Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for August 01, 2016
Transcript:
I would love to believe… …that when I die I will live again. That some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue. But as much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions that assert an afterlife… PEARLY GATES LEISURE CENTRE …I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful thinking. The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth… PARADISE …that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability… …is to look death in the eye. And to be grateful every day… …for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides. - Carl Sagan
It’s a mystery either way… namely to believe there is no creator is just as mystifying as to believe there is a creator; our intellect is too weak. Compare an ant trying to learn to read and write…