(December 22, 2014 at 11:49 am)robvalue Wrote: Errrr.... what? I have no idea what you're saying.Is there any difference between you and your dog. Once dead always dead. Man is the only creature that's aware of his own mortality. We know we have a end. That's why there's a church on every corner. Most Christians enjoy church and the other activities. Say they're wrong what are they really out? What if an atheist is wrong? If an atheist is wrong he has made a serious miscalculation and made an irreversible mistake.
It is indeed beautiful, and summarizes how I feel about life. It's special and valuable because it is temporary, not just some trial run.
Jumping to unjustified conclusions about an afterlife is just cheap comfort, it doesn't change anything, except maybe leading to complacency.
None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.