(February 11, 2010 at 6:32 pm)justwhoarebongorock Wrote: I come from a personal position. My father was a very strong Catholic who died of a terrible disease but he did everything he could to try and beat the disease and to survive.
I never quite understood why the effort or more why the desperation. It was the desperation that struck me, if he deep down believed as much as he said then he would have nothing really to fear. He was going to meet his maker after all.
All this stuff about it being a gift to me seems like nonsense and further self-delusionary tactics. That's a whole other debate, the point of a 70 year life as a test for an eternity elsewhere. Does this make sense either?
Personaly I think belief in some afterlife is just plain wishful thinking. Death is just the end of biological fuction. It's as simple as that really. This fantasy of another life after this one is just plain delusional. My grandad died of cancer 9 years ago and he believed in god too. yet he had shown much fear of death. My parents were at his side when he died in his bed. They said he questioned his beliefs right before he died. Is there an afterlife? Probably not.
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
