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Originally Posted by fdpaq0580
Life doesn't need to have meaning. It just exists. Humans need/want answers to all manner of questions. Our self awareness makes us ponder questions like; who am I, where am I going. Our fear makes us need reassurance that everything will be alright and we will be safe and protected. Faith/belief in an afterlife satisfies that need to quell our fear.
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"Faith/belief in an afterlife" has produced a lot of SIDE EFFECTS. Take for instance the infamous PTL club with James Bakker and Tammy Faye. There are many other infamous MODERN examples of people using religion for a corrupt intent. All throughout ancient and modern history people (usually men) have put on robes or other distinguishing clothing to identify themselves as SPECIAL and get SPECIAL FAVORS and POWER from a tribe, or community or a government. It's like an ultimate CON GAME......I tell you that you will do VERY well in the afterlife (be important and SPECIAL) and in EXCHANGE for that and maybe some special holy water spashed on you - you give me a nice house to live in and MONEY.
Then, ultimately, these faith/belief ideas infiltrate the government and OFTEN lead to WARS against some offending OTHERS or OTHER religion. This has been proven time and time again throughout History. Today in the US, it is still the same/same thing. Look around you ......there are fancy houses and gathering places called "churches" where the cash registers are RINGING and the "faithful" feel VERY confident that they are better than "OTHERS" and will get the best seats at the table called the "AFTERLIFE".