(December 10, 2008 at 4:16 am)CoxRox Wrote: I can see what Purple Rabbit is saying. I misunderstood when I first read it. Maybe because you and Purple Rabbit have never taken the idea of 'eternal life' seriously, or given it much thought, you see the 'negative' aspects of its possibility. Because I've grown up 'believing' we can live forever, I've always concentrated on positive things like: being with my family. Repetitiveness has never occurred to me and the thought of it doesn't bother me. Most of my life is repeated, but I'm still enjoying it most of the time.Well CoxRox, don't apologize for what you feel. I have been raised a believer too and I can equate to a feeling of lost eternity. But the more I thought about it, the more devoid of meaning the concept of eternal life seemed to me. Think about it, for a christian it's the jackpot, the toppings on the cake, but there's remarkable little information in the bible on it. It seems that hell is more interesting, even to the godly inspired who wrote it down. And eternity IS pretty boring, especially perfect eternity. Can you imagine yourself living near to infinity with a perfect memory of alll things past? I just can't imagine anything more boring than that. Well maybe insurance policies
So in fact it is no loss of anything. But don't get me wrong, I sure wanna live as long as possible. But the meaning of my humble life here on earth will be sealed by death, not become an false start in a see of boredom. And think of what it could mean for being in this world right now. It's not about tomorrow, meaning starts here and now.
