i posted this in a thread a while ago. copy and.... PASTE!!
Why do people insist on believing in the 'afterlife'??? Do you think animals have afterlives? Plants? Dust? Rocks? What makes people so special that we get an afterlife? When, for example, an animal dies, it dies. Its brain stops activity, and its body stops, and all that, and then it's just a mass of flesh. When a computer is turned off or unplugged, it does the same, except it as a pile of silicon, plastic, metal, etc. I think that humans have a hard time perceiving the concept of infinity. I also think they have a hard time conceiving death. You may argue against that comment, but listen: You may accept that you will die, you may also accept that you will never come back to life. But, most dont accept the fact that they will cease to exist. Of course, I have never died, and therefore do not know what it is like, but using logic I would conclude that it is the end of your existence. You may accept you will die, but in believing that there is an afterlife, you refuse to accept that you may cease to exist.
What was it like before you were born? Do you remember? Probably not, and I would assume because you did not exist. Well, in my opinion, that will happen again. I might add, I am also human, and the thought is a bit chilling.
On religion in general--
It seems that people are merely brainwashed into their religion, in most cases, that is. If you are tought all of your childhood that something is so, and most of society supports it, you will most likely continue that belief. I, for one, believe that religion is no big conspiracy (although it can seem like it at times). It seems to be that religion is a human instinct. There have been many, many societies, that have developed in isolation from each other, and yet they all believe in some sort of higher power, and the sole purpose is to explain things in which they cannot explain.
In that respect, I have coinned myself "comfortable in my ignorance".
What i do not know or cannot explain, I either try to research, or simply remain uninformed. But I do not resort to explaining it away with religion.
dont flame me, or you will be deemed a flamer.
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