Q&A: Suppose there is a super-programmer who created this world and us as part of that world.
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Suppose there is a super-programmer who created this world and us as part of that world.
Question
From a moral standpoint,
should we serve and admire him because he created us?
Or should we be angry with him, since he created us merely as a means?
And how can one know whether we were created merely as a means or as an end?
Answer
Emotions are a personal matter. Decide for yourself whether you’re angry, admiring, or something else.
I don’t know. It’s unlikely that we were created as an end, because otherwise they could simply not have created us, and there would have been no need for ends.
See “divine service as a need above.”