What if a god of somekind created everything but everything was to only have one life. All life is born, lives and dies. And that there is no afterlife, no heaven (and no hell for that matter) and that we only have one chance at life. What would you think about god if that was the case? Maybe it was the religions of Earth that invented the afterlife as a way of coping with loss and grief of losing a loved one. Also as something people look forward to when "this" life is bad and poor.
2007-02-17 17:03:50 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, many people believe in god but not an afterlife.
2007-02-17 17:06:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to answer the question no, it would not affect me at all.
I feel that my religious practice intrinsic value that if applied and studied results in me being a better person and a more well rounded human being.
I do not do what I do because I think that I will receive some reward for it when I die, but because the reward presents itself in what kind of person I am and how I treat my fellow man.
2007-02-18 01:12:34 · answer #2 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please read my words carefully:
If you see footmark in the sand, you'll say that someone passed from here...
If you see a piece of dog sh*t on the ground, you'll say that a dog passed from here...
So what about the enormous universe, the sky, stars, planets, earth and all the beauty in it, doesn't it lead to that someone made it?!!!
Some people say that everything is created by itself after the big-bang... I won't ask you about what caused the big-bang, but I'll ask you a simple question:
If you take all the letters of the alphabet, multiples of them, and you threw them randomly on the floor. Do you expect (by a chance of one in infinity) to get a poem like shakespear's??!!
Can't you see how organized our universe is, the planets, the eco-system on earth, look even in your own body... Can you control your heart-beat? Can you control your breath while you're sleeping? Who stopped your eye-lashes from growing after reaching a certain length? Who told the baby turtles to move towards the sea and not to the earth after they come out of their eggs? Who taught the bird how to make nests?
My friend, think with your heart and brain. If you're still lost, think about the following:
Do you know how to play safe?
Your point:
If there's no God and you do all what you want in life, then nothing will happen to you after life. But if there was God and you were mistaken, then you'll blame yourself FOREVER...
Believer's point:
If there's God and I followed His commands in life, then I'll be in Heaven after life FOREVER. But if there was no God and we're mistaken, then nothing bad will happen to us after life...
Now you know how to play-safe, in case you're not convinced?
2007-02-20 04:17:20 · answer #3 · answered by toon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
seems to me you answered your own question. No god, no afterlife. No one to enhance a better life. Seems to me they both go together, you need one to have the other.
2007-02-18 01:27:02 · answer #4 · answered by how to cure the shanks 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but I would still believe in the Creator.
Live well...
illuminostic
2007-02-18 01:16:45 · answer #5 · answered by illuminostic_1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry, I really tried to imagine but it is impossible for me to believe that Jesus is a liar. I have too much hope to participate.
2007-02-18 01:12:44 · answer #6 · answered by martha d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋