Are you afraid of death?

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

I've never been afraid of death.  While the way I die is of course always a concern of mine (which ties into my fear of how long I'm actually going to live), the prospect of death itself never concerned me in the past and now I actually find the idea comforting and even inviting, whether I'm correct in that most if not all of us eventually find paradise on our own spiritual terms or if the atheists are right and nothing happens beyond our physical selves decaying in the ground, either fate precluding us from all future pain and suffering in this life.

And if both theories are wrong and I'm damned to eternal hellfire after this life, I understand that I'm just one of many who deserve it.  I suppose I'd say my own goals have shifted from seeking paradise to simply avoiding as much future suffering as I can, because being idealistic for the sake of being idealistic is fruitless at best and destructive at worst.

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

No, and honestly, I don't get the obsession people have with living as long as possible.  Why would I want to spend 100 years in a world filled with pain and suffering when I can spend an eternity in a perfect world with my God?

What makes you think there is more pain and suffering than good in the world?

I track the stats for evil. Murder and death by violence and war, poverty, longevity, crime and slavery.

All those are at the best levels that mankind has ever seen.

So why do you see more evil than good?

Could it be the way you are looking and not reality?

Regards
DL

I don't necessarily think that there's more bad than good in the world; I simply don't see why I would want to spend 100 or more years in a world where evil exists when I can spend eternity in a world where it doesn't.

What makes you think that heaven has no evil?
Have you forgotten that that heaven is where Satan is said to have come from?

Regards
DL

Heaven = paradise.  Paradise = no evil.  Satan = evil.  Therefore, Satan = not in Heaven.

Regards
Scott

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

No, and honestly, I don't get the obsession people have with living as long as possible.  Why would I want to spend 100 years in a world filled with pain and suffering when I can spend an eternity in a perfect world with my God?

What makes you think there is more pain and suffering than good in the world?

I track the stats for evil. Murder and death by violence and war, poverty, longevity, crime and slavery.

All those are at the best levels that mankind has ever seen.

So why do you see more evil than good?

Could it be the way you are looking and not reality?

Regards
DL

I don't necessarily think that there's more bad than good in the world; I simply don't see why I would want to spend 100 or more years in a world where evil exists when I can spend eternity in a world where it doesn't.

What makes you think that heaven has no evil?
Have you forgotten that that heaven is where Satan is said to have come from?

Regards
DL

Heaven = paradise.  Paradise = no evil.  Satan = evil.  Therefore, Satan = not in Heaven.

Regards
Scott

Your answer = untruth.

Where was Satan born or created if not in heaven?

Regards
DL

Heaven, as opposed to?

Regards
Scott

[The world will shine with light in our nightmare]

Can't even recant gracefully. How sad for you.

Regards
DL

I wasn't recanting.

Regards
Scott