..."may he/she rest in peace". I've thought about it for a minute or two, and I think it's a bit of a paradox. Anyway you see it from time to time - someone dies, like Evel Knievel, and known athiests say the afore mentioned phrase. So, are they just not thinking about it? Just trying to be cordial? I mean c'mon now if all there is, is total oblivion and complete nonexistence, what's all this resting in peace crap? THINK before you speak, eh? A little consistency is always appreciated. Otherwise confusion starts to mount.
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warpus
Sommerswerd asked me to change this
So when a Buddhist says "God bless you" your head explodes?
Mandeville
Prince
Well its like being an Atheist and having children. You'll probably still buy a Christmas tree and some presents for the kids, just so they dont feel left out. Then when they're old enough to understand, you can turn the holiday into something else.
Haha, quoted for truth and funniness.
Plus, isn't oblivion resting in peace? If you think about it...
Harbringer
Your A One Flower Garden
Chill, its just a phrase, just like saying god damnit and bless you, its just a polite thing to do and have you ever thought that words werent invented by God? We have all kinds of phrases like that.
Mandeville
Prince
Jesus Christ, go to hell.
Trajan12
Deity
Peace? What the hell do you think eternal nothingness is!
I suppose it's become ingrained enough in our collective vocabulary that it's also a courtesy/respect/whatever you want it to be.
May he rest in peace.
May he rest in peace.
Verge
Let's hug it out
I say it because I'm expressing my heartfelt concern that the deceased person remains as such instead of reemerging as a zombie or some sort of futuristic cyber-lich bent on murdering and plundering.
Perfection
The Great Head.
Athiesism =/= no afterlife
Can you explain how there could be an afterlife if there is no God of any sort?
Narz
keeping it real
I do think people should consider they're language carefully. For example when someone sneezes I say "bless you" rather than "God bless you". Personally I think it's a nicer sentiment. I'm not hoping God blesses them, I am giving them a blessing from my own heart.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Okay, then. I never want to hear an atheist say Goddammit, dammit, good God, Jesus Christ, God Save the King/Queen, or anything else along those lines, again.
It's just a way of saying "may your memories about him/her not disturb you".
Narz
keeping it real
The two beliefs don't necessarily have any relation to each other.
The world exists with no God, the next world could just as easily exist without Big Poppa as well.
Shadylookin
master debater
because saying rest in peace is much more polite than saying
"enjoy being thrown into the ground and eaten by worms as your body slowly decomposes which of course will be completely irrelevant to you because you can neither feel it nor care because you have undergone brain death"
not that i as an atheist subscribe to it, but theoretically if there can be life without a god there can be an afterlife without a god(once again i disagree with this)
"enjoy being thrown into the ground and eaten by worms as your body slowly decomposes which of course will be completely irrelevant to you because you can neither feel it nor care because you have undergone brain death"
not that i as an atheist subscribe to it, but theoretically if there can be life without a god there can be an afterlife without a god(once again i disagree with this)
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Well, i still think "For god sake" is still better than FFS.
What, "F" isn't a good reason to do something?
Ecofarm
Deity
It is if you're doing it right.
Perfection
The Great Head.
I was thinking of you when I made that post, Narziboo
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