Is the afterlife a useful coping mechanism belief? Psychology application even? Social benefits?

[NicholasRedone]

Clean thoughts welcomed.

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Father Ted and the Vicar of Dibley and Rev, iconic religious shows and British or Irish lol 📺📺📺📺

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A crutch 🩼🩼💪🏻💪🏻

[OneViewpoint]

Well given that the "afterlife" is a lie used to control people with a simple carrot and stick tool, heaven if you do what a religion tells you or hell if you fail to conform to what the religion wants, yes it can be useful. The question becomes, useful to who?

Is it useful to anyone to believe in lies and base your morality and ethics on those lies then spend your entire life avoiding the truth? Does that create strong character and people with the cognitive skills to think through life's challenges?

Or does it create weak people who don't really have any morality or ethics at all? People who live in fear of eternal damnation that is never gonna happen. People who never learn how to reason and face the challenges in their lives. People who are submissive and ignorant by choice. If you you took away the threat of hell and the promise of heaven what would these people be? Animals? All evidence suggests that is the most likely outcome.

Denying reality has never seemed like much of a plan to me.

[Sunrising]

The afterlife is not a coping mechanism for me. I'm doing the best I can in this world, and I'd suggest everyone else should do the same, however hard their situation is, and hope ones life here will be better around the corner.

[NicholasRedone]

@Sunrising you're doing the best you can - like anyone who likes a crutch 🩼🩼

[NicholasRedone]

@Sunrising myself included crutch 🩼

[Sunrising]

I'm self reliant no support for me!

[NicholasRedone]

@summeroflove MHO but change your ways man

[NicholasRedone]

Don't become the type to ask for the manager or to slag off a worker, brand. Be a good human. Mho

[Booboolove69]

I have conflicting beliefs about this issue… I was raised a Christian but I don’t believe in religion … with that said, I believe in God ( Father, Son, Holy Spirit as the Trinity being God and I do pray to God. At the same time, I am Spiritual and believe there are spiritual forces that guide us daily. I believe my ancestors protect me, as well. I, also, believe that when we die our souls go back to God and that God recycles our souls for someone else’s new life to begin. I say this because I have déjà vu all the time. Because of this, I believe that when we are born into the world we either are born with old souls or young souls… just my thoughts…

[NicholasRedone]

Well see him in the next life - father Ted lol 🤣😆

[NicholasRedone]

Irish show quote comedy

[NicholasRedone]

We'll see him in the next life says ted 👀 "oh, sure" says the sarcastic visitor priest lol to ted lol. , yes father Ted. It's like the 90s never left

[NicholasRedone]

Father Ted, possibly a British or Irish show

[lightbulb27]

100%, solves a lot of human problems if implemented correctly.

[NicholasRedone]

@lightbulb27 therapy secular or having a religion I find is a wonderful mental coping mechanism and mental crutch of joy 🩼😊