(August 12, 2011 at 11:50 pm)FaithNoMore Wrote: From what I can tell from your answer, you are basically saying the afterlife gives you hope, which is why it is important to you. I, however, was making the point that it's better to base your beliefs on reality and not on something that is fantasy but makes you feel well. At first glimpse, life can appear to be harsh and cold without things such as god and the afterlife, but they don't have to be.
True.
One could even argue that the harshness and coldness and the limitations of life only add to the immense brutal beauty of it all.