Why is it that so many humans cannot accept a very simple fact?; that we are as individuals just a collection of bio-chemical components with a shelf life of about 80 years. Then we simply revert to the base elements that were are made of.
Because thankfully the human mind wants to push its boundaries and look beyond its horizon. Without that it is “just a collection of bio-chemical components”. And because of that the shelf life has increased to 80 years from 40 years in such recent times as the Victorian era.
@Bobby9 not so with Jews or Buddhists or many indigenous religions. Seems to be unique to Christian and Islamic based ideologies unless you can think of any other
One does not have to believe in a god or gods to hope that there is more to us than just a physical body. I hope that we are aspects of entities and that growth continues after death. But I fully accepted Socrates' response when I was 15 and I'm happy with that.
Hope springs eternal in the human breast. (Alexander Pope)
@Heraclitus Fine but hope for some meaning to our awareness is rational, isn't it? Or does that comment eject me from agnostics.com?
@rogerbenham 1. It is certainly understandable. 2. Nope.
It might not always be the fact.We have thought so we are.If that thought can be put into another vessel it would change everything.I asked a religious friend why she believed in a god.Her reply it gives her comfort.She is from the state of beaches, churches,golf courses and guns,Florida.The concept chemicals coming together to make humans would drive someone to believe in a god.
They say if you get enough monkeys with type writters
Because they haven't studied bio-chemistry!
Because so many people find it too depressing to accept. Fantasies are more reassuring.
It is called fear, fear of death and non-existence.
Most likely because consciousness seems spooky and people feel the urge to explain what they don’t understand with magic, so that there isn’t a huge gap in their understanding. It’s like the blind spot in our eye where the optic nerve leaves the retina: it’s filled in with illusion.
Posted by JettyPerspective
Posted by PontifexMarximusWhy Evolution Is True … I never realised that there was still so much opposition to science. [livescience.com]
Posted by NR92What is the reason to live? What are we living for?
Posted by NR92Is it correct that Nietzsche was Hitler's inspiration?
Posted by mzeeWhat is fear?
Posted by DonaldHRobertsThe Most Complicated question ever asked. WHY?
Posted by TheMiddleWayRussel, the greatest salesman the world has ever known!