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How do you atheists cope of the thought of dying into nothingness
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HiVolt
I deal with death by knowing that I have only one life to live, so I live it to the fullest.how do you deal with the fact that you could go to hell?
Hell does not exist, therefore I have no reason to deal with this "fact".
says you? typing this right now? prove it
...
Well, in order for one to go to hell, one would have to have a soul. I do not believe in the religious idea of the soul, as there is no scientific basis to it.
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Queggy
I deal with death by knowing that I have only one life to live, so I live it to the fullest.how do you deal with the fact that you could go to hell?
Hell does not exist, therefore I have no reason to deal with this "fact".
says you? typing this right now? prove it
...
Well, in order for one to go to hell, one would have to have a soul. I do not believe in the religious idea of the soul, as there is no scientific basis to it.
If I had told you a few hundred years ago that everything around us was made up of tiny little invisible things that we can't see (atoms) you would have laughed, called me crazy, etc. Just because something hasn't been "proven" by science, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
What's interesting is that the Bible mentions it. I can't remember the exact reference, but Paul talks about it. I'll go look and see if I can find it again.
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It wasn't Paul, but I believe
this
was the reference I was remembering.
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Patty
Also, I take solace in the thought that in a few hundred thousand years, my remains may be used as part of the next batch of crude oil.
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Queggy
If I had told you a few hundred years ago that everything around us was made up of tiny little invisible things that we can't see (atoms) you would have laughed, called me crazy, etc. Just because something hasn't been "proven" by science, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
What's interesting is that the Bible mentions it. I can't remember the exact reference, but Paul talks about it. I'll go look and see if I can find it again.
Edit -
It wasn't Paul, but I believe
this
was the reference I was remembering.
Very vague reference is very very vague.
Actually you have your analogy a bit backwards. The evidence for the presence of a "soul" is gradually being eroded, not being built up over time like the evidence for atomic structure was. Every time science has attempted to prove the existence of the soul either the 'proof' has been altered to suit new evidence or the evidence has collapsed under close scrutiny.
So it didn't call it the atom, so what? It said that everything was made out of something we can't see. Pretty obvious to me that it's referring to the molecule/atom. What other thing do you know from so long ago would have said that everything is made up of something we can't see?
Science may never be able to prove the existence of the soul anyways. Do we even have a clear definition or idea of what the soul is? Ask any two people what they think it is (if they believe in it) and they'll probably give you answers that differ from each other in some way.
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Asylu
After death there is no sensation, why would it be a big deal?
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Patty
What other thing do you know from so long ago would have said that everything is made up of something we can't see? Midichlorians.
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TheMediator
If I had told you a few hundred years ago that everything around us was made up of tiny little invisible things that we can't see (atoms) you would have laughed, called me crazy, etc. Just because something hasn't been "proven" by science, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
What's interesting is that the Bible mentions it. I can't remember the exact reference, but Paul talks about it. I'll go look and see if I can find it again.
Edit -
It wasn't Paul, but I believe
this
was the reference I was remembering.
Very vague reference is very very vague.
Actually you have your analogy a bit backwards. The evidence for the presence of a "soul" is gradually being eroded, not being built up over time like the evidence for atomic structure was. Every time science has attempted to prove the existence of the soul either the 'proof' has been altered to suit new evidence or the evidence has collapsed under close scrutiny.
So it didn't call it the atom, so what? It said that everything was made out of something we can't see. Pretty obvious to me that it's referring to the molecule/atom. What other thing do you know from so long ago would have said that everything is made up of something we can't see?
Science may never be able to prove the existence of the soul anyways. Do we even have a clear definition or idea of what the soul is? Ask any two people what they think it is (if they believe in it) and they'll probably give you answers that differ from each other in some way.
Do you recognize the divinity of Nostradamus then? Nostradamus predicted the coming of Hitler, hell he's even more divine than the Bible because he called him by his almost-name.
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Queggy
Do you recognize the divinity of Nostradamus then? Nostradamus predicted the coming of Hitler, hell he's even more divine than the Bible because he called him by his almost-name.
And George Orwell wrote 1984 which should have had its title a few years later. It's not hard to "predict" human nature. I predict right now that in while (a few years to a few decades) we'll have another war. If I'm right, I guess that makes me divine since I "predicted" it?
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TheMediator
Do you recognize the divinity of Nostradamus then? Nostradamus predicted the coming of Hitler, hell he's even more divine than the Bible because he called him by his almost-name.
And George Orwell wrote 1984 which should have had its title a few years later. It's not hard to "predict" human nature. I predict right now that in while (a few years to a few decades) we'll have another war. If I'm right, I guess that makes me divine since I "predicted" it?
According to
your
logic, yes.
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HiVolt
Do you recognize the divinity of Nostradamus then? Nostradamus predicted the coming of Hitler, hell he's even more divine than the Bible because he called him by his almost-name.
And George Orwell wrote 1984 which should have had its title a few years later. It's not hard to "predict" human nature. I predict right now that in while (a few years to a few decades) we'll have another war. If I'm right, I guess that makes me divine since I "predicted" it?
I would convert to Queggianty. :P
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Queggy
Lol, for someone to say
"everything is made up of something we cannot see" doesnt make them a genious, it shows they have common sense. I could have told you that when I was 5.
You would have told me that when you were five almost 2000 years ago? You probably would have been thought of as a loony.
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