But for comparison, suppose you only got to experience sex one time. It might make the experience more precious but would you want it to stop just because that one time was precious?
If you assume that life ends at death, then the thought that you had something precious and now no longer have it is supposed to be comforting?
Nous
Why do you not know what an atheist is‽
ATHEIST - someone who does not believe in a God – any God – not just the Christian one. But that does not mean they do not hold strong moral or religious beliefs! They can follow any religion that does not have a god and there are a lot of those!
Like BUDDHISM – Religious teaching from Buddha and his followers that by destroying greed, hatred and delusion (the cause of all suffering) man can attain perfect enlightenment!
Where do you think Christianity got it's ideas of a soul and afterlife from for goodness sake?
They stole it from the pagan tribes and peoples which existed hundreds and thousands of years before Christianity!
From the stone age through Vikings, Egyptians, Maoris, Aborigines, American Indians and especially the Chinese, they all had elaborate funerals and grave goods to speed the soul into the next life with comfort!
Ricardo
but does that mean we should be satisfied with just this one life?
- You can be satisfied or not, but are you going to pi$$ this life away and the fantasy that there is another one waiting for you? You "believe" that, but the only proof you have is a proven fantasy.
But for comparison, suppose you only got to experience sex one time. It might make the experience more precious but would you want it to stop just because that one time was precious?
- That is a meaningless and absurdly stupid comparison.
If you assume that life ends at death, then the thought that you had something precious and now no longer have it is supposed to be comforting?
- No, life is not "comforting" it simply is and we are back to you wasting this life trying to fulfill a proven fantasy waitng for the fantasy next life.
Harkness
If you are not going to be satisfied with the only life you get, aren't you just setting yourself for failure? I guess since you'll be dead and non-existent before you realize you dissatisfaction with only one life was a huge waste of human experience that it really doesn't matter.
In other words - that's the point of being dissatisfied with something you can never ever have?
Cam
No, I would like to keep the sex going for as long as I possibly can and will if I have the opportunity. But with life, we don't have a choice. We only have this one life, and we have to make the best out of what we have.
Anonymous
What I might want and what I'm going to get are not necessarily the same thing.
I'm only getting one life whether I like it or not.
So are you.
Update
Once I'm dead, I won't be having ANY thoughts about anything, precious or not.
I'll be dead.
Get it?