meaning, it distracts from the real purpose of religion which is to get in touch with this life and live it meaningfully and in connection with everything - what say ye?
2007-04-06 14:24:32 · 3 answers · asked by Swamp Thingy 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
maybe
2007-04-06 14:30:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
First I wanted to answer "The afterlife is a green halibut." But reading your question more closely, I think it merits a serious answer.
I, as an Agnostic, don't believe in an afterlife. But so do many religions! I think luring or scaring people with some afterlife of another, diminishes a religion.
And as I look at the central tenets of most religions and moral philosophies, they're variations on the same theme : Altruism, "So long as it harms none", Agape, "Love Thy Neighbor". And *not* : "Be nice and you will be rewarded".
I'm still disgusted how, when I was kid, they told to us that if we were "nice", we would later see little Baby Jesus, and eat porridge with silver spoons.
Red Herring? More like a bloated whale!
2007-04-06 21:45:12 · answer #2 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting thought. No one really knows for sure what happens.. we all make a guess.. death itself is experiential.. why worry about it, when you can do nothing about it?
Living life meaningfully is absolutely what we should be doing :)
2007-04-06 21:29:55 · answer #3 · answered by Kallan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋