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originally posted by: Cruithneach
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Morality, however archaic and rigid it may be, has a purpose in healthy societies.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: StalkerSolent
I think reincarnation is one of the most liberating and terror free outcomes post-death. Sure you could reincarnate as a bug or some other lower lifeform, but that isn't so bad. Because at the heart of that idea is that you are getting another chance to get it right. The idea behind reincarnation isn't to dwell on the bad possibilities, because all they are are another chance to get the correct outcome. On a long enough scale, everyone will cross the finish line with reincarnation. As an agnostic looking in at religions, if I were to be asked what the most likely answer to the correct religion is, I'd say it would be Buddhism.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: StalkerSolent
What's it to you if you understand that a bug's sensory inputs are FAR less finely tuned than a human's? But even if you are locked in that vicious cycle, you will still transcend it at some point. It is never final. Like I said, the ultimate goal for all souls is to be reunited with the source. So even your situation would be a temporary thing. With hell and similar punishments, the effects are eternal. That means, once you've made your bed you have to lie in it. No matter how nasty it may be.
originally posted by: Krazysh0t
a reply to: StalkerSolent
Look I never said it was true. I just said it is the most appealing when looking at all the various afterlife events across all the religions.
originally posted by: calstorm
a reply to: Nochzwei
I was. My nightmares as a child were full of Satan fear of him and him tempting me to sin and of demons and hell. Also of a man being beaten and nailed to a cross. I would wake up so scared i couldn't even scream although I wanted to. I would then lie in my bed and shake and cry. I was probably six or seven. I was terrified of Satan whispering thoughts into my mind to cause me to sin because I was told that is what he did if you didn't pray enough for gods protection but I was never sure how much was enough and since i would get in trouble, it was clear i didn't pray hard enough.
So yeah, I was in mortal fear of hell.
originally posted by: Nochzwei
But who are humans to question the will of God.
Everything He does is for a reason, even if humans with their limited mind cannot comprehend.
originally posted by: Stormdancer777
a reply to: Krazysh0t
The few years I spent as Jehovah Witness, I liked the concept there would be an earthly paradise, all things made new again like, it was in the beginning.