Originally Posted by joglynne

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.