(March 24, 2014 at 5:51 pm)professor Wrote: Sven, you could just continue in your friendship without fretting.
Perhaps your buddy has noticed that no one with your worldview gives a satisfactory answer to the big 3 questions of life:
Where did I come from?
What is the purpose of my life?
Where will I be in 100 years?
Hm. Well. I think I could answer those questions with a high degree of accuracy.
I came from the union of one of my mother's eggs and one of my father's sperm cells.
The purpose of my life, as far as I know, is to pass on my genetic material. Other than that... Well, I like friendship, women, interesting experiences, and having fun. Among other things.
In 100 years I will probably be dead and gone. My psyche will have been utterly erased from existence. This doesn't bother me much, since something that doesn't exist can't experience horror. It may be almost impossible to accept this, but I believe it to be true.
But you are right -- I probably should stop worrying so much about my friend's religious beliefs... But can I!?
