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Why are the religious so afraid of death?
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Without the concept that by worshiping an invisible man in the sky, people can somehow avoid the inevitable, religion would be surplus to requirements.
We're all going to die eventually, we won't know anything about it, so what's the problem?
We're all going to die eventually, we won't know anything about it, so what's the problem?
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Yes,to choose the right religion intelligently will require some personal study on your part. God has provided his Word, the Bible, which outlines right religion. Study the Bible. Learn its principles. Prove what is false and reject it. Prove what is true and hold it fast. “Make sure of all things; hold fast to what is right.” Christians have but “one faith.” Through a diligent study and application of the Bible, you will find that one.(1 Thess. 5:21)
Elderman // Study the Bible. Learn its principles. Prove what is false and reject it. Prove what is true and hold it fast.//
Much of the bible can be proven false and nothing it contains authenticates religious belief. That said, if doubt is cast upon the veracity of any part of any book, as it certainly is in the case of the bible (and incidentally, the koran too), then without positive evidence to the contrary, the whole must be considered unsound. By picking and choosing, the only one you're fooling is yourself.
//to choose the right religion intelligently will require some personal study on your part//
I've studied the books and having found nothing convincing in them, it seems to me that your advice to 'choose the right religion intelligently' is something of an oxymoron.
Much of the bible can be proven false and nothing it contains authenticates religious belief. That said, if doubt is cast upon the veracity of any part of any book, as it certainly is in the case of the bible (and incidentally, the koran too), then without positive evidence to the contrary, the whole must be considered unsound. By picking and choosing, the only one you're fooling is yourself.
//to choose the right religion intelligently will require some personal study on your part//
I've studied the books and having found nothing convincing in them, it seems to me that your advice to 'choose the right religion intelligently' is something of an oxymoron.
Can we agree on what 'death' means? To most of us it means the end of life - oblivion.
It doesn't mean a transition phase after which you carry on in another form somewhere else, freed from the shackles of your mortal body.
It's the first one that religion is all about avoiding. That's why they redefine it to have the second meaning.
It doesn't mean a transition phase after which you carry on in another form somewhere else, freed from the shackles of your mortal body.
It's the first one that religion is all about avoiding. That's why they redefine it to have the second meaning.
Keyplus, that's the whole point. You're not afraid because you believe what your religion tells you - that you're not really going to die. Without that, you might think differently because you'd have to accept that you were probably facing oblivion.
Tony, of course you know your body is going to die, but if you believe in a God then I suspect you're hoping for an afterlife. No?
As for what harm does faith do, where do you want me to start?
Tony, of course you know your body is going to die, but if you believe in a God then I suspect you're hoping for an afterlife. No?
As for what harm does faith do, where do you want me to start?
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