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> I find it uncomfortable because the point is to not just embrace death, but look forward to a better life afterwards. A death cult exposition. Does a child l

> I find it uncomfortable because the point is to not just embrace death, but look forward to a better life afterwards. A death cult exposition. Does a child looking forward to adulthood make you uncomfortable, too?

fishtacos 4y ago
>>Does a child looking forward to adulthood make you uncomfortable, too? Adulthood is a known and documented expectation of childhood. Life after death is not. Not sure what analogy you think you're making here.
- tablespoon 4y ago
  > Adulthood is a known and documented expectation of childhood. > Life after death is not. Not sure what analogy you think you're making here. Not from the perspective of the people who made this church. Sci-fi fantasies aside, physical death is a transition everyone's going to make. What's so discomforting about embracing that? It's not like they were committing suicide to get to the afterlife faster. > To add to your unmentioned editing, since you rewrote it completely: No, I just made the transition a little more specific, less than a minute after I posted. In any case, I changed it back.
  - fishtacos 4y ago
    >> Not from the perspective of the people who made this church. Clearly. That is the position I'm opposing. No evidence = just that. >>What's so discomforting about embracing that? Embracing death is discomforting for most people, including myself and everyone I know. You might be an outlier, but it is plenty clear that religion is created as a method of assuaging that fear via fantastical notions. >>It's not like they were committing suicide to bring it on faster. It is detrimental in human civilization development. If you haven't figured this out yet, you might live in a cave near Al Qaeda.
fishtacos 4y ago
To add to your unmentioned editing, since you rewrote it completely: >>Does a student looking forward to graduation and their life afterward make you uncomfortable, too? Same answer as below.
pfortuny 4y ago
No: Cristianism, in that sense, only tells you that this life is not all. Not simply that “there is a better one”. As a matter of fact, redeeming the time means precisely making the most of it.

fishtacos 4y ago

>>Does a child looking forward to adulthood make you uncomfortable, too? Adulthood is a known and documented expectation of childhood. Life after death is not. Not sure what analogy you think you're making here.

tablespoon 4y ago
> Adulthood is a known and documented expectation of childhood. > Life after death is not. Not sure what analogy you think you're making here. Not from the perspective of the people who made this church. Sci-fi fantasies aside, physical death is a transition everyone's going to make. What's so discomforting about embracing that? It's not like they were committing suicide to get to the afterlife faster. > To add to your unmentioned editing, since you rewrote it completely: No, I just made the transition a little more specific, less than a minute after I posted. In any case, I changed it back.
- fishtacos 4y ago
  >> Not from the perspective of the people who made this church. Clearly. That is the position I'm opposing. No evidence = just that. >>What's so discomforting about embracing that? Embracing death is discomforting for most people, including myself and everyone I know. You might be an outlier, but it is plenty clear that religion is created as a method of assuaging that fear via fantastical notions. >>It's not like they were committing suicide to bring it on faster. It is detrimental in human civilization development. If you haven't figured this out yet, you might live in a cave near Al Qaeda.

fishtacos 4y ago

To add to your unmentioned editing, since you rewrote it completely: >>Does a student looking forward to graduation and their life afterward make you uncomfortable, too? Same answer as below.

pfortuny 4y ago

No: Cristianism, in that sense, only tells you that this life is not all. Not simply that “there is a better one”. As a matter of fact, redeeming the time means precisely making the most of it.