I took Dee's comment to mean that she knows several people who feel their existence is meaningless. I've known several people who aren't depressed - but ARE extremely scientific-minded - who do NOT question the meaning of their existence nor automatically attribute it to a "God". People and things simply exist as a result of gathering of matter into masses...nothing more, nothing less...and certainly no grand mystery to them.
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Do you believe there is a God??
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I took Dee's comment to mean that she knows several people who feel their existence is meaningless. I've known several people who aren't depressed - but ARE extremely scientific-minded - who do NOT question the meaning of their existence nor automatically attribute it to a "God". People and things simply exist as a result of gathering of matter into masses...nothing more, nothing less...and certainly no grand mystery to them.
I was using the term "meaningless" in regards to the eternal, not the 'here and now'.
Two-way road? Honestly, take your own advice. You surely don't know if their existence is meaningless, but I do because I'm the one who's had the displeasure of interacting with them. I get that it's my opinion, but you may feel differently if you were in my shoes. Just because I feel their existence is meaningless does not make it untrue.
I neither believe nor disbelieve, but live my life as if there may be one.
Well I guess the question for me is, does it really matter if there is a God or not? Shouldn't we live our lives in a way that is right and for the benefit of all and the planet that we live on?
How exactly does that work? You either believe or you don't. You can't do anything else but believe or not believe as far as beliefs go. Not making a choice IS making a choice. I imagine most would read your statement as " I don't believe in God but am not bold enough to publicly state it as such".
The thing is how exactly do you really know if the way you are living is either right or at the benefit of anyone? If you end up achieving neither then should that be rewarded as much as one who has lived right and at the benefit of all?
What does that even mean? Are those who are out there killing in the name of their God going to be rewarded because they pray three times a day?
Is the priest who molested young boys going to be rewarded because he said mass every day?
I live my life well, I treat others as I wish to be treated, I respect others and their beliefs, and if when I die and there happens to be a God I would happily stand in judgement before her. Till then, there is no proof that there is no God just as there is no proof that there is not a God.
How do you know they truly believe in the God they claim to believe in? Stating they do means nothing as anyone can say anything but the question is does their statement hold up under scrutiny?
One thing people will find when speaking to those who don't believe is they will ALWAYS hold up their works/deeds as their merit badge that proves themselves fit to stand before God on that day.. It is not works that make you right before God but the status of your heart and that can only be made clean by the salvation offered freely by Jesus to those who repent(change their mind in regards to their sin) and put their full trust in the finished work of Christ and not of themselves). A wicked heart desires to do evil things and a righteous heart seeks to do good. The people murdering people and molesting children will stand before God and they will hold up their works as their merit badge of righteousness and God will simply say " Depart from me, you worker of sin. I never knew you."
One thing people will find when speaking to those who don't believe is they will ALWAYS hold up their works/deeds as their merit badge that proves themselves fit to stand before God on that day.. It is not works that make you right before God but the status of your heart and that can only be made clean by the salvation offered freely by Jesus to those who repent(change their mind in regards to their sin) and put their full trust in the finished work of Christ and not of themselves). A wicked heart desires to do evil things and a righteous heart seeks to do good. The people murdering people and molesting children will stand before God and they will hold up their works as their merit badge of righteousness and God will simply say " Depart from me, you worker of sin. I never knew you."
That is of course assuming that your religion which is one of the major 20 world wide religions and represents only 33% of the world's beliefs is correct to begin with.
Or that the bible is even reliable right? I am sure you were going to get to that point eventually.
First video will sum up why you can trust the Bible to be true. It's about an hour long but it's worth a watch.
As for what life is truly like without God versus with God well I have another video on that subject which is about a half hour long but still worth a watch as it deals with that subject.
First video will sum up why you can trust the Bible to be true. It's about an hour long but it's worth a watch.
As for what life is truly like without God versus with God well I have another video on that subject which is about a half hour long but still worth a watch as it deals with that subject.
So what is your backup plan when if you die and you are left standing before Brahman?
To have a back up plan I'd have to believe first.
Always have a plan B
How do you have a back up plan for death besides a will?
humans don't deal with everything, humans only deal with things they know and/or understand (and sometimes deal with things they don't know and/or understand), or try to anyways...
humans don't know everything, they don't know how the world and the universe works...
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