stevensfo wrote:If humans know that they will continue in some form after death, would this make everyone care more about their life and the lives of others?
The answer is no.
Chris
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stevensfo wrote:If humans know that they will continue in some form after death, would this make everyone care more about their life and the lives of others?
Why do I assert that?csearle wrote:The answer is no.
csearle wrote:Because there are plenty of people who are convinced of this life-after-death already. Some of them, e.g. Mother Theresa, do shed-loads of good.
88V8 wrote:One used to see them as made it to Heaven, playing what might be a harp.
Does this suggest a preferment for musicians?
Might it encourage people to take up the ukelele?
V8
bungeejumper wrote:csearle wrote:Because there are plenty of people who are convinced of this life-after-death already. Some of them, e.g. Mother Theresa, do shed-loads of good.
Ermmm, I think Mother Theresa has found out for herself by now?
BJ
servodude wrote:88V8 wrote:Might it encourage people to take up the ukelele?
Nah! I hear the devil has all the best tunes
88V8 wrote:One used to see them as made it to Heaven, playing what might be a harp.
csearle wrote:The question was...stevensfo wrote:If humans know that they will continue in some form after death, would this make everyone care more about their life and the lives of others?
The answer is no.
Chris
bungeejumper wrote:servodude wrote:88V8 wrote:Might it encourage people to take up the ukelele?
Nah! I hear the devil has all the best tunes
That'll be the bagpipes, then. They certainly seemed to do it for Hieronymus Bosch.
BJ
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