If some good evidence for life after death were announced, I'd be eager to examine it; but it would have to be real scientific data, not mere anecdote....
2006-12-10 11:52:31 · 15 answers · asked by Socratic Pig 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I prefer truth. Belief in an afterlife is life-degrading, because it devalues the life we have here on Earth -- which, as far as any reasonable speculation goes, is all we get.
2006-12-10 11:54:50 · answer #1 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I suppose it depends on what you're looking for. If you want something that makes you feel all warm and tingly inside, then definitely go for the "We All Live In The Clouds With Jesus For Ever And Ever" fantasy. On the other hand, if you care more about your beliefs actually having some validity, then I think you're probably better off sticking to the cold, hard truth.
2006-12-10 11:59:15 · answer #2 · answered by abram.kelly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Theres always shows on TV about life and death, Im not sure exactly what sort of scientific data you would need.
On the first question. Hard truth is better. It's better to know that you will be responsible in eternity for your actions here and not rest in the comfortable fantasy of nonexistance.
2006-12-10 11:57:10 · answer #3 · answered by impossble_dream 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Maybe you should read Sylvia Brown's books, or maybe John Edwards. Or check in with Dionne Warwick's Psychic Friends Network.
Other than them and those of their ilk, or witches, warlocks and other assorted Shamans' and charlatans, there is no evidence.
That's why it's called FAITH.
Without faith, the world would be a very dark, dreary, and hopeless place. I don't know what is that provides you with hope, but our faith is what provides it for Believers.
2006-12-10 12:09:10 · answer #4 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you on the fact that only logic and reason should be let into science, but I would also like to point out that science does not have all of the answers. It only has 50% of the answers. God exists in the other 50%, along with faith, the soul, spirituality, emotions, love, the afterlife, and supernatural phenomenon.
2006-12-10 11:58:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I choose the reality. regardless of if on the time it grew to become into not what i had to pay attention or comprehend it enables me to make variations and greater effective possibilities that could enable me to acquire greater effective outcomes then if I basically went with what i had to have faith or pay attention. for occasion, if my boyfriend did not love me it would harm yet i might somewhat that then he pretend it so i will grieve, pass on, and perchance locate actual love with somebody else. i might somewhat not be in a pretend dating. in terms of religions there's a superb variety of bags that incorporates maximum of them in substitute for the convenience of the assumption of immortality. i might somewhat not be discriminatory against specific communities in keeping with fake convenience or make existence possibilities that decreased the commonplace of the only existence i comprehend i'm getting as some might require.
2016-10-14 10:26:20 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yawn...I'm going to go get a burrito.
Hail Eris! All Hail Discordia!
2006-12-10 12:06:25 · answer #7 · answered by Hatir Ba Loon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer truth. Except for in the bedroom, lol!
2006-12-10 11:55:01 · answer #8 · answered by Yankee Jeebus 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I prefer to know the hard truth, no matter how uncomfortable it may seem.
2006-12-10 11:56:38 · answer #9 · answered by ~ Sara ~ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I much prefer hard truth. As the saying goes, "Deal with reality, or reality will deal with you."
2006-12-10 11:55:29 · answer #10 · answered by Nicole B 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋