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AFTERLIFE, XYZ
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RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ
Thena323 Wrote:I wasn't attempting to discover anything when I composed this thread. I was challenging the idea that atheists
lack belief as a matter of rebellion, willfulness, anger etc. I was suggesting  that some atheists would very much like to believe that the loved ones they've lost could somehow continue after death, and carry on somewhere they are safe and loved.

So you do not believe that some atheist are rebellious and/or angry ect., they all have reasonable reasons for not believing. I'm not speaking of reasonable to them specifically, but reasonable in general.
I'm sure that many non-believes would hope for an eternal life of bliss for their loved ones, what I find hard to believe especially after being here for over 5 years that anyone believing they are an atheist would hope for something like an after life of any kind, doesn't seem to fit into their logical thinking. As for non-believers in this case I'm referring to those who actually do not profess to be an atheist, people who go through life without concern for God or atheism.

Thena323 Wrote:Some non-believers are simply who are people stuck with the understanding that wanting something to be true, doesn't make it so. That may be all that separates you from many of the atheists you know.

 I agree that is part of what separates myself from atheist, however I believe (as I have identified them above) many non-believers want something like an after life if for nothing more than to help them cope with death. They may at least fain the belief in an after life, such as ghosts, spirits and ect. that might be conjured up or some other such belief. Not trying to derail this thread but, it's the only thing that comes to mind at the moment, some atheist believe through hope in dark matter and dark energy, there is no evidence for these things period, neither have be observed even in a lab. They have become a necessity to hold the big bang theory together. Like I said it's I only presented this as an example and want argue this point guys, I don't want to derail this thread.

Thena323 Wrote:Hope all goes well with the designing and building.

Thank you, one will be changing the design of a demilune table to fit what I desire, the other will be a time consuming newish (nothing new under the sun) design for a large media center cabinet, having modern function with an older world appearance, I look forward to the challenge. I like to use the older type designs for modern functions.

GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
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Messages In This Thread
AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Athene - September 1, 2015 at 8:54 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by ignoramus - September 1, 2015 at 9:02 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by MTL - September 1, 2015 at 9:20 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by dyresand - September 1, 2015 at 9:31 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Salacious B. Crumb - September 1, 2015 at 9:37 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Athene - September 1, 2015 at 9:48 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Exian - September 1, 2015 at 9:39 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by AFTT47 - September 1, 2015 at 9:56 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by ignoramus - September 1, 2015 at 10:26 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by vorlon13 - September 2, 2015 at 12:04 am
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Pyrrho - September 2, 2015 at 2:59 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Godschild - September 3, 2015 at 12:00 am
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Athene - September 3, 2015 at 12:03 am
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Drich - September 3, 2015 at 10:02 am
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 11, 2015 at 4:23 am
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Drich - September 11, 2015 at 1:07 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by robvalue - September 3, 2015 at 10:27 am
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by brewer - September 3, 2015 at 4:49 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Lek - September 10, 2015 at 8:54 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Pyrrho - September 10, 2015 at 9:10 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Athene - September 10, 2015 at 9:56 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Lek - September 10, 2015 at 10:35 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Athene - September 10, 2015 at 10:59 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Lek - September 11, 2015 at 12:51 am
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Athene - September 11, 2015 at 2:12 am
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Godschild - September 11, 2015 at 2:48 am
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Athene - September 11, 2015 at 4:17 am
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Godschild - September 11, 2015 at 1:04 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Athene - September 11, 2015 at 4:03 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Lek - September 11, 2015 at 11:57 am
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Fidel_Castronaut - September 11, 2015 at 12:30 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Athene - September 11, 2015 at 7:38 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Lek - September 13, 2015 at 4:07 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Pyrrho - September 11, 2015 at 3:13 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Aroura - September 10, 2015 at 9:40 pm
RE: AFTERLIFE, XYZ - by Spooky - September 11, 2015 at 9:43 pm

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