Ok...i told you i was gonna get shot for that one. Lets point out one thing...did i ever say there that i do not believe? Have i ever said that? No. In fact i do believe to some extent. THe difference is, i choose to keep my mind open about it and not lean one way or the other. Becuase i dont want my life influenced by something im not sure of.
And from what i have been told - i may well believe, yet if i have not dedicated my entire existence to Christ, then im going to Hell anyway. Keep in mind this is only Christianity im talking about.
In reference to the 80 years, maybe it isnt that long...but im not going to worry about my afterlife when all i know is here and now. Why should i project myself into my future, however long or short it may be, when i dont even know. Its worrying about something that may never even happen, and to me its not worth it. So instead of in my dying seconds thinking "am i going to hell am i going to hell" id much rather think about my life so far, etc.
I choose not to ask questions much anymore, same applies to research, because everyone has a differing opinion and in my experience the people whho have told me things refuse to see a different point of view which does not agree with their own.
SabtheLab...I do accept and attempt to understand peoples reasoning for believing. I dont have a problem with it, i have tried to understand myself. If people believe it and place all their faith in it and it makes their life all the better for it, then i am genuinely happy for them. I cannot put my faith in something that im not sure of.
Soha...my mistake about the assumption of dying with age. I think i corrected it up there. I went through all that questioning and wanted an answer and reason for everything i was. I explored the idea of god, what i wanted from my life, all that stuff. God answers that for you. It didnt for me, i hoped that it would, but it didnt. And all the time i spent thinking about it got me really worked up And in the end i decided i would live to live. Everything i have to live for is in front of me now. When i die, im gone from all of that anyway so whatever happens afterward will be a new adventure. There is no definite as to what will happen then...
Guys, please tell me if i offended you..did it? I dont want to offend anyone ok...and my mind remains open to anything, whatever of a contradiction that may seem