Cheated.
My heart and mind know full well that life is not meant to be like this.....we are programmed for a much better existence, otherwise why would we be constantly disappointed that life is so unfair to so many people? We would collectively have no such feelings.
It's like our desire to live in paradise is programmed into us....to the point where all the idyllic locations are swamped with vacationers all trying to grab a little piece of it, even for a short time.
Its undeniably part of our collective expectation that we aren't supposed to die. Taking the Genesis account in to consideration, we see that even though humans, like the animals, are created mortal.....it simply means that we
can die...not that we
must. There was no natural cause of death in Eden. The only way to die was to disobey God. There was another "tree" in the garden...."the tree of life" ...it was there, freely accessible and that would have resulted in humans never dying. Somehow it must have had properties that prevented human death. God denied access after they disobeyed, so now there was nothing to prevent their death.
I don't think we can use the word "logic" here because logic is usually dictated by experience....by what we know to be true. When something happens that is outside of our experience, it usually feels strange. Even if we hear about something that is outside of our experience, it is often hard to accept as true. No one has lived forever in our experience, but if no one in good health wants to die, then death can't be natural. Old age is an undignified affront.
It isn't. At death we return to the ground in one form or another. We cease to exist as living beings.
My husband's ashes are scattered in a beautiful place where I visit sometimes to experience the tranquility of the place. He isn't there, but it was a special place for him and I feel close to him there because of shared memories.
Don't you see, all religions teach about an afterlife in some form. It is a collective desire, programmed into our DNA, regardless of where we live in the world.
Death just doesn't fit. Each religion invents a place to go, or a way to go on living....its in us to want to keep living...forever.
Actually it does. Jesus called it "the re-creation" or "the regeneration" (Matthew 19:28)....it means re-creating people...regenerating them....giving them a new body and re-implanting their memories. Do you think that the one who created Adam from the dust can't do the same for those sleeping in it? His power is limitless. I believe in it with all my heart.