If you believe in life after death (redux) ....

If you believe in life after death (redux) .... Feb 10, 2018 2:27:20 GMT

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Post by Terrapin Station on Feb 10, 2018 2:27:20 GMT

Feb 10, 2018 0:29:06 GMT Rodney Farber said:

Feb 8, 2018 15:37:25 GMT Terrapin Station said:

So are you restricting this question to people who do not like their life on Earth?

No, I am restricting this question to those hypocrite theists who claim that this life (even a happy one) is inferior to the afterlife and yet they do not practice what they preach. They do all they can to postpone death.

It's human nature to want something better. So if the afterlife is better, why take extraordinary measures (like going to the doctor) to postpone death as long a possible.

The answer, of course, is evolution. Evolution has given us the will to survive for as long as possible. (Those without a will to live do not pass this trait on to offspring). In other words, evolution contradicts the creationists theory of a happy afterlife.

If the afterlife is better, that doesn't mean that life on Earth isn't good.

The afterlife is forever. Life on Earth is very short. So if you enjoy life on Earth, why wouldn't you want to experience it for as long as you can (which nevertheless is going to be an extremely short period of time)? There would be no need to hurry to the afterlife. But you'd want to milk something you enjoy but that's going to be very short for as much as you can.