The Race

"The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, but time and chance happen to them all" Ecclesiastes 9:11 NIV

The introduction to the book of Ecclesiastes in the amplified bible states that wisdom, education, knowledge, pleasure, happiness, power, influence, and religion have lasting value only insofar as man relates all of life to God.

hummmmm. I'm not so sure about that.

Many of the treasured (lasting value) writings of humankind were written by philosophers who did not relate all of their life to God.

Lasting value must refer to eternal value. Lard, lard, lard. There's that eternity thing again.

I can't help believing that life is worthwhile whether there is or is not a God.