Not trying to start trouble here, just had a flash of recognition though. This is precisely the same problem I run into when trying to explain things such as evolution or the infinite nature of the universe to people who find God and religion easy to follow.Designer wrote:Yes.....There is no life after death in......"human form".
It seems to me that folks who find God and Religion tough to follow is that they are too caught up in evaluating them with the yardstick of what is in this realm of existence.
Relying on just their 5 senses is a myopia that can only result in mistaken conclusion(s).
Evolution, framed the way a lot of Christian ministers and laymen alike like to portray it, leaves out the very important aspect of the time involved. Billions of years is simply a stretch that it is difficult for any person to wrap their head around. So they try to make it sound like one day apes just woke up and wanted to walk upright and buy Toyotas. Of course that's ridiculous...and it didn't happen even remotely like that.
Same as with the concept of infinite space for the universe to expand into. It's actually an easy concept once you "get it", but very difficult for most people to even begin to accept, because in the everyday world, everything and every space is defined boundaries, beyond which is something else. That is how the everyday existence works...but not how it works on the macro level. To see it for the simple concept it is, one has to let go of some things that don't apply to every situation, but its tough because in our whole life's experiences, they do apply. It's hard to accept that there are bigger things outside of our own experience and existence.
And to some degree, I think it's why we assign so much importance to ourselves that we can't grasp the thought of not being anymore...and come up with ideas for how we get to cheat that after death.