Atheists & Agnostics

defacto7

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9. I suppose in a way

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 09:39 PM

Dec 2013

as long as we retain and participate in our memory of our loved ones they are immortal as far as we are concerned. Like the words of Epicurus... "Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist." So to think in terms of our consciousness being the "only and all" we can know and our memories being the substance of our past experience, it's not a far reach to see ourselves and others as eternal... at least for the moments that we live.

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Do you pray? [View all] cilla4progress Dec 2013 OP

The whole notion of prayer is silly. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #1

You feel alone in comparison to what? NastyRiffraff Dec 2013 #2

Sweet. cilla4progress Dec 2013 #5

This makes no sense, but I have prayed for people who are believers Heddi Dec 2013 #3

Cool, thanks for sharing cilla4progress Dec 2013 #6

I don't know why it is Heddi Dec 2013 #8

So... cilla4progress Dec 2013 #11

Why not have indoor kitties Heddi Dec 2013 #12

She wanted to be outside so bad. cilla4progress Dec 2013 #14

I don't think there's anything wrong with defacto7 Dec 2013 #4

Nice! cilla4progress Dec 2013 #7

I suppose in a way defacto7 Dec 2013 #9

Praying probably works the same way Curmudgeoness Dec 2013 #10

The impulse to pray Brainstormy Dec 2013 #13

Thank you. cilla4progress Dec 2013 #15

I haven't prayed since I was a kid but... progressoid Dec 2013 #16

Are you serious? Iggo Dec 2013 #17

I'm having 19 people over for X-mas dinner. Maybe we can work a deal here.... PassingFair Dec 2013 #18