"For that which
befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them:
as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that
a man hath no preeminence above a beast." -- Ecclesiastes 3:19
Ecclesiastes for Skeptics
Ecclesiastes is by far the best book in the Bible. Of course most of the good
stuff contradicts what the Bible says elsewhere.
Death is final. There is no afterlife. 3:19, 9:5,
9:10
"There is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works." 3:22
"A man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to
drink, and to be merry." 8:15
"Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a
merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works." 9:7
"Walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine
eyes." 11:9
