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 Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 1:54 pm
I've been pondering this for a while. You don't have to be atheist/agnostic to answer, but I'd just like opinions. If you are atheist/agnostic with the belief there is no God and nothing after death, how do you think you'd act on your deathbed? In all honesty, tell me this- would you suddenly repent and hope God forgives you, or stick by your belief?
I myself am atheist, and I think on my deathbed I would be scared of what I may find afterwards, but I wouldn't apologise for my life and I don't think I'd make a last minute conversion.
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:16 pm
I wouldn't it, I'm an agnostic, I plan to choose a side before I get to my deathbed, but if I didn't, then I would just look forward to finding out the answer in the end.
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 2:45 pm
There's no telling what I'd do, but God would be the last thing I'd think of. I'd be more concerned with the people I love, saying goodbye, making sure everything was in order, concentrating on my final words.
After I'm dead, that's when we'll see about the God bit. If I'm not conscious anymore, cool. I won't know. If I am, sucks to be me, but maybe God will be understanding. Heck, he might even be proud that I used the gifts he gave me, even though I came to what appeared to be a false conclusion. If he was kind, he'd just obliterate me. confused
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:20 pm
I'm not going to convert when I'm about to die. I'm not going to regret using my brain. If there is a god, and he is a benevolent god, he will understand that I was doing what I believed to be best.
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 7:53 pm
I really doubt it. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that the Christian God can't exist. I mean, the one who is all-loving, but will send you to Hell for eternity for using the free will He gave you to doubt His existence. There are too many paradoxes in that story to make sense to anyone who doesn't already believe.
No telling what I'll do when the moment actually comes, but I highly doubt there will be repenting and grovelling. (:
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 10:11 pm
I'm not an atheist but I'll throw in my two cents. If I'm destine for Heaven, Purgatory, Hell, or wherever that's God's decision and I'll have to accept it when it comes. I believe God to be just and merciful so if I am to go to Hell then so be, I deserved it. Personally I don't buy the "believe or burn" theology and find it highly unlikely but I guess I'll know when I die.
I don't know what I'd do but I hope that I would gracefully accept whatever judgement is given.
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 2:42 am
Convert to what? Christianity, Islam? Just because some religion threatens you with eternal suffering if you don't believe, that doesn't make it any more plausible. It's a nasty little trick.
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 6:27 pm
I have heard of some atheists who have done that, repented and converted on their deathbed. But they're just really, really scared is all. (Plus if there is no afterlife they had nothing to lose anyway.)
But yeah, almost everyone is afraid of death and the afterlife or lack of it. You can't blame them for doing that in that situation.
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2010 6:48 pm
Having died previously in this life, I was not afraid. I believe in A God, and believe that if I repent my sins then I will be rewarded justly. It is there people get hung up on the part of if he was a benevolent god then he wouldn't smite us or send us to Hell....He won't if you simply repent and accept him, now or at time of judgment. If you do not and defy it all the way, then to Hell with you... That is the meaning and reasoning behind that part. there is no contradictory in the manner.
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:54 am
Shipmaster Voro Having died previously in this life, I was not afraid. I believe in A God, and believe that if I repent my sins then I will be rewarded justly. It is there people get hung up on the part of if he was a benevolent god then he wouldn't smite us or send us to Hell....He won't if you simply repent and accept him, now or at time of judgment. If you do not and defy it all the way, then to Hell with you... That is the meaning and reasoning behind that part. there is no contradictory in the manner. The problem is not punishment, it's infinite punishment for finite sins. And the fact that we are not perfect and as such shouldn't be judged so absolutely.
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:07 pm
But why continue to justify the sins when you can repent. Knowing we are not perfect is the right way to think but we shouldn't let that imperfection and pride blind the fact that if we simply confess our sin and ask for forgiveness, then it is freely given to us. Punishment, eternally or not, is not something we all have to endure, if we let go of our pride.
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Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:11 pm
I'm not scared of being dead. I'm confused about the existence of a God, but if there is one, I don't think He is wrathful. And if He is, then I hope He's just.
I'm much more worried about the act of dying, however. What comes after comes after (I do think about the Nothing that may follow, though, or -- try to) comes as it will, but I'm scared to actually die. The act of it terrifies me and I just hope it'll be the least painful as it can be, for myself and others.
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:21 am
Shipmaster Voro But why continue to justify the sins when you can repent. Knowing we are not perfect is the right way to think but we shouldn't let that imperfection and pride blind the fact that if we simply confess our sin and ask for forgiveness, then it is freely given to us. Punishment, eternally or not, is not something we all have to endure, if we let go of our pride. Eternity is the whole point, you can't just shrug it off with "eternally or not". It's infinite punishment for finite crimes. And that's neither logical nor moral. You think people should suffer for eternity, because they didn't say sorry?
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:15 pm
I'd probably be worrying about my family and friends on my death bed. I'm not too sure if religion would be on my mind.
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Posted: Fri Oct 08, 2010 4:49 pm
Captain Shortbeard I'm not going to convert when I'm about to die. I'm not going to regret using my brain. If there is a god, and he is a benevolent god, he will understand that I was doing what I believed to be best. Although others have said it, I think he put it pretty well.
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