Religion exists to provide a crutch for those who cannot face the fact that they will die. They find the idea of life after death more comforting than the idea that when you die the machine stops, everything (for you) ends and that's it.
I was asked by a theist what I thought would happen to me when I die, I told him that I would cease to exist except as a memory for those who knew me, he could not understand why this did not scare me. (The process of dying may well be terrifying, painful and humiliating, but being dead is no worry, before I existed I was dead and I had no problem then.)
I was asked by a theist what I thought would happen to me when I die, I told him that I would cease to exist except as a memory for those who knew me, he could not understand why this did not scare me. (The process of dying may well be terrifying, painful and humiliating, but being dead is no worry, before I existed I was dead and I had no problem then.)
The meek shall inherit the Earth, the rest of us will fly to the stars.
Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!
Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups
Arguing with an engineer is like wrestling with a pig in mud ..... after a while you realise that the pig likes it!
