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Originally Posted by Saline
Pushy Christians anoy me =|
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I'm glad to see that we have something in common after all...
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Originally Posted by Saline
OK, here's my answer. Christians (as I'm sure many other religeons) believe that we are here for a purpose. Christians' being to spread the gospel. Sure, we could just die now and go to heaven, but I would much rather be able to share that hope of eternal life with other people. Plus, I don't want to put my family through the pain of my death.
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From this point I can begin to understand your views. Perhaps it's the "greedy Satanist" in me that says to me "if I was waiting around to go to the ultimate Chuck E Cheese (Heaven), screw everyone else, when is my flight?" You know what I mean? I guess this is just one area where a Satanist and a Christian will never see eye to eye. I respect you and I respect that fact that you believe in something that, I assume, is making you a better person.
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But I don't really know why people grieve death, it SHOULD be a celebration of passing into a better life, perhaps that's kind of what you're wondering about? Why people greive others' deaths?
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From my perspective I do grieve death. As I said before, Satanist understand out own mortality and we recognize death as the end. To lose life is to lose everything. We do not believe in an after life therefor when a person dies will not ever see them again. That's it. Game over. To me and other atheists (because Satanists are atheists, before anything else) death is something to grieve for. Sure we can celebrate life as well but there is nothing wrong with mourning.
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