Afterlife (Endings)

by dhw, Tuesday, January 08, 2013, 14:22 (4335 days ago)

Dhw: (under "String theory fails") And best of all, the stunning conclusion: "Quantum gravity is the name that we give to the solution to this problem. We don't really know what quantum gravity is." Substitute "god" for quantum gravity, and we can all dance together in the dark.-DAVID: Exactly. God prefers to be concealed, and challenges us to find Him. That is where faith comes in. Real faith is best (strongest) if not created by miracles.-Of course to us blinkered humans, a concealed God would have exactly the same impact as a non-existent God, and the challenge to find him can only come from our imagination. Since he is unlikely to reveal himself in the next few years, his existence or non-existence has no relevance to me unless there is an afterlife. You have said you believe in this. I've been discussing the subject with Tony (balance_maintained), who has a very clear concept of what it entails: resurrection of the dead, a second chance to behave oneself as God thinks fit, and then eternal happiness with God, or eternal death. Since an afterlife is integral to your beliefs, I wonder if you yourself have any views as to what form and course it might take.