he also glorified.

Romans 8:29-30

If God foreknew and predestined some to be justified, why did God allow does who do not believe to be born?

For now the answer is unknown. We can say there are mysteries we would not immediately understand.

However, if someone who does not believe hears this passage read out, they may feel left out. I think it may make them want to be counted in. And thus choosing to believe.

It sounds like a way to make people believe or to be counted in. But I do think if someone still does not want to believe, or is not inclined to believe they still wouldn’t.

So the question still stands, if there is predestination, why is there predestination for destruction ? What is the point of ongoing creation if there is doom?