Yet when I have spoken with people who believe in life after death, and as someone who once believed in it, I have found it is a convenient excuse for why you don't do more. — Philosophim
No, rebirth is no excuse, it's a fact. — Dijkgraf
You can deduce the proof from cosmology. — Dijkgraf
Before I continue, you want me to continue? — Dijkgraf
This is all made up in your head — Philosophim
Why do you insist on believing something you know you just came up with? — Philosophim
The reason is that it becomes an excuse for humans to put up with suffering and lower states of being. — Philosophim
Not true. There may exist some cases like these, but it is not the general rule. Most people's belief in life after death is real. It is their reality. It is something much more real than you can imagine. They don't believe it in order to escape from anything or give excuses.it is a convenient excuse for why you don't do more — Philosophim
Exactly, this is your viewpoint! :smile:It is not the belief in life after death per say, it is the belief in something that is not real, that I, in my viewpoint ... — Philosophim
What makes me angry is when people lie to support their personal bias. — theRiddler
:roll:You can see your present existence as proof of a previous existence. — Dijkgraf
:up: e.g. Theology, no?What makes me angry is when people lie to support their personal bias. — theRiddler
Took me 15 years to come up with. It fits my belief exactly. It even inspired it. — Dijkgraf
Does the existence of God or a Supreme Being make you also angry?
Does the existence of ghosts make you also angry? — Alkis Piskas
Most people's belief in life after death is real. It is their reality. — Alkis Piskas
And this is my point. Coming up with something that satisfies our emotional desires is stunting growth. It is imaginary. Does it help you be a better person to others? Does it help you make the world a better place? I just don't see — Philosophim
I haven't come across anyone who has said that they feel angry about people believing in life after death — Jack Cummins
Personally, I like the idea of rebirth because one life and one body seems a bit limiting and some have better circumstances than others. However, I try to not simply convince myself that reincarnation exists on that basis because it would seem like philosophical dishonesty. — Jack Cummins
It's not going to make a better or worse person of me. Is it that what makes you angry? That people believing in reincarnation forget to think about fellow people? Then you could transpone life every time to the next. Same as prolonging everything to tomorrow. I don't like that either. It's no excuse. — Dijkgraf
Religion doesn't make me angry. It is the idea that you will exist after you die that makes me angry.
The reason is that it becomes an excuse for humans to put up with suffering and lower states of being. — Philosophim
Getting drunk on thoughts of a better life beyond this one is no better than getting drunk every evening after work. — Philosophim
What if mass shooters really believed that they would suffer in the afterlife as a consequence of their actions? As it is, I'm sure most of them believe that when they die there are no consequences. — Wayfarer
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