Questioning Non-Existence

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    Questioning Non-Existence
    Questioning Non-Existence
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    Can a non-believer be a sinner?
    Go to Hell (or elsewhere) after death?
    Does he even have a disembodied soul 
    that wanders after his last breath?
    What need of Heaven if a life lived well
    brings the joy of friends who heal all;
    the love of a mate, the love of a child
    what need, after that, of Heaven's thrall
    What sense again is a fiery Hell
    awaiting those who lives were inhumane
    Is their pain and loss in life not enough 
    without a promised afterlife of pain 
    Much more appealing is eternal rest
    the freedom from life's rude test
    The light's go out, the volume is mute
    living only in memories: the sweetest fruit
    Can a non-believer be a sinner?
    Go to Hell (or elsewhere) after death?
    Does he even have a disembodied soul 
    that wanders after his last breath?
    ~~
    What need of Heaven if a life lived well
    brings the joy of friends who heal all;
    the love of a mate, the love of a child
    what need, after that, of Heaven's thrall?
    ~~
    What sense again is a fiery Hell
    awaiting those who lives were inhumane?
    Is their pain and loss in life not enough 
    without a promised afterlife of pain? 
    ~~
    Much more appealing is eternal rest
    the freedom from life's rude test.
    The light's go out, the volume is mute
    living only in memories: the sweetest fruit.

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    Teardrops commented on Questioning Non-Existence

    02-26-2010

    You ask questions that have been pondered over for years . The eternal rest ues would be wonderful . A beautiful , deep , a poem to make you truly think . Well written thanks Marie
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    harveygrund

    02/26/2010

    Thank you Marie -- I write a lot of nonsense for fun but this one came from the heart and the mind.

    harveygrund commented on Questioning Non-Existence

    02-25-2010

    Thanks so much for your comments! Yes! Eternal rest sounds great -- as long as it doesn't come too soon! Life is a wonderful experience, both sides,the heavenly side and the hellish side -- don't want it over before it has to be.
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    earthly commented on Questioning Non-Existence

    02-24-2010

    rest sounds good-peace from all stress-that would be heavenly...Earthly
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