Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
[b]There's only one question worth answering.
It isn't what house or car to buy; nor is it coming up with some partial resolution to age old speculations about the age of the earth, the origin of man or the number of angels able to dance on the head of a pin. The only one that matters, in the scheme of human life, is where will I live once my time on earth has expired. That chapter begins the moment you die.
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IF There is an afterlife.
AND IF what we do or think in this life effects what that afterlife is like.
THEN it becomes important to consider that as a factor in how you live your life.
However there is not only no evidence for the existence of ANY afterlife, but there is
considerable evidence that there is no afterlife and when you die you simply cease to exist.
It is thus not reasonable to spend ANY time considering the afterlife UNTIL such a time as
evidence is presented that an afterlife exists.
In the case where there is no afterlife (reality) then what happens to you after you die is
the least important thing to consider.
The important stuff is how you live your one short life here on earth.
And this obsession with regarding life as simply preparation or waiting room for an afterlife
is one of the more dangerous aspects of religious belief.
THIS LIFE right here and now is what is important because there is NOTHING ELSE.
If you want to convince us otherwise you must provide EVIDENCE that your position is right
and that an afterlife exists.
We know YOU believe (and many other's like you) that there is an afterlife and that you know
how to get into it.
However someone believing something is NOT EVIDENCE THAT IT IS TRUE.
I don't give a damn how hard you believe you are right.
If you want to convince me you must PROVE that you are right.
In your later example about a bridge being down, If someone doubted you were right you could
take them to the bridge and show them it was down.
Show me the downed bridge.
Show me the evidence.