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To: Biggirl

Obviously I don’t believe there is, but I’m fascinated by the confidence with which those who do affirm that belief.


4 posted on 01/23/2010 3:56:25 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Bostonian conservative, atheist prolifer)
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To: Biggirl

Luk 16:31 “But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”


5 posted on 01/23/2010 4:06:20 AM PST by Jemian
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To: Darkwolf377
Obviously I don’t believe there is,

Other than your current tagline, it isn't obvious at all.

6 posted on 01/23/2010 4:07:15 AM PST by Jemian
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I'm fascinated by the confidence of those who don't believe there is life after death, yet rush (often with religious-like fervor) to embrace or impose death as if they know, 100%, all about what death brings.

The entire euthanasia and assisted suicide lobby is built on the unwaivering leap of faith that the experience of being dead is overall and always positive or neutral, never negative, for the dead person.

But what's the evidence for that?

Is being dead really better?

23 posted on 01/23/2010 5:39:15 AM PST by fightinJAG (Largest wing in future Obama Presidential Library will be devoted to Bush & Cheney)
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To: Darkwolf377
Obviously I don’t believe there is, but I’m fascinated by the confidence with which those who do affirm that belief.

While I don't believe in resurrection by magic wand, I find it hard to discount that one day we won't develop the technology to recreate consciousness. Multiple universes and convergent evolution also raise the possibility of a person experiencing eternal consciousness in some form. There are probably other possibilities I can't even imagine.

48 posted on 01/23/2010 8:53:34 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Darkwolf377

“If I knew God I’d be Him.”


54 posted on 01/23/2010 9:58:28 AM PST by onedoug
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