tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292365640332286315.post3630159769174039532..comments2023-06-21T02:38:17.042-07:00Comments on The Tortured Mind of Buford Twain: Deep Down, You Already Know That Your Religion is FalseBuford Twain's Profilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06711908094991954641noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292365640332286315.post-67937727898746432642009-03-06T11:31:00.000-08:002009-03-06T11:31:00.000-08:00"But generally if someone is moving to a "better p..."But generally if someone is moving to a "better place" you are happy for them"<BR/><BR/>You're still going to miss them, Buford (for at least a while...even if you are a believer). Religious folks don't claim to know everything about heaven, so they don't know what the circumstances will be once they get there. Will they know their loved ones in heaven? They hope so, but they don't know for certain what it will be like. Even if they believe they'll see them again, they can still be mournful over the loss of the carefully cultivated relationships they had on earth. <BR/><BR/>And why wouldn't people be upset at a funeral? Imagine if your child was moving to a remote village in a currently unreachable location. You could still know that he was alive and okay, but you'd miss him. You'd be sad and grieve over the loss of that relationship and the loss of your current circumstances. <BR/><BR/>Similarly, though, I think grieving is not WORSE than it is because believers do feel they'll see their loved ones again (or that they are still with them here, in a way). And I'm not talking about the screaming and self-flagellation that goes on in some Muslim countries. I'm talking about the more dignified (IMO) funerals in the US where there is a sadness, but there is also a hope for what awaits us all and a celebration of the impact the deceased had on those around him.<BR/><BR/>I understand your points, but you have a vastly different understanding of faith and God (or god, in your case) than I do. The view I offer is the one I have always seen and have lived. It sounds like you have had a very different experience, though.RightOnPeachtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16929384194478225181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292365640332286315.post-71431623873490248452007-12-28T07:38:00.000-08:002007-12-28T07:38:00.000-08:00Interesting analogy. But generally if someone is m...Interesting analogy. But generally if someone is moving to a "better place" you are happy for them, aren't you? That doesn't seem to be the case when people are dying... in my experience everyone seems to get very upset and does whatever they can to prevent the person from dying. Hence, my wondering whether people realize at that point that maybe the whole heaven thing is just a story after all. They step out of the illusion for a short period. Then later on, they forget and go back to their religion as if nothing happened.Buford Twain's Profilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06711908094991954641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3292365640332286315.post-17434429097383780542007-08-07T22:27:00.000-07:002007-08-07T22:27:00.000-07:00If I'm moving from Georgia to California, I may kn...If I'm moving from Georgia to California, I may know that I'll enjoy California when I get there. It's beautiful there, I'll make more money, and I'll be able to buy anything I want. However, it doesn't mean that I'm looking forward to leaving behind my home and my friends and my family in Georgia (never to see some again). And it doesn't mean that I'm not dreading the journey itself. I don't know exactly how to get there. I've never made that particular journey before. That doesn't mean that I'm not looking forward to living in California, though.RightOnPeachtreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16929384194478225181noreply@blogger.com