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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So you non-believers all think when you die, that is it? What a hopeless life.  If you lose a child, you believe it is just lights out and you'll never see him again?[/quote]

In what sense?  Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved.  Why is the fact that we get one bite at the apple--a bite that is, when taken in context, so completely improbable--so sad?  I can't imagine squandering your opportunity by focusing on "the next life".  To me, there's nothing sadder than that.

Anyway, setting all that aside, I'm not sure "you should believe in God because it makes your life more hopeful" is the best argument.  A world with a tangible Santa Clause in it is arguably more hopeful than one without.  So what?  It is what it is.
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Better to have stolen, lied, cheated, oppressed and lived like a master of the universe than to have been a sucker.  If you only get one bite at the apple, better make the most of it.  I can't imagine squandering the opportunity to live well when there are no consequences to stepping on people to get what you want, if you are smart enough to not get caught.  To me, there is nothing sadder than that.[/quote]

Hmm.  You must live a spiritually impoverished life, in that, without a god, "there are no consequences to stepping on people to get what you want".  Frankly, most people aren't sociopathic douchebags, and prefer to be decent to one another.  With or without a deity.

Go ahead and eat your neighbor's children, there's no god.  What's that?  Not interested?  Feh, I thought you wanted to enjoy life.

God some of these theist arguments really do get inane.[/quote]

I'm not worried about me.  Luckily, I am not a sociopath.

I am worried about the sociopath who kidnaps, rapes, tortures, and kills one of my kids and is not apprehended by law enforcement.  Actually, even if he were apprehended, tried, convicted, and locked up forever, it wouldn't be justice.

But I guess we are all just cosmic dust, and life isn't fair.  I'll comfort myself with that cold, hard truth.[/quote]

Sorry to burst your bubble.  Perhaps you should...Always Look on The Bright Side of Life?[/quote]

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