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Old 06-16-2007   #80 (permalink)
JoshJ
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Default Re: What do you beleive happens to you in the afterlife?

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Originally Posted by metallicamaster3 View Post
I feel for all you who do not accept the Lord Jesus Christ, or who does not believe in a higher power in general.

It's hard to explain. Why bother living if there is nothing to live for in the first place?
You present us with two alternatives:

1. Life is but a 'test' from god to see if you are worthy of ascending into heaven upon your death. Life is merely a means to an end.

2. Your life is all you have, therefore you should maximize it.

Why not live life for itself? Why do you feel there must be a higher goal?

I agree with Nietzsche here:

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Originally Posted by Nietzsche
Nihilist und Christ: das reimt sich, das reimt sich nicht bloss.
"Nihilist and Christian. They rhyme (in German)... and they do indeed do more than just rhyme."
“There can be but little liberty on earth while men worship a tyrant in heaven.”- Robert Green Ingersoll
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