The Thinking Atheist – Afterlife

Seth posted this last night. He wants it to go viral. I’m doing my part by sharing it here and on my facebook.

I agree with the message. I think it’s flirting with the “hokey” like. I think the combination of the overly inspirational music and somewhat cliché argumentation is less preferable for me; but that is just me! There are certainly those who will respond well to that – and I hope they see the video.

Share the video if you like it. I know that Seth and many others devoted a lot of time, money, and energy into putting it all together. Let’s show our support.

 

Note: the one part I don’t like is when DPR Jones talks about how the first 100 years of eternity would be bareable, the first 1000 less so, the first 10,000 agonizing… etc. Like anyone has any idea what eternity would be like, if such a thing were possible or existed. What validates the argument that a being who is capable of “existing forever” has any sense of what time is. I think this particular argument borders on fear-mongering, to say that “oh, heaven forever would be hell!”. In my opinion, a much better argument was when it was mentioned that an eternal afterlife diminishes the apparent value of this one (for the believer).

Anyway, I appreciate the video and hope you will, too.

 

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