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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
I'm busy revising for an exam on Church History so am looking at theology that covers this topic including Luther, Calvin and many, many others. It really is the fundamental question even if your answer is that you just stop and that's it.
Where too many people who do believe in an afterlife miss is that it's not just about eternity but also how you live here and now.
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I agree.
Maybe I'm going off topic and for that I applogise.
My Father always said "it was better to be a virtuous unbeliever who does no harm, tries to be charitable and careing than be a pious Sunday Christian who thinks his misdoings for the rest of the week don't matter." His words not mine but I have always understood his message. I no longer believe in an all seeing entity, or that repenting one's sins some how gives you some kind of free pass into any form of glorious existance after I die.
How I conduct myself every day, the legacy I leave behind and the memories of me held by the people I leave when I die are what counts to me.