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Originally Posted by StuckInThe90s  Let's say hypothetically somehow, someway, it's proven beyond a shadow of a doubt, so well proven, even conservative, fundamental Christians would accept it, that we are nothing but our physical bodies. We have no soul, there is no reincarnation, there is no afterlife, there is no higher power. After learning this, most will be depressed and want to prolong life as long as possible. Maybe some who originally would not wish to live as a vegetable thanks to a freak accident would want to stay on life support forever until they naturally die, which could possibly be a long time. The human race would do everything in their power to postpone death as long as it could. We would scratch, claw, bite, and bitch as much as we could knowing death is imminent, even the ones who originally were comfortable with it, whether Buddhist, Christian, Pagan, to name just a few. At the very least, I'd say 80% of the world would try their damnedest to keep their hearts beating.
Now let's say, hypothetically, that the Christian God came to Earth and told us all that it's true that the only way you go to Heaven is through living life based on the way the Bible says and after that he leaves. In the wake of this revelation, some would go crazy wondering whether they are living the "right way" and become frustrated with the silent response from prayers asking how they are doing. Now there would be those whom, while dread going to "Hell", wouldn't want to worship a God like that, hence my signature.
So which scenario is the better? I have no idea. Do you?  |
I like the scenario of not knowing and doing the right things and behaving in a benevolent way towards all mankind out of no sense of obligation, duty, or punishment ....
to do things because they are the "right" things to do not out of fear because of what will come after you die ..... a heavenly here after is more frightening to me than any other form of afterlife .... ugh, eternity with relatives .... ick
one can speculate and extrapolate until the person works them self in to a froth of fear of what if's and could be maybes ... that's where I was at one time ...
I gotta tell you that whole time of flux was horrible .... I thought I was loosing my mind trying to figure it out ... it's what I would assume manic depressive go thru the highs and lows, the decision, indecision ...
I finally said I don't know, I am just going to live my life in a loving way, try and not make too many mistakes, take care of those that I can, not try and change the mind set of the blind and enjoy the short time that I have on this earth ....
I'm nobody special .... just one of the worker bees of the world I will never be remembered in history for anything great that I have accomplished ... I will have just been here, trudging along in life, taking care of my family/friends as best I can ....
I go by the whole Hippocratic oath thing .... do no harm .... as a nurse I care for those that often can't and have to suck it up when there is no other choice, sometimes I make bad decisions, I either live with the consequences or try and learn from them, not make them again or apologize and move on .....
I have few regrets in life. I don't live in the past, I have allowed the past to shape who I am today but that's all .... the afterlife and worrying about it can lead one into madness trying to figure out all the what if's .... none of it's prove-able until your dead so make your life the best you can while you are living it .....
okay, now get off the soap box Deb ... once again just my opinion and the credo I live by .... have fun searching for the answers ....