I heard the 'very few get in' statement a lot when I was growing up Catholic. Too bad the sheep think they will make it just follow others. I like to think it is like the Willy Wonka in the chocolate factory story. To actually make a difference one has to go against their first instincts. Problem is that once one does that and starts to think of others first than, oops, one becomes an atheist.

Interesting article. I don't focus so much on eternity, I figure when it's my time to go I'll find out. Then again, maybe it's also my background - he did mention about Jews being more in the moment. But I can understand why it's so important for some people to have more concrete proof, because it's hard to live with uncertainty. The only thing we know for certain is that we have this life and each other, and I'm going to continue to explore and be curious about who and what's here and let eternity take care of itself... By the way, he mentions Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping... AWESOME book.

I don't go out looking for trouble , but when it comes knocking at my door .....

I put Christianity yo bed a long time ago, so any article that dwells on it is dead.

Jesus didn't exist, so you're referencing nobody. Socialism is a good thing. Where are you going with this?

Interesting article worthy of pondering further after my first reading. To that end, it has been saved to be perused later.

Brilliant article. Thanks for sharing

Excellent article. Thanks for posting. I like rolling ideas around in my head and seeing what happens. It seems to me that some of the commenters didn't read the article.

God cannot be dead because there are no gods, ergo somethng that doesn't exist cannot be either alive or dead, it just isn't.

the problem is here , you're preaching to the converted.
I regularly crossover it's with a very well-educated Jehovah's, whenever I make a compelling argument that requires a logical progression that he doesn't want to hear he just ignores it. one time I wanted to cut the conversation short so I said there's no evidence whatsoever that there's an invisible man controlling everything that cares about me.
and the first thing he did is the open up the Bible and showed me why I was wrong.

Secularism does lead to a greater focus on what is good for people and for a society, not for a religion. Also, at age 82, I would not want an afterlife, even if it were possible -- which it is not.