Problems with this section; for Frank (Agnosticism)

by David Turell , Monday, November 23, 2009, 20:17 (5478 days ago) @ dhw


> Perhaps I can try another summary of your various "truths" to make sure I've understood you correctly. God is not needed to explain the origin of life, our individual identity is an illusion, God is not responsible for suffering, there is no afterlife, "it's no great tragedy that we as individuals die",*** the comfort lies in doing the right thing, and the purpose of life is to enable God to see momentary reflections of himself. 
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> *** Although you have prefaced this remark with a condition concerning God's own cycle of birth and death, I find it shocking, and wonder if it isn't one of those dramatic statements of yours that you might like to qualify. If not, I can only assume you have never lost someone you love, or witnessed the grief of those who have.-I think you have misundersteod Frank. "The comfort lies in doing the right thing" is the dying person's comfort. I feel the same way. When I am dying I want to be able to look back, and be pleased with my life, leaving the world a little better place.