Friday, September 25, 2015

Getting things backwards …

 What the Fear of Death Does to Your Beliefs | RealClearScience.

The assumption here seems to be that fear of death somehow prompts people to believe in God. Actually, it's the other way around: Belief in God leads one to think that one will be judged after death, which makes death scarier.

2 comments:

  1. If I didn't die, why should I care what God thinks?

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  2. I suppose the answer would be because you owe your being to him and what He thinks might be of some use.

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