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ArishMell · 70-79, M
I think you've missed the whole concept of bereavement and loss, which cuts across all faiths and none.
You've also fallen into the common Similar Worlds trap of dividing the world into "Christians" and "Atheists" as if no other beliefs exist.
Religious faith may make the loss easier to bear and reduce the fear of death; and that seems to have been a central motive for most religions existing and extinct since, probably, Palaeolithic times. Non-believers find their way by accepting the natural process without needing a theist support.
Neither approach is right or wrong except to the bereft individual, and neither approach can remove the pain of the permanent loss. It simply makes it easier to accept.
You've also fallen into the common Similar Worlds trap of dividing the world into "Christians" and "Atheists" as if no other beliefs exist.
Religious faith may make the loss easier to bear and reduce the fear of death; and that seems to have been a central motive for most religions existing and extinct since, probably, Palaeolithic times. Non-believers find their way by accepting the natural process without needing a theist support.
Neither approach is right or wrong except to the bereft individual, and neither approach can remove the pain of the permanent loss. It simply makes it easier to accept.
@ArishMell
No, i'm just talking about atheists and Christians. I've chosen two categories, that doesn't mean i'm not aware that others exist lol
And i wonder why that is given that under the Christian worldview the loss is not permanent.
dividing the world into "Christians" and "Atheists" as if no other beliefs exist.
No, i'm just talking about atheists and Christians. I've chosen two categories, that doesn't mean i'm not aware that others exist lol
and neither approach can remove the pain of the permanent loss
And i wonder why that is given that under the Christian worldview the loss is not permanent.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Pikachu It's a very different form of togetherness, and bereavement seems to be instinctive whereas religious belief is a matter of chosen opinion.
The idea of being re-united in some spiritual afterlife is also very uncertain and undefined because whilst one might believe it happens no-one has any idea what it really means.
The idea of being re-united in some spiritual afterlife is also very uncertain and undefined because whilst one might believe it happens no-one has any idea what it really means.