Yes I guess there will be many people like you and Mineral Man that will be DUST IN THE WIND. Forgotten about forever if that's ok with you then that's okay with me...
And for many of us we will be in Paradise with the Lord, Our Loved Ones living a Glorious exsistence, I am happy with that...
Missy, I swore that I was never going to engage you in discussion again after the last maddening experience, but I cannot let that remark go by. How dare you say such a thing? You have just decided that these people's lives have no meaning and that they have had no impact on the world around them because they don't believe in God.
If they have children, they will live on through their children and the love that they gave to them. If they have spouses, they will live on in the memories of the one left behind. If they've given time or money to a charitable organization, they will live on in the good that they did for someone else.
What you said was hateful and cruel and I don't believe for a second that Jesus would praise you for it.
Actually... dust in the wind is a misnomer. My body will be broken down into basic components, spread into the soil and water table surrounding my "final resting place," make their way into growing flora and fauna, where little bits of me will help make life continue. Just like all of my ancestors, and the bodies of your ancestors, and the bodies of every living thing that has ever died.
But on the other hand maybe your point of view explains all the dust in my apartment...