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I cringe more when someone says they're an Atheist

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    #92
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,558 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    Kipperhell wrote: »
    A good way to look at it is in the Wizard of Oz never gave the Tin Man a heart or the Lion courage they always had it.
    You know what - I really like that. :)


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    #93
    Valmont
    Registered Users Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭Valmont


    Kipperhell wrote: »
    You started fundamentally saying you care what people think as you don't like people to think of themselves as atheist. ;)It sounds like you have an ingrained belief and find it hard to let go because it is hard to go from believing you have a future after death to not having one. Effectively you are going to loose something you never had but thought you did.

    A good way to look at it is in the Wizard of Oz never gave the Tin Man a heart or the Lion courage they always had it.

    It really doesn't matter which is right or wrong just to move from one to the other is a hard transition.

    Damn. That has me thinking! Great bit of insight.


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    #94
    Fighting Irish
    Registered Users Posts: 7,065 ✭✭✭Fighting Irish


    I don't think i've ever really thought that, my family isn't that religious at all so its not that
    Kipperhell wrote: »
    You started fundamentally saying you care what people think as you don't like people to think of themselves as atheist. ;)It sounds like you have an ingrained belief and find it hard to let go because it is hard to go from believing you have a future after death to not having one. Effectively you are going to loose something you never had but thought you did.

    A good way to look at it is in the Wizard of Oz never gave the Tin Man a heart or the Lion courage they always had it.

    It really doesn't matter which is right or wrong just to move from one to the other is a hard transition.


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    #95
    Kipperhell
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭Kipperhell


    Dades wrote: »
    You know what - I really like that. :)

    The strange thing is it is from a song by America called Tin Man with soft harmonies. The same idea of the story is explored in Zardoz but a bit freaky with lots of talk about immortality.

    @Fighting Irish
    It doesn't matter whether it is the after life you can't let go of but you know what you find hard to let go of. It could be a simple as why are we here?


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