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How I deal with no afterlife
#21
RE: How I deal with no afterlife
I'm not "special" because I'm going to have an afterlife, but rather because unlike all other creatures on earth, I'm made in the image of God.  Having an afterlife is one result of being in God's image, but even if it wasn't I would still be special because God made me to be special.
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#22
RE: How I deal with no afterlife
I've never understood why no afterlife is regarded as a problem in first place.
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#23
RE: How I deal with no afterlife
(October 19, 2016 at 8:16 am)Losty Wrote:
(October 19, 2016 at 8:14 am)purplepurpose Wrote: You need to become an absolute servant of God, according to holy books. No egotistical or pleasant activities, only work/suffering for the ideals of religion.

Very few can handle such stress. But there are indeed people who manage to endure such ideals.

Umm...what would be the point?

Sorry, my bad, while I modified my post, I accidently erased first sentence "Price tag for eternity is too big to endure".
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#24
RE: How I deal with no afterlife
(October 19, 2016 at 4:47 pm)Lek Wrote: I'm not "special" because I'm going to have an afterlife, but rather because unlike all other creatures on earth, I'm made in the image of God.  Having an afterlife is one result of being in God's image, but even if it wasn't I would still be special because God made me to be special.

Quite a number of fallacies there.
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#25
RE: How I deal with no afterlife
(October 18, 2016 at 8:59 pm)SuperMarioGamer Wrote: If I am special and have value as a human being, that creates a major conflict for me.  This conflict would be that for such a special and valuable person as myself to just forever rot and decay away would be the greatest insult to my value and specialness as a human being.

It would be utterly demeaning of my value and specialness.  It would be just tossing me away like trash.  So in order to resolve this conflict, I would have to deem myself as nothing special at all and of no value.  However, if I am immortal and do get to live forever in heaven, then there would be no conflict.

So, in short, if there is a heaven for me to live forever in, then I would deem myself as valuable and special since that conflict would not exist.  But if there is no afterlife, then I would just view myself as a piece of shit who might as well just die anyway.

This would also apply to the relationship I have with my own family and how I view other human beings.


You really need to reframe your thought process.

You are privileged to get to live at the best time in human history.

There is a long, unbroken chain of success of every organism that lead to you, from your most recent ancestors, to the most ancient single celled creature. You are the product of the winners, not the whiners.

The fact that we are all going to die, is a good thing. It is part of the process that helps our species, and whatever comes after us, be better at surviving and flourishing.

The thought of an afterlife, just belittles this one and makes it seem like a place just to wipe our feet, while waiting for the 'real life' to start.

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.
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#26
RE: How I deal with no afterlife
(October 19, 2016 at 5:15 pm)Irrational Wrote:
(October 19, 2016 at 4:47 pm)Lek Wrote: I'm not "special" because I'm going to have an afterlife, but rather because unlike all other creatures on earth, I'm made in the image of God.  Having an afterlife is one result of being in God's image, but even if it wasn't I would still be special because God made me to be special.

Quite a number of fallacies there.

I'm shocked!

Lek guilty of fallacies?!

Tell me it ain't so...

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.
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#27
RE: How I deal with no afterlife
(October 19, 2016 at 4:47 pm)Lek Wrote: I'm not "special" because I'm going to have an afterlife, but rather because unlike all other creatures on earth, I'm made in the image of God.  Having an afterlife is one result of being in God's image, but even if it wasn't I would still be special because God made me to be special.

bold mine

Did god make anyone non special?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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#28
RE: How I deal with no afterlife
How do I deal with no afterlife? It's actually not anything I deal with on a continual basis. 

I've accepted it, and moved on.
Doesn't matter if it's not "good enough" for me...that's how it is. Nothing to be done about it.

Pondering it further serves no purpose, IMO.
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#29
RE: How I deal with no afterlife
(October 19, 2016 at 5:21 pm)Simon Moon Wrote:
(October 19, 2016 at 5:15 pm)Irrational Wrote: Quite a number of fallacies there.

I'm shocked!

Lek guilty of fallacies?!

Tell me it ain't so...

What are the fallacies?
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#30
RE: How I deal with no afterlife
(October 19, 2016 at 5:21 pm)mh.brewer Wrote:
(October 19, 2016 at 4:47 pm)Lek Wrote: I'm not "special" because I'm going to have an afterlife, but rather because unlike all other creatures on earth, I'm made in the image of God.  Having an afterlife is one result of being in God's image, but even if it wasn't I would still be special because God made me to be special.

bold mine

Did god make anyone non special?

No. We're all special.
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