(July 20, 2022 at 5:53 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: In any case, the non seq is that if a benevolent god existed, then there must be an afterlife.This is the part that struck me. I'm not sure how one follows necessarily from the other. Many religions over the millenia have believed in a god of some sort, but no afterlife, including many following various varieties of Judaism and perhaps even Christianity (at least early forms of such). Not sure about Islam, as I know very little about it.
Even if it was granted as true, and even if god were proven to exist, the question would still remain of whether or not said afterlife would be something desirable.
