Do you ever worry that when you die you'll figure out that some religion is true, and that you needed to have believed in it to go to heaven? Whether it's christianity, islam, or any other religion that requires acceptance before death to go to heaven (like not an "everyone goes to heaven" type of religion).
Do you ever worry that when you die you'll figure out that some religion is true, and that you needed to have believed in it to go to heaven? Whether it's christianity, islam, or any other religion that requires acceptance before death to go to heaven (like not an "everyone goes to heaven" type of religion).
Yes I think about it, but I don't worry about it. If I found that out I was wrong, I'd at least have some solace in the fact my family got to go (if they were the right religion of course.)
If there is a god, then he knows my mind on this. If he thinks I'm going to choose from one of a thousand religions that have come and gone, over humanity's observations of the real world then he's got another thing coming. If it came to that when I got to the gates, I think he'd understand.
"I do not feel obliged to believe the same God that has endowed us with sense, reason and intellect has intended for us to forgo their use."
- Galileo Galilei
No, my theist friend. By the way, do you ever worry the exact same thing? That you are worshiping the wrong God and will be sent to hellfire for it?
If you read through many holy texts, the Gods depicted within them seem much more angry at those who worship false Gods than those who don't worship at all.
One of the most natural, and almost universally shared, human fears is that of death.. in the context of the idea that the 'I' we know and in a sense being all we know will cease to exist. The idea of a heaven or an afterlife is just a way of dealing with that fear, but that idea has no basis other than wishful thinking. It's a placebo, although maybe that description is a little unfair in that if belief in an afterlife survives until death it has served it's purpose.
Buddhism takes a different approach. Rather than any afterlife belief it seeks to dispense with the 'I', and hence the fear associated with that 'I' ceasing to exist, and hence the problem.
Firstly, I just don't believe in 'judgment day'.
Secondly, if there were one I would think whoever judged me would be sensible enough to judge me on any unnecessary harm I inflicted on to fellow living beings, rather than the religious doctrine I followed during my lifetime.
Firstly, I just don't believe in 'judgment day'.
Secondly, if there were one I would think whoever judged me would be sensible enough to judge me on any unnecessary harm I inflicted on to fellow living beings, rather than the religious doctrine I followed during my lifetime.
I agree with this. Some 'religious' people are the worst kind, evil in holy garbs. Yet there are some that dont' follow a relgion or worship God, and are kind and very charitable towards the unfortunate. Sikhism states the actions are the decider. Not the amound of lips service one did during his her life.
Ėk Gusā Alhu Mėrā
The One Lord, the Lord of the World, is my God Allah.
Dhan Guru Arjan Dev Mahraaj Ji!
Kal Meh Bėḏ Atharbaṇ Hū Nā Kẖuḏā Alhu Bẖa.
In the Dark Age of Kali Yuga, the Atharva Veda became prominent; Allah became the Name of God.
Nope I'm happy. If I'm gonna be punished for telling a few lies and downloading far far more pr0n than I really should, then fair do's.
I've lived my life helping others and trying to do no harm whilst having fun.
If thats not enough for a diety, then i wouldnt want to worship it in the first place.
(And I Like Bacon, and Most Gods hate us liking Bacon,)
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no i don't. i cannot imagine that god would be so narrow as to only approve of one specific way to serve him - it is simply beyond my imagination.
i believe that god is beyond religion.
i also neither believe nor disbelieve in an afterlife, so it is not among my worries.
each man thinks of his own fleas as gazelles
question authority
Saradar: It may be easy to see God in a flower or in the laugh of a child or the purr of a kitten, but Is God in the Tsunami? Is he in Children with muscle wasting diseases and finally is he in Chicken McNuggetts.
If so then perhaps you should worry a bit!
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Pygoscelis- I don't, actually. One of the reasons I asked for only the answers of atheists & agnostics is because I assumed (incorrectly, probably) that everyone who follows a specific religion is completely convinced, 100%, no doubt in their mind, of its truth. So since I am certain that islam is the truth, I don't worry about if everything that happens after death as described by Allah and the prophet peace be upon him is true or not. I know it is. All I worry about is having enough good deeds and as little sins as possible in order to enter paradise..
Yeh I wonder why?!?!?! 3 rashes of that=20% increase in cancer
God thinks for OUR benefit, BE LOGICAL man sheesh
Then why not create Pigs with omega 3 fats in the first place? And its not even 3 rashers = 20 % increase. Its a consistant fatty diet of anything cloven hoofed or not.
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To see whether you use ur common sense and refrain from eating what God has forbidden you?!
Cripes! A sausage a day! You'd die within a couple of years from lard overdose! It woldnt and dosnt matter if the fat is from a pig or a goat or a camel to be honest.
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