Why can so many people not accept their own mortality? Is it vanity or insecurity?

Question

Sorry if this has ben asked before (since the begining of humanity) or if you find it offensive.

Would the world really be worse without blind faith?

Ps. please if you do respond to this don't preach religon - its honestly insulting to me. Rational answers only please. Thanks

Answer 1

actually, i believe that if homanity had never invented religion, then we would have never gotten as far as we are now. humans are social creatures and demand some kind of leadership, we elect presidents, we have coaches, we cannot think as one being, therefore we choose a point of reference. there are lots of other benifits to religion but this main one is what was key to keeping us alive. As for morality, everyone has this thing called survival instinct, this means we really don't want to die and will avoid it at all costs, if we know that we are going to die, then we need something to fall back on, endless bliss after we die? that sounds pretty good to me, all i have to do is lead a good life and take care of my family. Humans think far too much to simply be happy eating sleeping and repruducing.

Answer 2

It is pure selfishness that make some ppl not accept their own mortality so I guess vanity would be the answer. They are having too much fun doing the things they shouldn't.
Yes, the world would be a worse place without blind faith, especially for those that don't have the blind faith.

I'm sorry if this answer is insulting to you, I really tried not to be.

Answer 3

It seems to me that you've already made up your own mind. However...

According to the Bible, people were made to live forever. Because humanity became sinful, God foreplanned a process that would allow us to shed that nature of sin and be redeemed by the one who gave His life for us. That is why we have an inherent longing for eternity within us.

Many atheists who set out to disprove Christianity and the historical facts behind it often become overwhelmed with the evidence for the veracity of Christianity.

Most people do not have blind faith. Blind faith is accepting something as truth without any knowledge. Most people have reasoned faith, which is accepting something as truth based on reasoning through knowledge though not having every last piece (e.g., sitting in a chair [it may break], setting your alarm [it may not work], etc. - however, our past experience and accumulation of knowledge tells us there is a strong probability that what we believe about chairs and alarms is true).

We believe in the law of gravity because we can see the results of it. However, there is no proof there is anything such as gravitational pull. Perhaps it is something supernatural and/or spiritual (I'm not suggesting that it is, just supplying a rational other explanation).

Those in the last century and before had no problem with integrating the natural and supernatural as both real. However, today's "science" has, by definition, excluded the supernatural (which removes all of their historical findings since they weren't there). Science will continue to be biased and incomplete until they recognize the reality of the universe, not what they conjure up in their mind to be the reality.

We do not create reality. We perceive reality - some of us more accurately than others.

The question is from where do you get your epistemology? If you get it from a man (or woman), then where did he get it from? Where did that man get it from? Ad infinitum. The only solid epistemology is one provided from an Eternal Being. The question is Who is it? Through my study, I believe that it is the God of the Bible. Read and see for yourself.

Answer 4

One of the greatest scientists of the last century, GeorgeWashington Carver, said it best, "I have found nature to be a conserver. Nothing is wasted or permanently lost in nature. Things change their form, but they do not cease to exist. After I leave this world I do not believe I am through. God would be a bigger fool than even a man if he did not conserve what seems to be the most important thing he has yet done in the universe. "'

One of the most startling discoveries of the twentieth century is Einstein's theory of relativity, which shows that time, space, and matter are interrelated. For instance, it has been demonstrated that time does not move at the same speed everywhere but varies with the mass, acceleration, and gravity in its immediate vicinity. Modem physics has also shown that without mass there is no time. In other words, that which is without weight, is eternal.

One of the technological marvels of our modem age is the computer. Computers can store enormous amounts of information, perform calculations at incredible speeds, and operate complex video games. But what is a computer? If we tore it apart and examined every physical component in minute detail we would learn nothing about how the programs work or their origin. This is because the real value of a computer in essence, its soul, is not in the hardware. The real value of a computer is in the software. The hardware is just the means by which a computer communicates what it is programmed to do.

What is this mysterious thing we call "software"? It can be transferred from machine to machine. It can be transmitted by electromagnetic wave through phone lines or across the universe. It can be loaded into another machine which would then operate in the same way as the original. The entire software from a computer can be loaded onto CD's and the weight of the disk will not change. Software is weightless and therefore eternal. As long as it is "remembered" it can never disappear. In essence, it is a creation from the mind of a creator.

Now consider these two observations from computers and relativity to derive some practical implications. Someday each of us is going to die. These biological machines which we call our bodies will return to the dust from which they are composed. But what about the programming? What about the soul and mind which inhabit this hardware we call our bodies? Since our soul, our mind, and our thoughts are without weight, they are eternal. Thus, who we really are is going to last forever. Furthermore, just as the software from a 200 MHz computer can be moved into a machine which operates 10 times faster, the Bible states that we will someday be given far superior bodies. Given what we know about information and software, this concept is really not all that strange.

Long before we understood anything about relativity or computers, the Bible stated that we would live forever and be given new bodies. We now know this is not at all unbelievable. But there is a catch. We don't deserve to live forever in the presence of a perfect and holy Creator because we are rebellious sinful creatures. Anyone looking at the mess humans have made of this world has to admit this. And the same One who created us in the first place would not be perfect and holy if He allowed sin to go unpunished. Furthermore, it is an insult to God to believe that we can pay for our shortcomings by being a "good person". Fortunately, the same book which predicted the discoveries of modern physics also has a solution for this dilemma.
You might want to take some of your limited time, while you are still inhabiting this very fragile piece of hardware we call bodies, to check out God's solution to the dilemma of how He can be both totally merciful and totally just.
The Bible, from cover to cover, is about that solution. He's called Jesus.

1. George Washington Carver. 1928, Tuskegee Institute. Ethel Edwards,
Carver on Tuskegee, pp. 157 - 160.

Answer 5

I dont agree. I think that everybody in this world knows that they are human and that death eventually comes down the road, whether it be tomorrow or years from now. Death is something that happens everyday. Its all around us and there is no promise of immortality.
I believe that blind faith means you put it in the hands of whatever will be will be. And theres no way to change that. Live like theres no tomorrow because I might die today.
Without blind faith we would all live in the future scarred of what will be. I know when I think of my future its always a train reck. The worst is bound to happen to me I'm scarred of making wrong descisions...blah blah blah. I depend on blind faith.

Answer 6

Do you mean to ask, "Why do people believe in the concept of life after their death"?
If this is the question, then for me, it is not due to vanity or insecurity. It is due to security - my security in God's truth. Now, I must stop typing because you don't want to be preached to, and I have the feeling that you may not be able to determine the difference between preaching and discussion.

Answer 7

When you are young the thought of dying is terrifying. You never think that you, too, will grow old. But you will eventually and with that will come acceptance. I, for one, have come to the conclusion that I don't want to live to a great age beause I would be without my friends who are very dear to me.

Answer 8

Neither, I think its fear. Fear of the unknown(whats going to happen to them in the afterlife), fear of leaving loved ones behind, and fear of going through any type of pain. Nothing wrong with blind faith. Blessed are those who believe and have not seen, so are we all not blind in some way. But to answe your question I think people are just afraid.

Answer 9

The world would be better without blindness. Imagine, noone talking to invisible sky pixies anymore! That would be great! And the 700 Club? Gone!

The world would be much better when we're not having to worry about tithing or taxes via church.

Answer 10

we are creatures of the moment, to look ahead is not natural, so the majority of people don't. probably can't accept mortality in a real way, we all know that we all die but it is not an everyday thought for most until the end of our lives