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Pastimes : History's effect on Religion

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To: epicure who wrote (457)	3/12/2007 2:07:58 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (3) of 520

Clearly anyone who is ambivalent about life will choose death. So it goes without saying that life holds value for you as well as everyone else. So let me rephrase: The first question is: does it bother you that after you die, there will be nothing but dust left of you? No afterlife, no reincarnation, no journey to happy pastures, or whatever? Does it bother you that the same would be true of all your loved ones? ...and of your hated ones for that matter? That people like Stalin for example never will face the consequences of their actions? Or that not even our names will be mentioned after a generation or two? The second questions is: if there is nothing beyond us in the here and now, why would anyone be driven to do anything? If the only goal is for me to be "happy", perhaps I can find some justification in raising my children or learn a creative art or science. But how can there be a justification to hold firm for a lifetime, where there is little evidence that the goal may be reached during one's life. Here I am thinking of political prisoners who fight against brutal oppressions, but some scientific research may qualify as "illogical" as well.

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