(August 7, 2014 at 12:08 pm)Mozart Link Wrote: Even if you did become a better person, it would of all been gained for nothing since you would just lose it all in the end anyway by dying of old age. As for being an inspiration to others through your betterment, these others would also just die in the end as well anyway.
But it is meaningful to him and his loved ones NOW. It doesn't matter that there is no meaning after he dies.
That's like saying that you won't take care of your car now, because someday it will rot, rust and be useless. The car is useful NOW.
Please spare us from more of your nihilistic, existential angst.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.