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Re: The Brick Testament parts the Red Sea
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Mon, 2 Dec 2002 22:33:48 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> > Sure, it's kind of a bummer that there's no afterlife, but what can you do?
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> But you speak as if you know for certain, which certainly isn't true (that an
> afterlife doesn't exist). You can *hope* for one.
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> > Pretending that there is one isn't going to make me any happier.
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> Not pretending, but hoping can. It can give your life meaning, and give you
> the strength to endure when things aren't going so well, and provide the
> motivation to be able to act selflessly when things are.
I agree-- it *can* give your life meaning to hope. But how about hoping in
Santa Claus? Should we? Better yet, let's hope for some *NON* christian
afterlife! If the ends justify the means (fulfillment of life justified by
being Christian), won't an alternative end of equal merit be justified by
its means? IE, being an atheist, can't I hope for some sort of *other* kind
of afterlife?
> > You just accept that you only live once, and that's all the more reson to
> > enjoy life while you can.
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> At the expense of others? Why act morally? Why be good?
(Raises hand) Ooo! Ooo! I know! I know!
Let me ask you this-- if you were suddenly given irrefutable proof that God
didn't exist, would you still feel a complusion to be moral? I would!
Society works a lot better when its citizens abide by their moral judgement.
It makes me happy to be moral and to see other people act so-- Enjoying life
isn't necessarily at the "expense of others".
DaveE
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| (...) <snip> (...) God has chosen to have His message spread by a bunch of incompetant, sinful, *human* followers. I'll certainly give you that. Christians do not see eye to eye on much, especially on topics such as evangelism. It really can be (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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