(May 1, 2011 at 7:44 pm)cGodfrey Wrote:(May 1, 2011 at 7:34 pm)bozo Wrote: cGodfrey, are you sure you are an atheist?
I ask because in your initial post you refer to the lack of an afterlife when maybe you would prefer one?
I am of the opinion that people of faith hold on to that faith in the hope of " eternal life ".
I'm very sure that I am an Atheist. I think that what I prefer and what I know to be true are different. Who wouldn't want to party with a crap load of virgins for eternity, then again those virgins could be wierd nerdy kids who idolize Harry Potter and Star Trek and speak Klingon all the time. Reality is much more boring than delusions, otherwise hallucinogins wouldn't be so popular. What I believe or prefer is not what is on trial here. You might as well say: "Are you sure you are a poor person? Because you keep refering to how you would like to live in a mansion and drink expensinve champagne." Yep, I'm pretty poor and pretty Atheist, but lets stick to the topic please.
If you don't mind I'd prefer to stick with the question of whether there is life after death...after all you raised it! None of us know for certain what happens when we die. I subscribe to the view that it is lights out or the blackness you talk about in your post. I am perfectly content with that and believe it fits atheistic attitude. I don't seek immortality, particularly if it some reward for deeds done in the name of religion ( your reference to the 75 virgins ).
Are you saying you would prefer immortality? If so, what will you be doing for all eternity....and who will you be sharing it with?
Also, I don't think the analogy you draw with being poor holds up. I would guess 99.99% of poor people would all say they would prefer being wealthy.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
