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TarJak · 07-09-10, 05:16 AM

I fail to see why if I did not exist before I was born, why I would continue to exist after death. I am more than comfortable with the notion that there is nothing after death as, (unless you subscribe to reincarnation), there was nothing before birth.

Looking at the world and universe around me the fact that entropy can be physically proven is enough evidence for me to believe that my existence is subject to the law of entropy. Creation does not guarantee long or even endless existence, in fact endless existance would be abhorrent to me in the same way a Groundhog Day scenario would be.

As to heaven, I believe i am already there, I have a great life, great wife, great children and the ability to experience life's richness. In fact I think the traditionally held christian concept of heaven would also be abhorrent as the thing that makes life so interesting and worth living is the risks you must take in living it. Without that risk is existence worthwhile? Not in my opinion.

Does God exist? Yes. In as much as there is a belief that actually forms that existence. Is there a physical being that is god? Well that is yet to be proven.

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TarJak Fleet Admiral Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 17,052 Downloads: 150 Uploads: 8	I fail to see why if I did not exist before I was born, why I would continue to exist after death. I am more than comfortable with the notion that there is nothing after death as, (unless you subscribe to reincarnation), there was nothing before birth. Looking at the world and universe around me the fact that entropy can be physically proven is enough evidence for me to believe that my existence is subject to the law of entropy. Creation does not guarantee long or even endless existence, in fact endless existance would be abhorrent to me in the same way a Groundhog Day scenario would be. As to heaven, I believe i am already there, I have a great life, great wife, great children and the ability to experience life's richness. In fact I think the traditionally held christian concept of heaven would also be abhorrent as the thing that makes life so interesting and worth living is the risks you must take in living it. Without that risk is existence worthwhile? Not in my opinion. Does God exist? Yes. In as much as there is a belief that actually forms that existence. Is there a physical being that is god? Well that is yet to be proven. Last edited by TarJak; 07-09-10 at 05:32 AM.