• Yeahigotskills2@lemmy.ml
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    8 hours ago

    I hear you. But then does the existence of some sort of higher purpose/unknown science necessarily imply everlasting life?

    • flabbergast@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      No not necessarily, but it is the selling point of most religions that I’m aware of. Either eternal life itself or in the form of reincarnation.
      Dying again in any way after our initial death doesn’t make very much sense to me and doesn’t have much selling power, I’d imagine…
      Anything existing after death just brings way too much fantasy/wishful thinking for me to be comfortable with. I love these concepts in movies or books, but they go straight into the horror or fantasy genres for me.
      There’s simply no evidence for anything existing after death. If that changes at some point, then I’d be willing to look into that and change my point of view on it. But I’d be surprised if that happens before my time is up…