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Author Topic:   Why do people believe what they believe?
crashfrog
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Message 35 of 51 (96240)
03-31-2004 3:54 AM
Reply to: Message 34 by Cman
03-31-2004 3:46 AM


What I was asking is,why do people who believe in physical death, that is when you're body dies "you' yourself are annialated, continue to erect gravestones in cemeteries and build lasting memorials.
Tradition.
Furthermore, don't you think that if one believed that death was the ultimate end, they'd have all the more reason to erect rememberances of those who'd gone before?
What doesn't make sense is memorials for people who do believe in life after death. Why memorialize someone you're going to eventually meet again?

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