"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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I think you're correct that fear and inability to face their
own or loved ones mortality is behind a lot of religious belief.

For certain personalities, I would agree.

However, belief in an afterlife and belief in a Creator don't
necessarily go hand-in-hand.


I think it's just as difficult to believe in "nothing" as it is to believe
in "something" .... maybe even more difficult. To believe in something is
the default condition of the human mind I suspect, regardless of any
religious brain washing that occurs during a lifetime.

When my head is in logic mode none of the religious teachings and/or
explanations make any sense in terms of creation. I can even understand and
accept the concept of "nothing" after death.

But, where the heck did that super compressed, fantastically dense matter
the size of a sub-atomic particle that exploded as the "Big Bang", resulting
in the universe and everything in it come from? That "nothing" is beyond
my comprehension so far.

Meanwhile, religion serves many people well and I, for one, have no problem
with that. I respect the right to their beliefs.

There's another current issue somewhat related to this, but I'll present
that in another post sometime.

Eisboch