Just stop. Now you're coming back with the "It's not up to me" dodge. NOBODY said it was. Your CHURCH makes the rules...the only question is whether or not you believe them. It would appear that either you don't and refuse to say so or you do and are too embarrassed to confess it.
I assume you were raised Christian in a church family. At some point did you leave the faith? Did you raise your kids as Christians?
LOL...how do you know YOU were taught correctly?
I'm 55 and it scares the shit out of me. I hate to think about how little time I have left.
Yeah, I just think how quickly 20 years fly by.
Yeah man. Brian Ferentz will be in his 10th year of his head coaching contract by then.20 years from now is the year 2043.
That seems like a long ways away, at least to me.
But yeah, life is short. Eternity is long.
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Goddamn bro. You seem really unhappy judging by your posts. You’re 55, you’re still relatively young. Make a change, take a chance, do something or you’ll regret it.
Smoked the tires like that AND and a wheel stand? Hollywood magic!
I live my life a quarter mile at a time. We can be quarter mile bros!
I have no f'n idea but I'm guessing there's no gate with a saint standing there ticking off the chosen people. So I try to have a positive impact on the people around me - not because I want some reward after I die or fear eternal damnation from a narcissistic psychotic deity but because I want to make a difference in the lives of people here. That's called having purpose.
Yeah…and if there is a reward for a life well lived I’ll have earned it. And if there isn’t I’ll never know. But I’ll spend my time here doing good because it’s the right thing to do…not because of what comes next.
The whole point of this...going all the way back to your OP...is that you said it was "pointless" to do the right thing if there was no reward after death. Remember that? You claimed that everything depended on that. So you doing what you believe is "right" isn't predicated on it being right for the people around you...it's a calculation based on what you think will get you that reward. That kind of thinking can give you all kinds of results - including suicide bombers counting on 72 virgins in the afterlife.
Raised a Quaker as were my kids. Definitely not the same as being raised a "Christian". There's no creed. No hoops. No hierarchy telling me what their truth is. No single divinely inspired book from which all knowledge flows.
I've never said there's no existence after death. I clearly said I have no idea...nor do you. I take issue with your claim that it's the only thing that makes this life meaningful - that idea is sad - and I take serious issue with your participation criteria.
I think someone misunderstood me earlier...I'm loving life so the thought of it being done scares the crap out of me. There's more I want to see and do.
You said:
So...yes...you did claim that.
And that's, of course, complete BS. Edward Jenner developed the first vaccine for smallpox. It's been refined by others over hundreds of years and has saved countless lives. Smallpox was eradicated from the human population. And you want to tell me that's meaningless today because he's long dead? How could it POSSIBLY be considered pointless under ANY scenario? It's fascinating to watch the great and small achievements of people and their impacts on others dismissed as if they only matter if their "spirits" transcend this life.
Being forgotten and having an impact aren't the same thing. Regardless, Jenner's life has meaning and wasn't pointless. Point made. Michaelangelo (the artist, not the turtle)? Plato? Rosa Parks? How about Ryan White? Most today have no idea who he was but he changed the world in a big way and the impact is still felt even if he's forgotten.
