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So is the world ending then or what? 
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Originally Posted by hbk619 
So is the world ending then or what?
Yes.
We just have to argue out the timetable. This might take awhile.
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Originally Posted by Ezzaral
As an atheist, why should I fear the end of existence more than any other? Because I have no delusions of "something better" to look forward to after death?
How about because of the probable consequences if you have chosen incorrectly in this issue?
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Originally Posted by Ezzaral
Should I regret the lack of what I feel are false hopes and mollifications? It can't be changed - being human is 100% fatal. You are going to die. Get used to it.
Should you regret the lack? Probably not; if you're wrong, you'll be regretting them enough in the end.
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Originally Posted by Ezzaral
If anything, you are obviously much more afraid than the atheist, as you cannot even think about facing the end of existence without a promise that something better awaits beyond it.
Are you sure that's fear? I'd call it simply expectation, possibly eager expectation.
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Originally Posted by Ezzaral
Live your life now as best you may. Do what is right for the sake of it being right, not just for marks on some after-death scorecard towards imagined rewards.
And how do you determine what is right in the first place? Pretty much every version of right/wrong I've seen stems from religious beliefs.
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Originally Posted by Ezzaral
If you look at the time you have on earth as all that you're going to get, you might just be more inclined to value it more and do something worthwhile with it. On the other hand, if you think of it as a waiting and evaluation period that you must endure to reach that "something better", you might just find yourself sorely disappointed if you are wrong.
To your first part: James 2, specifically verses 17-26.
To your second part: I reflect your own words toward you. "You might just find yourself sorely disappointed if you are wrong."
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Originally Posted by EnderX
How about because of the probable consequences if you have chosen incorrectly in this issue?
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Originally Posted by EnderX
Should you regret the lack? Probably not; if you're wrong, you'll be regretting them enough in the end.
If I were to be struck by lightning in such a storm, certainly I would regret leaving my house to go out. Should I never leave my house for fear of a storm?
Of course not. We all make decisions weighing the risks as they are known to us. Given that I believe the risks you suggest are unfounded speculation, I can't see as how dwelling upon them is worth the time.
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Originally Posted by EnderX
Are you sure that's fear? I'd call it simply expectation, possibly eager expectation.
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Originally Posted by EnderX
And how do you determine what is right in the first place? Pretty much every version of right/wrong I've seen stems from religious beliefs.
http://www.spectacle.org/1095/moral.html
http://www.spectacle.org/1299/moral.html
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Originally Posted by EnderX
To your first part: James 2, specifically verses 17-26.
To your second part: I reflect your own words toward you. "You might just find yourself sorely disappointed if you are wrong."
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EnderX, religious intolerance might cause the end of the world, but we are not quite there yet!
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I still think it's the Antichrist that causes the end of the world as we know it! Remember, the Antichrist could be female.
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Could be a major solar flare that blows away the earth's atmosphere. The sun is a pretty violent beast!
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Could be ultra-high energy cosmic rays, sub-atomic matter that breaks free just before stars are gobbled up by the gravitational pull of black holes. A finding published in the journal Science by Alexander Kusenko, a professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles. He worked on the study with physicists and astronomers from 17 countries.
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"religious intolerance might cause the end of the world" I say remove the word 'intolerance' and change it to "Religion might cause the end of the world."
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