This is deep, and I was listening to a sad original song while reading, went perfectly together.

I have to say, that the dog would not be happy with a robot thrower, automated food and water dispenser. Sure it would learn to do those things, maybe, but they are social creatures. They react to us, they feel our feelings, our fear, our smiles and despair, our joys and our cares.

We too need something. This is so deep. For me the answer does lie in spirituality, a deep philosophical discovery and I can only hope that you will continue to dig deeper until you can glimpse the mystery that is not a literal interpretation of what your parents taught, but a metaphysical symbology. 'Never existed' is only true when we try to define the concept, what we define has never existed because we cannot define the undefinable.

Blessings, we are here to read you ;)