Y'know, sometimes I kinda envy the religious people of the world.
A friend recently died and there's a memorial tomorrow for him. It struck me how 'gone' he is. I mean, if I was a Christian, I could take comfort my belief that he's in heaven. The same would apply to any other religious belief system, really, as long as it includes some form of afterlife. I don't see any evidence that any afterlife exists so instead of being able to take comfort that he's out there somewhere, he's just 'gone.' I actually wish I could take comfort in believing in an afterlife, but I can't make myself believe an unsubstantiated lie.
Does anyone here have any ideas on how to take comfort in a friend's death?
A friend recently died and there's a memorial tomorrow for him. It struck me how 'gone' he is. I mean, if I was a Christian, I could take comfort my belief that he's in heaven. The same would apply to any other religious belief system, really, as long as it includes some form of afterlife. I don't see any evidence that any afterlife exists so instead of being able to take comfort that he's out there somewhere, he's just 'gone.' I actually wish I could take comfort in believing in an afterlife, but I can't make myself believe an unsubstantiated lie.
Does anyone here have any ideas on how to take comfort in a friend's death?
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"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
"If you cling to something as the absolute truth and you are caught in it, when the truth comes in person to knock on your door you will refuse to let it in." ~ Siddhartha Gautama
