"jim7" wrote in message
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HK wrote:
SteveB wrote:
Yeah, I'll bet some of the passengers in that jet that went down on
the way to France got religious, too. Didn't do them any good, either.

Didn't make any difference in THIS life. But I think it did in the next
one.

Trouble is, no one knows until the clock runs out, and then no one can
come back and say whether it's all true, or just a story. Only then do
you find out if your ticket is valid or not. And then you either get
paid on it or not.

Steve





You are entitled to have "faith" that there is some sort of life after
*this* life, but, as you state, there isn't a scintilla of proof of it.
Nothing, nada.

But it is a common enough belief. Afterlife was important to the ancient
Egyptians, and to most religions that followed. It surely has offered
some comfort to the masses over the centuries, most of whom had a pretty
mean existence. Many religions have done very well for themselve by
pushing the belief there is an afterlife and they control the doors to
the entrance.

Religion was started by man as a way to try to explain the mysteries that
confronted him. I'm not sure much in human nature has changed since the
Egyptians.

And there is no proof that something terrible isn't waiting for you in the
afterlife. Of course this life is no picnic for you, Krause. Your decision
to dodge the draft must be eating away at your insides even to this day.
Maybe things will get better for you when you die. That will give you
something to pray for.

You know, I've never seen the Statue of Liberty. I think it is just a hoax.
Something someone came up with in their spare time. I have not seen it, or
been there, therefore, it CANNOT exist because anything that is not
profoundly proven to my ultimate intelligence is garbage. Which includes
almost every thought and deed and discussion in the world or Usenet. I have
a nice time living in this little fishbowl, looking in the mirror when I
want inspiration or reassurance, being king of the universe. I mean, if
there WERE a God, he would have checked with me first before doing anything.
Right?

Humility is overrated.

Steve ;-)