tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5644648556019556269..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: "If death is, I am not"Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-48130404063900528632012-12-15T11:18:25.681-05:002012-12-15T11:18:25.681-05:00The two positions are asymmetrical. If atheism is ...The two positions are asymmetrical. If atheism is true, the outlook for the dead is hopeless. They instantly pass into oblivion forever. If Christianity is true, there is hope. stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-2084487149641245872012-12-15T10:36:11.167-05:002012-12-15T10:36:11.167-05:00"Why should I fear death? If I am, death is n..."Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not."<br /><br />The answer seems obvious: because you'll cease to have love, hopes, joys, thoughts, desires, etc. Many people acknowledge, when they aren't pretending to be brave atheists, that it can be better to have a life with pain and sorrow than no life at all. As the song says "I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all."The Janitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12591757439983957057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-82914644030373679352012-12-15T10:24:50.088-05:002012-12-15T10:24:50.088-05:00I wonder if at the same funeral you would tell the...I wonder if at the same funeral you would tell the parent of a deceased child that you're praying that her child isn't eternally damned. I doubt that would go over well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com