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Some say Christians use Christianity(or a belief in ANY god, for that matter) as a crutch to escape what they call "reality". But, we all do that in one way or another- not necessarily in terms of religion. But with music, sex, drugs, spending, thrills, food, socializing .. .etc. We ALL have an avoidance technique or "vice" to escape the stress of daily life. However, those escapes are temporary and, most often, have devastating consequences--they can lead to jail, depression, sickness, and eventually, death. So, what comes after death? Nothing? It's depressing to think that we only have a finite amount of time on this Earth, after which, we cease to exist in any way. Besides, Science has proved the existance of an afterlife. However, most are too proud, arrogant, or 'scared' to admit that. 12-15 million people have died, been confirmed dead by a doctor, and came back to life; ALL describing the same basic experiences! That makes the odds of one having died and come back to life about 1/30! A LOT. Then there are the ones that doctors did not confirm dead first.
Ones that had been blind all their life, never seen anything!, came back to life able to describe it in Color! Because they saw with their souls, not with their eyes! Not scared of death, just the opposite. I suggest watching "The Lazarus Phenomenon" on DVD or FREE over the Internet. Also "The Search For Heaven" DVD. See what has happened to so many people. "The Lazarus Phenomenon" studies ones that were dead from hours to 3 days! That went to the Judgment Area.(Which is one of the things many people fear and what prevents them in believing in an afterlife)
Life is uncertain, and full of existential angst. Belief in God(or "A" god) allows us to trust that everything is alright even if it doesn't look like it. Belief in an afterlife allows us to believe that we will not cease to be.
It's not as obvious in our modern society. Disease, epidemics, famines, war, animal attacks, broken bones (with no medical treatment) that cripple us for life, etc ... these used to mow us down and those who survived to old age were far and few between.
The fragility of human life was MUCH more obvious .. we must believe in God or any Higher Power who you could appeal to in order to stay safe and protected.
But despite modern conveniences and medical science, the nature of life remains the same-unpredictable and uncertain. We do not LIKE unpredictable or uncertain, and we work hard to try to maintain the delusion that we can have a predictable and certain life. And that we are in control of everything.
Not only that, we quickly repress any negative emotions and try to keep ourselves busy and distracted so we don't have to face our inner issues or pain with, like I said- sex,drugs,alcohol,etc. We only half-live because we are so afraid of life and living.
When's the last time you opened up to the pain of something that hurt you deeply, and just allowed that pain to be there, relaxing into it?
I really find it incredible that some people 'do not' believe in an after life and think they are the only ones that exist in this endless Universe. It's really amazing to me, considering all the scientific evidence that proves otherwise.(which I discuss in a couple of my other blogs)
