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Originally Posted by Jim  If there truly is an afterlife, why live every moment to it's fullest? If you have an eternity, doesn't this just trivialize the physical life? The concept of an eternal afterlife trivializes our current existence. If I have an eternity, what difference does it make if I piss away 75 years? It's just a "cosmic wink", or so Steve says..... |
That's like asking "If I take a college course but decide not to apply myself it doesn't really matter right? It's just one class on my way towards a degree."
Every life matters. In every lifetime you came here to learn something. If you don't apply yourself and learn and live the best way you can, it will be a waste and you may have to repeat the lesson.
People who believe in the afterlife know that what they do here matters a lot so they don't waste their lives on pointless pursuits or hedonistic pleasures (well, sometimes they do, but just on Saturday nights)
but yes, actually you have the right to squander this life and not accomplish anything. That's your choice.