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Why do people believe in gods? It is a question I can never quite get to the bottom of. So while my nails dry, I'm typing a thread on it.
Fear of death is the only explanation that makes sense to me. Today's city people don't see this much, but in years past everyone saw
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Fear of death is the only explanation that makes sense to me. Today's city people don't see this much, but in years past everyone saw
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OTHER living organisms die. Die and rot. Carcasses eaten by maggots.
I can understand humans not wanting that to happen to them or their loved ones. Believing in a god (there are, after all, a lot to choose from) that would provide everlasting life away from the earthly
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I can understand humans not wanting that to happen to them or their loved ones. Believing in a god (there are, after all, a lot to choose from) that would provide everlasting life away from the earthly
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body could indeed be tempting, I suppose.
Yet the fact is, everything dies: trees, plants, mice, dogs, lions, fish...... and yes, humans. Why do we think we are somehow any different?
If we believe everything gets everlasting life, the heavens must be getting awfully
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Yet the fact is, everything dies: trees, plants, mice, dogs, lions, fish...... and yes, humans. Why do we think we are somehow any different?
If we believe everything gets everlasting life, the heavens must be getting awfully
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crowded, although I suppose they stretch to infinity.
Think of every living creature (include bacteria) and plant since time immemorial continuing a form of existance some place in the "heavens". Oh, I forgot: only the good ones! Who decides a fish deserves eternal
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Think of every living creature (include bacteria) and plant since time immemorial continuing a form of existance some place in the "heavens". Oh, I forgot: only the good ones! Who decides a fish deserves eternal
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damnation? Or a rose? Or a blade of grass? Either way, are the damned taking up ethereal space somewhere too?
It all defies logic. Our human predilection to somehow live forever defies logic.
#atheism #atheist #RamblingThoughts
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It all defies logic. Our human predilection to somehow live forever defies logic.
#atheism #atheist #RamblingThoughts
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