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There's absolutely nothing wrong in hoping for stuff after death. It's not false hope. Call it wish-thinking. It would be great if we didnt just become meaningless nothing when we die.
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It is false hope, and it is bad, we see this whenever we see someone living for their death. Or dying for it.
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Personally I don't really care what happens. I'll just wait and see. It's most likely true that we just cease existing, but it's a really weird thought. This non-conscious concept. What does that mean? I really cant grasp there not being some kind of consciousness when I die.
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It's quite simple. Think back to 1668. Remember that? Good year. Very quiet, as I recall. That's what being dead is like.
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I do to, you get that really odd felling that sort of washes over you. I don't understand how atheists in particular can make themselves believe that nothing happens once you die, not because I don't respect their beliefs but because it is a scary thing to believe.
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We don't make ourselves believe it. It's your side that has not made us believe otherwise. It's about facing and accepting reality as we find it. Courage is required to do this, and to forge our own purpose rather than accepting one dictated to us. But it's not required to accept death as the end. Intellectually, it is very natural to do so. Psychologically it may be a different story, but that is more to do with comprehension than acceptance.
On the topic of scary beliefs, you are the one with hell. And that
wonderful depiction of heaven. So if anything I should be taking tips from you.