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I am an agnostic but, at 61-years old, I can easily understand the concern about immortality. I think that the desire of some live after physical death is more motivating to religious belief than the need for understanding creation or the origins. What can be the sense of "immortality" for an agnostic? For me, it is just the memory we leave. This imposes a strong ethical view on life. I understand that this is not a question, but anyway I would like to know your comment.
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December 31, 2005

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Oliver Leaman
January 9, 2006 (changed January 9, 2006) Permalink

I suppose for an agnostic immortality just has no connection with a deity. If immortality is just the memory we leave, or the impact we have on others, then there is no need for any religious context for these ideas to make sense. I wonder though whether immortality does have any connection with the motive to be religious since so many religions seem not to have a belief in immortality, or a very indefinite belief in it.

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