(April 26, 2013 at 11:53 pm)Shell B Wrote: Ah, I see. It is the connection to the afterlife that you are attributing to theism, not the hatred of the world. Thank you for clarifying.
(April 26, 2013 at 11:52 pm)Dragonetti Wrote: I fear people will stop trying to improve their current conditions, because of their belief of the hereafter.
The planet many things to awe at! People, who worry about the hereafter, will not enjoy the time of now.
I have a similar gripe with some religious people -- those who do not do anything to stop something bad because they are sure god will fix it or god did it for some unknown reason that we must not interfere with.
Specially when children are involved. Such as pray away a preventable condition.
Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan
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