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Do you really think we need religion to believe in an afterlife?
Is it really necessary to rely on relgion for one to have belief in an afterlife?
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Re: Do you really think we need religion to believe in an afterlife?
No.
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Re: Do you really think we need religion to believe in an afterlife?
Well how many atheists on these boards, actually consider the possibility of there being one?
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Re: Do you really think we need religion to believe in an afterlife?
Zero. Next?
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Re: Do you really think we need religion to believe in an afterlife?
soooo what's the harm in starting a discussion?
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Re: Do you really think we need religion to believe in an afterlife?
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Zero. Next? [/ QUOTE ] Well, one. There's certainly a possibility, although I think it's quite unlikely. And of course you don't need organized religion for it. As far as religion and spirituality goes, the only thing I have a problem with is the offensively retarded belief in a personal God who can be petitioned, and beyond that howlers like Mohammed's ascension to Heaven, Jesus' rising from the dead, Vishnu's all powerfulness, Noah's flood, Xenu's hydrogen bomb explosion, people getting turned into pillars of salt, etc But take all that stuff out and you can't rule out some things. |
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Re: Do you really think we need religion to believe in an afterlife?
Ya i agree but that doesn't mean one should totally rule out the possibility of there being an afterlife, or a spiritual essence to the human being.
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Re: Do you really think we need religion to believe in an afterlife?
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Well how many atheists on these boards, actually consider the possibility of there being one? [/ QUOTE ] I do, and I'd even put the probability pretty high (maybe 20%). But I think it's very unlikely that we can know anything about an afterlife, if one exists, and I don't think the simplistic view of an afterlife as a "reward" or "punishment" for our actions here is realistic. So I think of it as a complete unknown. |
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Re: Do you really think we need religion to believe in an afterlife?
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Well how many atheists on these boards, actually consider the possibility of there being one? [/ QUOTE ] I do. One problem with the word "atheist" is that the concept of "God" is pretty fuzzy and the categories atheist/theist/agnostic seem to suggest that "God" or "a god" is the only metaphysical possibility. Either there's a an all knowing, all powerful cartoon-like character watching over humans and giving a [censored] or everything is made of atoms and the universe occured somehow by some random fluke. |
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Re: Do you really think we need religion to believe in an afterlife?
Is the consensus on this board that when we die there is nothing?
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