Originally posted by josephwIf the idea of eternal life is within your "mental range", as you put it, and if you just so happen to think it isn't too far-fetched then, of course, you a free to hope for it. If it helps you come to terms with the inevitability of physical death then that's your prerogative. I don't have difficulty coming to terms with it and I certainly do not need to tell myself that I'm going to live forever in order to navigate my way through life.
Why do you assert that the idea of eternal life is too far-fetched? Is the concept too far outside of your mental range? Or is it just too much to hope for?
Originally posted by wolfgang59Originally posted by wolfgang59
Boy! Time flies!!!
Boy! Time flies!!!
James 4:14 "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour [a fleeting vapor trail], that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." 60-80 years more or less and then the judgment.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyPerhaps it is your low self-worth regarding the life you have lived ~ a fleeting vapour trail, you call it ~ that makes you cling to religionist folklore and take comfort from telling yourself you are going to exist forever.
Originally posted by wolfgang59
[b]Boy! Time flies!!!
James 4:14 "Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour [a fleeting vapor trail], that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." 60-80 years more or less and then the judgment.[/b]
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Originally posted by FMFAnd neither do I. And I doubt he does, either.
If the idea of eternal life is within your "mental range", as you put it, and if you just so happen to think it isn't too far-fetched then, of course, you a free to hope for it. If it helps you come to terms with the inevitability of physical death then that's your prerogative. I don't have difficulty coming to terms with it and I certainly do not need to tell myself that I'm going to live forever in order to navigate my way through life.
So, what's your point, again?
Originally posted by FMFAll in all, every human life lived now is as "the blink of an eye".
Perhaps it is your low self-worth regarding the life you have lived ~ a fleeting vapour trail, you call it ~ that makes you cling to religionist folklore and take comfort from telling yourself you are going to exist forever.
That is why it's important to have some focus.on why we are here. Today becomes tomorrow, and then, in the fullness of time, it becomes the day after tomorrow. "Time marches on." "Time waits for no man." I'm sure you get what I'm saying.
"low self-worth" only enters into it if you're so shallow that you require others to have more and more faults just so you can get through your day.
Originally posted by wolfgang59Right.
CalJust has given you a sensible and thoughtful reply.
I would like to add that the FSM is an analogy for your god (or any god).
The way you feel about the FSM is the way I feel about your god.
The FSM is ridiculous to you. Both are ridiculous to me.
I'm [b]not saying that your belief is ridiculous just trying to
get over how I (and presumably most atheists) feel about a deity.[/b]
You guys bang on this drum far, far more than the theists do.
Who is shoving their opinions down whose throats, again? The only way for you guys to be any more obnoxious about it is if you go door-to-door.
Originally posted by SuzianneI am getting through my days just fine as it happens. My mention of "low self-worth" was a response to Grampy Bobby referring to his own life as being "a fleeting vapour trail" and/or how he thinks he can make it not "a fleeting vapour trail" by telling himself, and everybody else, that he is immortal.
"low self-worth" only enters into it if [b]you're so shallow that you require others to have more and more faults just so you can get through your day.[/b]
Originally posted by SuzianneI cannot recall you ever posting anything on this forum that gave me any reason to believe you know the answer to the question 'Why are we here?' I'm pretty sure you'd say the same thing about me, but then again I have never claimed to be trying to answer that question on anyone's behalf.
That is why it's important to have some focus.on why we are here.