Just a quick patch-on to the patch about NPC's.
I was thinking more about this game of God's called Life,and about all the characters in it.
To each individual player, or person, isn't everyone else an NPC? The answer is obviously no.
No one is an figment of anyone else's imagination.
One can never know for sure, because all it takes is extremely advanced technology to give an NPC in a game an intricate brain possible of being creative on its own.
Kind of like creating artificial intelligence in real life, but easier.
But online multiplayer is a much more pleasant way of viewing God's game.
More like an open world game like World of Warcraft or RuneScape then Halo Multiplayer, btw.
In fact, I can't begin to try to explain the world w/o it. It just fits so well.

הוראת שעה

Rabbi Moshe Ben Maimon (The Rambam) and his  rationalist Judaism thrived in an era entrenched in Aristotelian  philosophy.

Rabbi Israel Ben Eliezer (The Besht) and his optimistic Judaism thrived in an era stooped in un-enthusiastic-ality and depression in light of many a failed messiahs.

I've come to the realization that everything is a hora'as sha'ah. Rabbinic leaders deal with the issues that are  presented to them. There is no more objectively true pat[c]h to God. Every generation adopts one of the shivim panim l'Torah.

How then, is one to discern the truth? The Truth is to serve God. One serves God the way his rabbinic leaders feel that they are supposed to given the circumstances their generation is in. Maybe Rabbeinu Avraham ben Ha-Rambam when he was right when he said that Chazal only told of supernatural Messianic wonders and of the pleasures of Olam Habah in order to entice the weak-minded and lustful. Maybe the critics of patchionalism are right, and we should be condemned for our lack of faith and belief only in that which we can perceive and understand.

But in a day and age where all forms of rabbinate exist, and we are able to create any society which we please, whether be it one which appreciates the beauty of science, or one that isolates its members from coming into contact with any distant piece of modernity that might expose them to blasphemy, how is one to choose? Is it simply dependent upon which society one is born into? How can one claim the other to be foolish? How can one claim the other to be heretical?

Everything is a Hora'as Sha'ah. Nothing is true. Just Kidding.

Do NPC's exist in God's world?

(For all of you noobs out there who don't know what an NPC is, see here.)
Either way, when it comes to the question of what the purpose of life is, people are quick to answer. 42, to serve God etc. Every Jew has a specific purpose in this world. Yeshivism often preaches that non Jews are here to serve us.I often wonder if there are NPC's in this world. People who's purpose here is only to be a tool to others. That's kind of what yeshivism claims all non Jews are...Perhaps more open yeshivists would be willing to admit that other non Jews help develop society and civilization. Or maybe they aide the yetzer harah (e.g. Steve Jobs). What about completely mentally disabled and unaware people? Are they only tools for others to do chesed? One can never know the answer... Any of your thoughts would be appreciated.

זמן חירותינו

Every man is born with obligations and responsibilities. Every moment, man is ignoring one of those responsibilities out of servitude to another. Every choice has a loss. Freedom means a lack of servitude. At first glance, this would mean that freedom is either a lack of obligation (which is technically and physically impossible) or as is it is commonly believed to be, the lack of loss when a responsibility is ignored. Freedom, therefore means nothing to lose. You can do whatever yo want, and ignore all of your responsibilities because there is loss in doing so. How then, does someone in this position make any decisions whatsoever? They generally choose to do what they believe to be the most immediately gratifying and physically satisfying thing they can do. However, this person clearly has a mental obligation to his physical desire. Where then, has his freedom gone? So we agree that freedom cannot mean having nothing to lose. Is there no such thing as freedom? Or does true freedom have to lead to no choice being made? This can't be either, for neutrality itself is a choice. The most sound explanation of freedom is the ability to make the correct choice. As Jews, we believe that God is The Truth and serving Him is the best thing doable, and therefore, we are thankful to God for freeing us and enabling us to choose to serve him. Why is the ability to choose what is the incorrect choice not equally free? The incorrect choice is always chosen out of servitude to an obligation, and not from a completely obligation free perspective. Freedom is the ability to choose what is best. צ"ע.

IT'S YOUR FAULT, GOD

The gemara recounts a story about how they took a vote in the beis medrash on whether it wold have been better to have never been born. The majority agreed that while it may have been better for us to never have been born, now that we do exist, we should make the best of our lives. My Mashgiach Ruchani told us that someone once asked the Dubno Maggid the following question. If it is better for us not to have been born, why  don't we sin all we want, and after 120 years, tell God that it's his fault for creating us, so its his fault that we sinned, and he cant blame us for it? The Maggid answered with a parable. In a certain town, there was a deaf man who was extremely ugly. In the same town, there was also a blind woman who was extremely loud and would always nag. The community arranged that they should get married. She wold never see his ugly face, and he wouldn't hear her complaints. One day, a traveling doctor passed through the town. It was advertised that he could cure blindness and deafness. The couple decided to spend a large sum of money in  order to heal their impediments. The doctor healed them both, and they were extremely grateful. Later, when she saw his face, and he heard her nagging, they both started despise each other. They went back to the doctor and demanded a refund. The doctor agreed to refund them, on the condition that they allow their ailments to be restored. They protested started describing how they love the ability to see/hear the world around them. So too, said my Mashgiach, we can't tell God that we didn't want to have been born and that we demand a refund, unless we are actually willing to have our lack of life restored. My problem with this is that it is assur to commit suicide. So why  don't we tell God, "Look, I didn't want to be born, you wouldn't let  me kill myself so that i wouldn't have done any aveiros, so its your fault and you cant hold me responsible"?