RE: Atheists who become Christians
December 22, 2014 at 4:35 pm
(This post was last modified: December 22, 2014 at 4:48 pm by Drich.)
(December 22, 2014 at 2:03 pm)robvalue Wrote: Oh yeah, if there is an afterlife, then I don't lose anything by being an atheist. I'd rather there isn't, though. One is plenty for me.
If time is relative, then how do you know living out the preface of an infinite adventure is enough of anything?
(December 22, 2014 at 2:24 pm)Nope Wrote:(December 22, 2014 at 12:05 pm)watchamadoodle Wrote: I suspect death of yourself or a loved one is painful regardless of your belief or disbelief in an afterlife.
I'm not certain why they had no hope or vision.
Most of my hopes are based on reality. For example, I hope that my family likes their Christmas gifts. That hope is based on the fact that I bought them Christmas gifts-a reality. It would be absurd for me to hope that they like gifts that I wanted to magically appear in my house with no effort from me to go get them. That is the difference between my form of hope and a religious person's. I hope for things that have a reasonable-even if it is slight-chance of coming true.
We as a people can admit we don't have the full scope of 'reality' so then how can you base your life off of what is real? At best all you can do is live for what you can see/experience from your little corner of existence. This is how Carl and Ann lived.
