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[Serious] comforting the dying
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RE: comforting the dying
(September 20, 2023 at 6:04 am)Fake Messiah Wrote: I don't know what you are aiming at with this topic. Is it the question of the afterlife? You don't have to believe in any god to believe in an afterlife. There are godless ideas of the afterlife like in the movies "Beetlejuice" and "Defending Your Life" - they are as likely and as credible as the afterlife found in the Bible, Koran, Illiad, and other mythological books. I even heard that Tarantino believes in reincarnation although he is an atheist.

But I also have not noticed that the belief in the afterlife brings significant solace to religious people who are mortally ill. They even seem more disturbed as they fear that they will go to hell.

No, we are both atheists, not looking for pseudo-religions, spirits in the sky, etc. Just dealing with death, is all. My own take on an after-life, if it really does matter, is that for a while we have an impact on the world we leave, our actions in particular.  As for Tarantino, I don't give a monkey's about his views.
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comforting the dying - by ColeDavis - September 20, 2023 at 5:14 am
RE: comforting the dying - by FrustratedFool - September 20, 2023 at 5:23 am
RE: comforting the dying - by arewethereyet - September 20, 2023 at 5:52 am
RE: comforting the dying - by Fake Messiah - September 20, 2023 at 6:04 am
RE: comforting the dying - by ColeDavis - September 20, 2023 at 6:24 am
RE: comforting the dying - by FrustratedFool - September 20, 2023 at 6:05 am
RE: comforting the dying - by brewer - September 20, 2023 at 6:49 am
RE: comforting the dying - by pocaracas - September 20, 2023 at 8:19 am
RE: comforting the dying - by ColeDavis - September 20, 2023 at 9:10 am
RE: comforting the dying - by pocaracas - September 21, 2023 at 3:33 am
RE: comforting the dying - by ColeDavis - September 21, 2023 at 10:14 am
RE: comforting the dying - by pocaracas - September 21, 2023 at 2:50 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by ColeDavis - September 21, 2023 at 2:58 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by ColeDavis - September 21, 2023 at 3:01 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by ColeDavis - November 12, 2023 at 9:57 am
RE: comforting the dying - by Nay_Sayer - September 25, 2023 at 5:00 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by Thumpalumpacus - September 20, 2023 at 10:11 am
RE: comforting the dying - by arewethereyet - September 20, 2023 at 10:14 am
RE: comforting the dying - by brewer - September 20, 2023 at 10:17 am
RE: comforting the dying - by Angrboda - September 20, 2023 at 12:12 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by Silver - September 20, 2023 at 1:19 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by arewethereyet - September 21, 2023 at 10:24 am
RE: comforting the dying - by GrandizerII - September 21, 2023 at 11:07 am
RE: comforting the dying - by pocaracas - September 21, 2023 at 5:12 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by arewethereyet - September 21, 2023 at 5:51 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by Thumpalumpacus - September 21, 2023 at 7:45 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by Nanny - September 25, 2023 at 2:23 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by ColeDavis - September 25, 2023 at 2:27 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by Gawdzilla Sama - September 25, 2023 at 4:39 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by Bucky Ball - September 25, 2023 at 7:45 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by SeniorCitizen - November 19, 2023 at 7:55 pm
RE: comforting the dying - by ColeDavis - November 20, 2023 at 2:34 am

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