"If you don't believe in an afterlife, why even bother living? What's the point?"
No Eternity After
My life is so empty So meaningless Without a divine entity to guide my soul along the way
What purpose is there To do good? To love? To live? If it will all be gone tomorrow...
...forever
Why not end it all? Why live for today knowing it wont last? Why not go out with a bang take everyone out with me? After all, it all ends the same no matter what I do
But...
The promise of eternity Forever to live Forever to love Must I only seek that which will never end?
Why is it so hard to imagine... That one who would love forever would love, if only for a single day? That one who would always do good would do good, if only for one lifetime? That one who would live forever would live, if only for a brief moment?
I would very much enjoy an eternity of happiness But wishful thinking bares no whimsical solution My life is short
I will die
But I will live
I will not waste this precious time of mine seeking eternity Knowing my time is finite is no reason to throw my life away
If I sought eternal life Only to give up once realizing my time will inevitably end Then what purpose was there in seeking everlasting life to begin with, if I couldn't even hold it dear for the few decades that I am...
There is a life after death... but there are two, truthfully.
One is in Heaven, a place of eternal reward. Philippians 3:20. One is in Hell, a place of eternal punishment. Revelation 20:15. You would go to Hell... Romans 6:23 But because of Jesus Christ... Romans 5:8 You can live forever in Heaven with Him! John 3:16.
Those are all Bible verses. I suggest looking them up!
I don't wish to discuss in length, I am not a theological debate expert, but I am merely trying to help people come to God.
And it fit with the category!!!
It's better to do that away from discussion of what is regarded as Art. It is better to discuss this in a thread where it can be discussed, not as a topic incongruous from this one. The WEPR forum is the best place to do that. No, it does not fit with this category :P
I don't wish to discuss in length, I am not a theological debate expert, but I am merely trying to help people come to God.
Oh, well in that case I may as well plug my religion:
All ye unfaithful. Come hither, for thou'rt the Chosen of Skorgg. An eternity doth beckon to ye indeed, and, nay, it is no Heaven nor any Hell, for these are but illusions summoned by false prophets, such as the one ye may spy above...if thou dost not have thy computer inverted about the monitor. In which latter case, look ye below.
Oh, well in that case I may as well plug my religion:
All ye unfaithful. Come hither, for thou'rt the Chosen of Skorgg. An eternity doth beckon to ye indeed, and, nay, it is no Heaven nor any Hell, for these are but illusions summoned by false prophets, such as the one ye may spy above...if thou dost not have thy computer inverted about the monitor. In which latter case, look ye below.
Thank you for adding an inconsiderate and completely unnecessary post to this thread!
Now that my sarcastic side is happy, I applaud you and your poem, sir.
The only other thing is that it's impossible to "know there is no afterlife" unless you died and then came back to life with the knowledge. In which case, you'd be living an afterlife in this Earth, which would mean that there is indeed an afterlife.
No Everlasting...the poem made me sad and if that was your aim or mood the gratz for passing it along. Can you write one about your experience eating your favorite dish without stating what it is and see if your can portray that feeling/experience to someone else? I challenge you to make a series of poems strictly conveying what is sensed.
