Do you believe in life after death?

[BigRo]

this fucking peanut thinks hes living inside a super nintendo.

More wisdom than you have shared and you are living in a dream you will not even dare to luminously question..."I am born and when my body dies I die forever" 

[MuscleBuff]

I grew up going to Catholic school until they threw me out.....we were brainwashed to believe in God from an early age.

Since joining getbig over 20 years ago and reading stuff about "sky wizards and shit, I began to believe it was all pure bullshit......I became a doubting Thomas.

My recent Cancer surgery, which is the most extensive and dangerous intestinal surgery you can get, was just another incident that restored my belief in God, even though I am a total sinner.

I was on life support twice and given a 50-50 chance to live.

And this is just one of too many close scrapes, and close encounters with death in my life.

I have come to have changed my thoughts about His existence a long time ago, because as I see it,I`m just not that fucking lucky of a person to have lived through these very close scrapes with "The Grim Reaper".......something or somebody has been looking out for me in my eyes/mind.

I have no clue about reincarnation,but yes I believe fervently in God though I`m far from a "Bible thumper".......in fact,I`ve never even read it.......I just have my own path/philosophy that I try to follow. as best that I can.

I could list the the encounters but don`t feel the need to think or go dwell on back stories though I will never forget them.

You be you,and I`ll do me.

Remember,"there are no atheists in foxholes" !!!

See you in Hell bro. 

Respectfully, you brought up not a single cogent argument, not one, in this testimony. If anything it just explains that you are alive thanks to modern medical science, the polar opposite of divine intervention.

[joswift]

Respectfully, you brought up not a single cogent argument, not one, in this testimony. If anything it just explains that you are alive thanks to modern medical science, the polar opposite of divine intervention.

If you believe in God then you have to believe he provided the medical science, as such that was the divine intervention.

[MuscleBuff]

If you believe in God then you have to believe he provided the medical science, as such that was the divine intervention.

I cannot preface enough that I am coming from a respectful place but I have to ask tough questions. Such as: why did God allow sinners to live and let infants to die? Must be a God with love for getbiggers?

[Taffin]

In truth, I've suffered from existential dread for most of my life. It was crippling for a few years, but even now I am tormented by it. Literally just last night, I awoke suddenly with a racing heartbeat from the realization that I will cease to exist in the near future.

It's brutally gay, but I really just cannot tolerate the thought of eternal nothingness, my consciousness suddenly extinguishing, and the finality of it all. If I could delude myself with religion, I would. I've not lived a risk-averse life, and that surely hasn't helped, but when I'm at home and have too much time on my hands, it's even worse.

Brutally gay post reported

[joswift]

I cannot preface enough that I am coming from a respectful place but I have to ask tough questions. Such as: why did God allow sinners to live and let infants to die? Must be a God with love for getbiggers?

without evil there can be no good

[MuscleBuff]

without evil there can be no good

But why would God do the opposite of what the Bible says? He lets brutal sinners live through cancer but lets innocent children die terrible deaths? There would still be evil without such glaring injustices.

[joswift]

But why would God do the opposite of what the Bible says? He lets brutal sinners live through cancer but lets innocent children die terrible deaths? There would still be evil without such glaring injustices.

why do you get to choose whats evil or good?

where do your morals come from?

[MuscleBuff]

why do you get to choose whats evil or good?

where do your morals come from?

I think there is a misunderstanding here and I don't mean to be argumentative at all. Mister Wes by his own admission is a sinner, my question is why did God favor his fate over that of dying infants who are by all standards considered pure and innocent.

I never implied he was evil, I just mentioned that without such injustices we could still have evil which you said is needed to have good.

[joswift]

I think there is a misunderstanding here and I don't mean to be argumentative at all. Mister Wes by his own admission is a sinner, my question is why did God favor his fate over that of dying infants who are by all standards considered pure and innocent.

I never implied he was evil, I just mentioned that without such injustices we could still have evil which you said is needed to have good.

Forget Wes, there is a much bigger argument here.

Good and evil are just your preferences because your morals are based on your personal preferences absent a belief in God.

[MuscleBuff]

Forget Wes, there is a much bigger argument here.

Good and evil are just your preferences because your morals are based on your personal preferences absent a belief in God.

You are making a lot of assumptions there. You can perfectly have your morals from a religion without believing in God. I think this may actually be quite common or at least in countries and cultures with a high degree of religious practice. I mean your morals are taught to you as a child and growing up and they are mostly drawn from a Christian base and influenced by Greek philosophy in many cases. Even if you never drink the coolaid so to speak it still shapes your worldview. This may be all bullshit not sure. You tell me.

[MuscleBuff]

One of the main logical arguments against religion to me is simply that it seems so obviously like wishful thinking to the 10th degree. Magical forces will grant me eternal life if I believe what this book says and follow its instructions. I mean really ..

[BigRo]

One of the main logical arguments against religion to me is simply that it seems so obviously like wishful thinking to the 10th degree. Magical forces will grant me eternal life if I believe what this book says and follow its instructions. I mean really ..

It is quite magical that we happen to have this earth at the perfect distance from the sun somewhere in a rather vast universe.

Seriously take a hike in nature and eat some magic mushrooms. If your conclusions are still the same then at least you will be happier and more at peace from it.

[MuscleBuff]

It is quite magical that we happen to have this earth at the perfect distance from the sun somewhere in a rather vast universe.

Seriously take a hike in nature and eat some magic mushrooms. If your conclusions are still the same then at least you will be happier and more at peace from it.

It's not magic, it's all physics.

And drugs are never the answer, that's why bodybuilding is the pursuit of vanity.

[Donny]

we are here only because of higher beings. we are still evolving, an experiment.

[MuscleBuff]

we are here only because of higher beings. we are still evolving, an experiment.

Higher beings such as?

[BigRo]

It's not magic, it's all physics.

And drugs are never the answer, that's why bodybuilding is the pursuit of vanity.

Why do you call yourself Musclebuff then?

Mushrooms are not "drugs" they are natures medicine. Drug implies a dulling of clarity and only dullards think there is nothing deeper at play.

[BigRo]

Higher beings such as?

Not because of higher beings but because of transcendental being. I suggest meditation but you are too stubborn.

[NaturalWonder83]

this fucking peanut thinks hes living inside a super nintendo.

Thank you for your input!

[MuscleBuff]

Why do you call yourself Musclebuff then?

Mushrooms are not "drugs" they are natures medicine. Drug implies a dulling of clarity and only dullards think there is nothing deeper at play.

MuscleBuff is a playful reference to the homoerotic elephant in the room element of bodybuilding.