tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569302574020868825.post33473170600614972..comments2023-06-11T05:05:25.345-07:00Comments on Reapercussions: After LifeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17096522961044663663noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569302574020868825.post-77735472736285089632010-05-17T08:19:35.189-07:002010-05-17T08:19:35.189-07:00Reap thanks for this Blog, good subject, great blo...Reap thanks for this Blog, good subject, great blog. I would love to share my perspective with you. The way I see it, we humans think we are so special, that frontal lobe gave us the wonderful capacity to think ahead and say DAMN I'm going to die one day. Here you have a species so afraid of dying that they invent an afterlife, and even some that know there is no evidence for keep it open as a possibility. Why? We all came from single celled organisms, every creature on this Planet from human to bird to bugs, and yet we humans think we are so special that we ponder on whether or not we live on. Does anyone think about a roach’s afterlife when they whack them with their shoes? There is no evidence for it, right? Most people dismiss that possibility...but we humans, we live on or may live on? <br /><br />I see this subject the same way I see “God.” There is no reason to believe. Enough said. I shouldn’t have to explain that “well there is a possibility.” You know what? Anything is possible when you place it outside the scope of science and what we understand now etc. It doesn’t change the fact that it’s made up and based on nothing more than ideas with the purpose of appeasing our fear of death. I agree with Reap, our focus should be on the now, this life, not some hoped for afterlife. <br /><br />Reminds me of the famous words of Carl Sagan, which I named my blog after:“Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.”Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948977528602263299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569302574020868825.post-55304443936670544992010-05-16T20:47:31.333-07:002010-05-16T20:47:31.333-07:00You don't have to believe in "God" t...You don't have to believe in "God" to believe in an afterlife=)Joninoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2569302574020868825.post-31217329660033805892010-05-16T20:28:42.284-07:002010-05-16T20:28:42.284-07:00First I have to say it is a personal choice. I do ...First I have to say it is a personal choice. I do not understand how a person turns to another expecting answers. That's a heavy burden to lay on someone. It's something that someone has to come to terms with on their own. I am an Atheist as well, but that means to me there is no God....Does that mean there's no "afterlife"? I don't know, and don't claim to know, but can't there be the possibility of a "afterlife" without "God"?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com