Living for the here and now is central to faith too.
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No it isn't.
The reward/punishment part of many belief systems happens post mortem and you know it Frodo.
As is the waiting for the 'end times' that is rather a big part of the christian faith.
I was forced to go to a christening at a christian church, were in the insipid sermon they banged on about being 'left behind' when the rapture happened.
Thought I'd been transported to to the stupid belt in America for a second.
The here and now is what happens while your waiting for all those magical things to happen
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No it isn't.
The reward/punishment part of many belief systems happens post mortem and you know it Frodo.
As is the waiting for the 'end times' that is rather a big part of the christian faith.
I was forced to go to a christening at a christian church, were in the insipid sermon they banged on about being 'left behind' when the rapture happened.
Thought I'd been transported to to the stupid belt in America for a second.
The here and now is what happens while your waiting for all those magical things to happen
You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.
Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.
