Originally posted by Grampy Bobby1. When you die ... you die. nada
[b]Two Question for Any Dyed in the Wool Atheists
What happens to you when you physically die? What instructions have you given to your kith and kin pertaining to the disposition of your carcass? If the plan is a ceremonious open casket church funeral, gravesite internment service and a convivial catered post mortem reception with pricey food a ...[text shortened]... s my expressed wishe. My RHP Chess Opponents may claim any skulls, earned or not, at will.
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2. Cheapest box, cheapest funeral, plenty of booze for those left.
3. But do whatever you want because I wont care!
Originally posted by wolfgang59Agreed. Privately cremated, no funeral, no flowers. Donations to Cancer Society if you really must. Definitely a wake - my last blessing to those who outlast me. 🙂
1. When you die ... you die. nada
2. Cheapest box, cheapest funeral, plenty of booze for those left.
3. But do whatever you want because I wont care!
Originally posted by VoidSpiritI think he means fully fixed in the judgement that there is no god. Of course Atheists have been know to switch sides and become 'born again' Christians but I think he thinks 'once an atheist, always an atheist.
what's a "dyed in the wool atheist?"
Dyed in the wool in real wool means once it is dyed there is no going back to the original color.
Originally posted by googlefudge"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
In fairness it's not a line I made up...
But I can't for the life of me remember where I heard it or who from.
- Mark Twain
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyFunerals are not for the dead. They are for the living.
[b]Two Question for Any Dyed in the Wool Atheists
What happens to you when you physically die? What instructions have you given to your kith and kin pertaining to the disposition of your carcass? If the plan is a ceremonious open casket church funeral, gravesite internment service and a convivial catered post mortem reception with pricey food a ...[text shortened]... s my expressed wishe. My RHP Chess Opponents may claim any skulls, earned or not, at will.
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Originally posted by jaywillI have no doubt of the inner peace as a result of true faith. It is a mind drug in itself, in my opinion, a false drug, a crutch that never fails because of the way the propaganda of Christianity and all other religions are set up.
You and I make our decision accordingly.
One difference in my desicsion - the internal witness of the Holy Spirit that I am on the right track.
[b]" In this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, that He has given to us of His Spirit." (1 John 4:13)
Being born again in receiving Christ the Savior results in the indwelling of powerful ...[text shortened]... meone ADDED to him. He never summoned up this internal co-witnessing from himself.[/b]
The original writers of the books of the bible were not stupid. There was definite intent, the intent being to control the population and to be able to rationalize the suppression of women. That is the long and the short of it.
It has worked for about 4,000 years so far, so in of itself it is a way to promote historical connections with a religious society but it is nothing more than that.