Because they are desperately trying to prevent themselves from realizing that everyone’s experience ends at death.
I’ve spent over a decade listening to my my parents the older folks in my life that still believe do mental gymnastics to keep up that delusion, and to them the alternative is unacceptable because not only does it mean they will cease to be completely at some point but that the attitude they’ve approached their lives with will be revealed to be a cruel joke. No, you won’t be seeing your mother who died of cancer way too young again, and yes you did waste too much time on things that do not matter because you thought you had unlimited time.
Religions and faiths have committed a crazy number of crimes and heinous acts in our history. But I think the theft of the most valuable resource we as humans have gets called out the least
Are we fallen angels who didn’t want to believe that nothing is nothing and so were born to lose our loved ones and dear friends one by one and finally our own life, to see it proved?
Because they are desperately trying to prevent themselves from realizing that everyone’s experience ends at death.
I’ve spent over a decade listening to my my parents the older folks in my life that still believe do mental gymnastics to keep up that delusion, and to them the alternative is unacceptable because not only does it mean they will cease to be completely at some point but that the attitude they’ve approached their lives with will be revealed to be a cruel joke. No, you won’t be seeing your mother who died of cancer way too young again, and yes you did waste too much time on things that do not matter because you thought you had unlimited time.
Religions and faiths have committed a crazy number of crimes and heinous acts in our history. But I think the theft of the most valuable resource we as humans have gets called out the least