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What If Heaven Is Not For Real?
The idea that we, as individuals, did not exist 1,000 years ago doesn't seem to worry us. So, why does the idea of not existing in the future freak us out so much? Adam Frank explores this notion. Last week, a young man named Alex Malarkey made news when he publicly retracted his story that he'd been to heaven. This, understandably, may not seem like news to some people. But Malarkey's story, based on the tragedy of an auto accident when he was just 6 years old, became a best-selling book...
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I think once an "individual" gets a taste for life and that concept of existence becomes a realization that one day it will cease to be... people will get scared since everything they have ever known will cease to exist forever. Sort of a shitty thought, and I can understand why individuals are willing to believe anything that makes that feeling go away.
As am I. Knowing we have such a brief moment is scary,no way around it.