Widows & Widowers Support Group
This community is dedicated to those who have lost a husband, wife, or partner. Anything is open for discussion here, with the hope that we can focus on grief, bereavement, life after loss, and continuing on after a great loss.
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Life after death is something that all the major religions teach. It's a part of religion's view of reality. If you had that view of reality before you lost your loved one, then now is not the time to doubt your view.
Lol, that is what friends told me when my daughter died 17 years ago. It's good advice, IMO.
Girldawg, you are correct, that is the one I was referring to. It is Life after Death Project, Volume 1.
The only answer to that question will be when we ourselves step over that threshold. We will then finally know, or we will know nothing at all. That's the reality that in the end we will face it only by ourselves, alone.
I hope that this doesn't sound to depressing but I'm neither a pessimist nor an optimist, I'm a realist, always have been
Regards George
Regards, George
It's called Pascal's wager. There two possibilities, God exists, or God does not exist. You can either believe in God or not.
Case 1 - God exists, you believe God exists and follow his laws. Result is plus infinity ( heaven )
Case 2 - God does not exist, you believe God exists and follow some laws thought to be from God. Result is your life on this earth is the same as case 1, you might have missed out on some vices, when you die nothing happens.
Case 3 - God does not exist and you don't believe God exists. You live your life as you want and when you die nothing happens.
Case 4 - God exists and you do not believe God exists. You live the same as case 3 but when you die you get negative infinity ( hell in Pascal's view )
So if you are a betting person you are much better off believing in God. If you are right then you gain plus infinity, if you are wrong you only have to be annyoed by a few laws on how to treat people.
It you bet that God does not exist, you will avoid some laws but you might also suffer minus infinity ( hell ).
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Now I don't go along with that wager exactly because I believe that those pesky laws that religious people follow are actually a good way to treat people and navigate this plane of existence.
Hope I made you smile :)
My take anyway!
Regards, George.
I believe God exists and I am not capable of following his laws. Therefore I will accept the gift of grace and strive to spread love to the best of my human ability with Jesus as my mentor. Sharon