(November 25, 2018 at 12:15 pm)Shell B Wrote:(November 25, 2018 at 10:26 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: ...would it change the way you live?
(In Atheism because the existence of a enduring soul doesn't automatically prove a god or gods exist.)
The Christians I've known were very consistent in being afraid of death, because, I suspect, they didn't know if they were in the correct camp regarding whatever god was "on the other side of death". This has since made me wonder how they would act if they knew they'd "make it safely out of this world". More reckless? More smug? More placid?
Additionally and not necessarily part of the above, what if we create our "next life"? Would we create a Heaven or Hell? Or both?
It would really depend on where and how my soul endured. Given that the second part of the question is sort of separate, I'll say that knowing my soul lived forever in pain, boredom or some other dreadful way, I would live my life much more scared of death. If I knew it was good, I think I'd be happier toward the end of my life.
As for what I would create for my next life, it would be a sort of Heaven for me and my loved ones where we were all happy together. I wouldn't want an afterlife without them. They define life for me. I don't think that would change "after."
Good thoughts! Would/could such enduring souls congregate in the supposed afterlife or would we live on in solitary?
