Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for January 08, 2024
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Transcript:
I would love to believe… …that when I die I will live again. That some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife… PERARLY GATES LEISURE CENTRE …I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking. The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth… PARADISE …that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability… …is to look death in the eye. And to be grateful every day… …for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides. - Carl Sagan
FreyjaRN Premium Member 5 months ago
My friends say they want to come back as one of my cats.
The Old Wolf 5 months ago
I do love Carl Sagan’s way of looking at the universe, he’s a brilliant and eloquent humanist. I am also a person of faith who sees beauty in a divine plan for humanity. I’m just careful to not shove both of these world views into the same box; there is too much we don’t know on either side of the equation.
Willywise52 Premium Member 5 months ago
Sagan was brilliant.And there’s a lot of people who want you to think there’s something wrong with you if you don’t believe there is an afterlife.
Bruce1253 5 months ago
I believe in miracles. If you want current evidence of one just look at the JAL flight landing. Yes skill of the pilots, training of the cabin crew, the Japanese ethic of the passengers all played a part. The miracle I feel occurred when that Airbus jet impacted with the Japan Coast Guard plane at 142 miles per hour and did not wind up a tumbling fireball going down the runway, it instead hit at the exact angle, with no margin for error, that allowed for a belly landing. I am a retired engineer and the chances of that happening are extremely, extremely small, yet it did. So thank you Jesus, Rama, Yahweh, Allah, the Eternal Tao, Shiva, the Great Spirit, what ever deity you wish to name.
chireef 5 months ago
a ping pong paddle … i thought for sure it would be a pickle ball racket
Old Time Tales Premium Member 5 months ago
If you are living your life to earn a seat in paradise you’re doing it wrong.
DouglasSmith1 5 months ago
Don’t believe it. The Arab will have a long knife in his hand.
markkahler52 5 months ago
So account for NDEs…
rwam 5 months ago
All the philosophers are dead. Jesus came back from the dead and continued to instruct his disciples for 40 days after, before ascending into heaven in front of witnesses. Over 500 people saw him at one time. How much more proof do you need to know everything in the Bible is 100% true. If you want a simple acrostic here it is. BIBLE – Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth. Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God. I hope this inspires you to believe and to act on that belief. The way to Heaven is clear – repent and believe the Gospel.