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And Forever

from XVI​.​I Mersault by THE TOVVER

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Without having a choice in the matter we project this sense on the universe. We expect the universe to fulfill our demands. We think, for example that evil should be punished. We think that goodness should be rewarded. This is the problem that goes all the way back to the early middle ages, often called the problem of evil. The obvious fact that virtue is not always rewarded. The obvious fact that the evil sometimes get away with what they do; has always been a deep problem for theological thinkers. But without even reference to religion, it's a problem for all of us.
The absurd is this recognition that we have a demand of the world and the world just doesn't care. Now, there's a sense in which we might say the absurd would cease to be a problem if we believe in God. Camus of course is an atheist. But the truth is that the absurd would exist even if there's a God. In fact the problem with evil, as it goes back through history, is very much a problem in the face of god. We have these expectations and the world doesn't seem to deliver.
At one point Camus says, even if there were a god, it wouldn't matter.

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from XVI​.​I Mersault, released January 26, 2012
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