Posted by Jimmy Colautti on April 30, 1999 at 19:13:18:
In Reply to: When you die ... posted by Andy on April 30, 1999 at 08:07:05:
> Nothing, no hell, no heaven, no rebirth, just nothing at all. And that might be good a good thing...:)
You have no proof of that. Think of it this way: at your funeral you'll be all dressed up and have no place to go.
This post of Andy's brings up a point I want to make. I've never understood atheism (I know there are theists that don't believe in afterlife but this is aimed at atheism anyway). I don't see it as very rational. If one were to go by logic, it seems that agnosticism would be more rational. From what I understand, atheists are adament in their belief that there is no God. This seems just as foolish as the theists some atheists criticize for being "ignorant." Nobody can actually prove there is no God. When one thinks about it (or at least when I do)it seems very probable that there is a God of some kind - we cannot just brush off all religious documents as being fraudulent! People don't constantly question events they read in history books, but when it comes to religious documents such as the Bible, which is based on people's ACCOUNTS, it has to be made up! It cannot be true!
It also seems probable that the universe has been created by someone - it has been theorized.
I'm not going to say that the God in which I believe is THE God, but I will say that in all likelihood, there is a creator, and it seems somewhat closed-minded to say there is no possibility of one. All we can do is follow what we believe is true, and at this point we can never truly know.