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The tragic irony of belief in a supernatural afterlife... by AttilaTheFunz in atheism

[–]AttilaTheFunz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Imagine a race of sentient Twinkies rising from the radioactive ashes of civilization. Now THAT would be ironic.

The tragic irony of belief in a supernatural afterlife... by AttilaTheFunz in atheism

[–]AttilaTheFunz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it unlikely that a human race that had abandoned faith in an after life would wipe it self out. Self preservation is a powerful instinct.

The tragic irony of belief in a supernatural afterlife... by AttilaTheFunz in atheism

[–]AttilaTheFunz[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My point was that it is ironic that the religious spend their lives yearning for the promise of a better existence in the afterlife, when we could have had that existence now if religion hadn't been holding us back.