@philokalia saidDo you believe learning and relearning are ~ ultimately ~ meaningless, though?
Yes.
Because I also find that not only must we learn, but we must relearn, and in the process of relearning we tend to also discover interpretations and concepts that we did not master the first time through, right.
@fmf saidYou start dying and learning the moment you are born.
Albert Einstein: "Once you stop learning, you start dying".
Do people agree with Einstein on this?
Best to keep both going for as long as possible.
@secondson saidDo you think once a theist stops learning about their theology, they start dying?
I think it's true.
@secondson saidNo. The topic is learning and dying. See the OP.
Are you changing the topic of discussion?
@secondson saidIt is about that.
My bad. I guess I thought the topic of the OP was about what Einstein said about learning and dying and whether we agreed with it or not.
@secondson saidWith theology - with the Bible, for instance -- there is always some deeper analysis or angle on the text, cross references etc. -that one can learn about - as sonship demonstrates here week in week out.
Do you think that once an atheist stops learning about what it means to be an atheist, they start dying?
Atheism, though - for me, for example, being someone who simply lacks theist belief - it is not something I study or seek to learn about, nor is there any scripture or body of literature that one has to "learn".
However, I do believe that learning and teaching, along with loving and being loved, are an integral part of the meaning of life, so while I wouldn't see myself as "dying", per se, if I had a year or two when I wasn't doing all that much "learning", I think the saying in the OP has a good measure of truth to it.