(November 17, 2018 at 6:52 pm)Aliza Wrote:(November 17, 2018 at 6:28 pm)Whateverist Wrote: But I suppose most thoughtful theists would hope it can also be an amplifier for their better nature. Becoming convinced and defensive about it being where it all goes to hell.
@Aliza: Thats "sheol" for you, BTW.
I don't get it. What about sheol.
No self-respecting Jew runs around going, "Omg! You're totally going to sheol when you die!!!" For Judaism, sheol does not serve the same purpose that hell does for Christians. Sheol isn't a threat. ... Judaism teaches that it's just where everyone goes when they die; good, bad, atheist, and theist. It's like a storage container for souls that are stripped of their identity, personality and consciousness.
Yeah I heard about that once from someone over at TTA.
Once my soul has been scrubbed of everything that made it mine it hardly matters to me in what manner it is stored. Explains the jew's greater emphasis on the living world than the magical special one you might win by treating the actual one with complete indifference. Of course I don't worry much about my 'soul' past the point that it informs my sense of self. Past that I don't anticipate having any further use for it.
