I am going to die. At some point, I will take my last drink. I will eat my last food. I will stare at my last sunset. In 20 years, very few people will remember me. In 50 years, I will probably be a distant memory. There are human beings who have been alive who I have no knowledge of whatsoever. The vast majority of humanity

who is to come will have no knowledge of me. You know what? I'm absolutely fine with that.

I have no fear about it. I have no existential dread about it. I accept it. But I'm really

interested in those people who don't. I'm interested in those people

who believe that there is an eternal afterlife. I'm interested in those people who think

they'll be going to heaven to kiss God's toes and make him a very happy man. I'm interested

in those people who think that they will be reborn again and again and again in some endless

cycle until enlightenment is eventually achieved

and a release from that rebirth comes.

If you are one of these people who thinks that there is utility in believing in an eternal

you, please give us a call because the show is about to begin.

Welcome, welcome. Hello, everybody. Today is November the 17th, 2024. I'm your host, Richard

Jilliver. And joining me today is the very, very wonderful Godless

engineer. How are you, Godless Engineer?

Oh, I'm doing great. I'm excited to be here, excited to take calls today, and just in general,

just doing great. Yeah, I'm looking forward to this one. It's, uh, I've just done the pre-show TikTok

and I was encouraging people to call from there. And it's very rare that we get two people on the

show who are kind of so into the scholarship of religion. So, and we're coming at it from different

angles. You know, my background's in Buddhism. I have had a little bit and Islam a little bit.

John, you're more in the Christian end of things.

But it really gives people a great perspective.

If you are a believer in the afterlife or if you're a religious person from any tradition

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