Hear...hereafter

The old arguments between what we will call creationists or intelligent designers and those who do not believe , or more correctly , those who believe that the universe is meaningless has begun again . This is a good thing because it focuses , once again , our thoughts on something other than what is happening now and causes us to think outside ourselves .
For those who have a faith or a belief it makes them think deeply about what they believe , and for those who have no beliefs , outside of the immediate , it causes them to conjour up some thoughts about their existence .
I have never really read Mark Twain but I believe he was once asked a question about the hereafter he said somethink like ''I existed for billions of years before I was born and it never caused me any discomfort....'' which is another interestimg thought , that instead of wondering where we go after we die we should be thinking about where we were before we were born .

These profound thoughts come to mind following the interview with Naula O'Faolain on the Marion Finnucan radio show .O'Faolain had been told six weeks before she was on the show that she had terminal cancer , totally out of the blue , she had attended an out patient clinic in New York with , what she thought was , a minor complaint , and was told , apparently in a causal manner that she had several secondary tumors .She did not wish to have chemo' and has now died .Her way of dealing with the devastating news affected all who heard her.
Basically no-one knows what is 'on the other side' and those who have a strong faith are the lucky ones because those who do not believe still have to explain to themselves about such things as infinity (Stephen Hawkins is working on that ), eternity (Richard Dawkins is working on that ) and of course as we gain more and more information in science and physics we know that there is no such thing as 'nothing '. Therefore all of us dust and spirit must end up some where.....now isn't it much easier to have a strong faith .....

(Overheard.....'where did yer man get all this rubbish......)

p.s I'll do a proper blog when something important comes along....