Originally posted by @great-king-ratControl is an illusion.
I have no control over the end. Why would you say that? I am going to die - eventually. Nothing I can do about it.
Of course, I must point out your question makes no sense; that I had no control over my beginning does not imply I'll have no control over my end. In fact, to a certain extent I have control over my end - I could kill myself right now - whereas I had zero control over the beginning.
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Originally posted by @great-king-ratMeaninglessness is also an illusion, as is a vacuum. Space is not empty.
Vacuous one-liner is meaningless.
The only thing there not an illusion is the one-liner. 😵
Originally posted by @great-king-ratI could swear I'm talking to a child. Or worse a teenager. Run along now and find your mommy.
Is it a pink unicorn with wings? Because I've also heard of Him.
Originally posted by @great-king-ratWhat beliefs?
Are you mocking my beliefs, Joseph??
The only belief I hear from you is you don't believe in God and you think Christians are idiots.
You would be wrong on both counts.
Originally posted by @wolfgang59Compared to God we are children. Besides, if you want to know God you'll have to become as a child. i.e. Trusting, believing and full of faith.
Children believe in childish things.
Sky gods.
Talking snakes.
You know the sort of thing.
Apparently you think you're way too sophisticated for that. To your loss.
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Originally posted by @great-big-steesFor those without hope it is the end.
The end or a gateway to another adventure?
Memories.
Are they not what makes me me? In a completion sort of way. Or is it that part of me that has memories?
Or is it experiences or the having of experiences that become memories from which I derive a sense of self?
Which if any of these things will go away, or persist, upon the end of my mortal life?
Where do I turn for answers?
Originally posted by @dj2beckerI like how you use the word "hope" instead of "belief".
For those without hope it is the end.
Most theists insist on using the words "belief" and "believe", when indeed what they really mean is "hope".
Originally posted by @josephwMy belief in winged pink unicorns having gone to "the end".
What beliefs?
The only belief I hear from you is you don't believe in God and you think Christians are idiots.
You would be wrong on both counts.
And no, I could not be wrong about not believing in god. I am absolutely certain that I don't believe in god(s).
Actually, with regards to their religious beliefs, I think all theists are idiots. Not just Christians.