4 candles

Originally posted by newmastersswimmer I know this sounds horribly morbid and all....but reality can be horribly morbid no matter how much we don't want to hear about it.....Sorry if I sound like a pessimistic jerk.....but I believe life is a miserable unfortunate journey for many innocent victims.....I also want to hope as well....but I don't believe hope by itself can solve everything....i.e. I believe all the candles can (and sometimes do) go out no matter how much hope we might have....So the question is......When your life force eventually goes out (as in the case of this poor soul in the story above), then are any of the candles still lit?? Newmastersswimmer If death is the end, then there is ultimately no hope for any of us. Or, in the words of the Christian scriptures, "But if the dead are not raised to life, then, as the saying goes, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.'" (I Corinthians 15:32b, TEV) Bob

Originally posted by newmastersswimmer I know this sounds horribly morbid and all....but reality can be horribly morbid no matter how much we don't want to hear about it.....Sorry if I sound like a pessimistic jerk.....but I believe life is a miserable unfortunate journey for many innocent victims.....I also want to hope as well....but I don't believe hope by itself can solve everything....i.e. I believe all the candles can (and sometimes do) go out no matter how much hope we might have....So the question is......When your life force eventually goes out (as in the case of this poor soul in the story above), then are any of the candles still lit?? Newmastersswimmer If death is the end, then there is ultimately no hope for any of us. Or, in the words of the Christian scriptures, "But if the dead are not raised to life, then, as the saying goes, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will die.'" (I Corinthians 15:32b, TEV) Bob