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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a Universalist.  I believe that whatever happens when we die happens to all of us.  I also believe in the inherent dignity and worth of every person and I believe in the Golden Rule. I believe in kindness and love.  I believe in trying harder each day to be kinder and more loving. [/quote]

So the [b]serial killer, the murderer, the 3 year old who died from cancer, and the young mother killed by a drunk driver on her way home from the grocery store all have the same fate after death?[/b]

Not being rude, at all. Just trying to understand.

All people are of the same worth- each soul is priceless.[/quote]

I think the idea is that the ultimate fate is death, and we all meet that end.  I think people have a tough time with the notion that there are no rewards or punishments after death because I think one of the ills of human nature is this perverse need to feel superior.  I get the impression that Christians want to believe that they will be rewarded because they are righteous and other people aren't as good as they are.   And Christians make it up as they go:  if good things happen to them, they say it's because God loves them; if bad things happen, it's because God's testing them and they'll be rewarded after death.

More than anything, humans can't deal with uncertainty or ambiguity or, perhaps the worse of all, the possibility that a lot of what happens is kind of random.

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