What if you were to find out with absolute certainty that there is no life after death and that everything we...
...do is ultimately futile and utterly insignificant? How would that knowledge affect you?
26-30, M
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LadyGiselle
It would matter very little to me as far as there being no life after death. That is what i already think right now. I do not acknowledge your premise that just because there is no after life and no god than everything we do is futile and insignificant. But say I did so what its futile does that mean I should suddenly stop doing everything I love or do day to day in order to sulk or throw a tantrum because it's apparently insignificant? So long as it matters to me and I can be a person with ideals and have a go at life, why should I care. The fact that we do not live forever either in life or in death only makes living and existing far more significant and what we do in our lives on our own paths so much more important. It is more important to live life as you want and take chances and risks. To make it count and burn brightly and exist while we can right now. Because there is no second go around, no eternal afterlife there is just life. Cruel in a lot of ways, but real and meaningful and everything we think it is right now. the things in your life don't suddenly lose their worth or their value simply because there is no god or heaven. They should matter more because it doesn't last. Living with belief that life is insignificant just because there is no afterlife that sounds awful and I could never think that way. The only thing that is remotely futile is believing that anything, god or otherwise can prevent or raise us from death. It doesn't happen when you die that is just it.
OrWhatever · 26-30, M
Well, let's presuppose that there truly is no life after death (and I don't believe there to be life after death, by the way) and that the earth will eventually be devoid of all life, human and not human: what difference would my life make? I mean, life on earth will inevitably become extinct, so, besides a slightly different causal chain of events, what difference would my existence make?
LadyGiselle
None, you would make no difference whatsoever. Still I wouldn't view that as an acceptable reason to do nothing. We would all be in the those circumstances just the same. , if you are talking about making a difference globally or maybe to society if it's already decided and every personal choice we make is futile. As for all life ceasing to exist that could very well happen in the future anyway. I might as well except reality as it is. Also even if we didn't get to make a difference, it doesn't mean we can't still enjoy our time or we have to suddenly stop doing everything we enjoy. I think optimism is important.