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Does afterlife need God?
February 3, 2020 at 10:12 pm
Let's say that there came up some hard evidence that afterlife exists, would that neccesarily prove that (some) God exists or could that world exist without any God, like this one does? I mean could that world also have a natural explanation?
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
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RE: Does afterlife need God?
February 3, 2020 at 10:24 pm
Natural for that world, but more than likely, beyond anything humans could comprehend.
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RE: Does afterlife need God?
February 3, 2020 at 10:42 pm
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2020 at 10:43 pm by ignoramus.)
An afterlife could be nature's way of recycling "souls". Perfectly natural.
What an afterlife won't do is keep your memories backed up to usb!
Special snowflakes will no doubt say: pfft, what the fuck is the use of that
if I can't be me?
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RE: Does afterlife need God?
February 4, 2020 at 6:17 am
If an afterlife consisted of ghosts floating about (for lack of a better term) I don't see that would necessarily require a deity.
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RE: Does afterlife need God?
February 4, 2020 at 6:51 am
I can't think of any serious objection to a godless afterlife.
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RE: Does afterlife need God?
February 4, 2020 at 7:16 am
Hey, I found a cave! That proves dragons!...
An afterlife (natural, supernatural, ultra mega natural, doesn't matter) could only certify it's own existence.
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RE: Does afterlife need God?
February 4, 2020 at 10:50 am
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RE: Does afterlife need God?
February 4, 2020 at 5:02 pm
Of COURSE there is an afterlife.
That' s the good news.
The bad news?
You'd not in it if you're dead
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