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[–] SPOOSER@lemmy.today 1 points 4 months ago (6 children)

Or maybe they have an afterlife of imeserable bliss to offset the injustice they experienced in life. There can always be a different reason thought of, but to conclude to one or the other side is illogical. As humans we want to know definitively and either side accepts their position as truth because it's most comfortable. But in reality it's ok to accept people's beliefs one way or another because at the end of the day we're just trying to make sense of our illogical and improbable existence.

[–] Mrs_deWinter 12 points 4 months ago (4 children)

A shame you didn't reply to my comment from earlier, since the afterlife argument is used quite often in this instance while not actually resolving the underlying problem:

One answer I’ve heard from religious people is that life after death will make up for it all. But that doesn’t make sense either. If heaven/paradise/whatever puts life into such small perspective that our suffering doesn’t matter, then our lives truly don’t mean anything. It’s just a feelgood way of saying god couldn’t care less about child cancer - because in the grand scheme of things it’s irrelevant anyway.

[–] SPOOSER@lemmy.today -4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

You're missing my point. It doesn't matter. None of it makes sense. It makes just as much sense to believe in a god as it does to not believe in one, because at the end of the day it's about an individuals coping with the unfairness of life, the inexplicable natute of existence and consciousness, and the inevitability of death. It's about fulfilling an individuals need for purpose and place and whatever makes you most comfortable and gives you peace at the end of the day, fine. Trying to convince one another's personal fantasies for our purpose in life is like trying to prove someone's favorite food shouldn't be their favorite food. It's all personal.

So this kind of post confuses me. Who gives a fuck what people believe at the end of the day as long as it's not hurting someone else and it gives the person peace. If one person's beliefs don't make sense to you or bring you peace, then you should believe something else. I don't get this hating on believers or non believers. Who cares?

[–] Zacryon 3 points 4 months ago

as long as it’s not hurting someone else

That's the problem with most organised religions.

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