Kind of like going to an AA meeting . You go in feeling like you're biggest shit bag on the planet and after hearing other people's stories you walk out thinking I'm not so bad after all so you go meet your buddies at the pub.

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Eventually, they ask, "so where do you think you go when you die?"

I tell them, "What do you mean where do you go? You know where you go. They make tombstones to mark where they've put you."

Normally they will say, "No, that's just your body. Where do you think your soul goes?"

That's when I have to tell them, "We don't have souls. If we did, you'd think a surgeon would have found it by now. You don't have a soul. You have a consciousness that's the product of your brain. So what do you think happens when your brain dies?"

That's usually when they say, "So, you don't believe in heaven?"

That's when I have to inform them that, "No. If heaven existed, it would have to have an actual location, wouldn't it? So if it exists, WHERE is it?"

By this time they looked freaked out, and ask, "So you think you just rot in the ground?"

Then I say, "Yes. We just rot in the ground. And eventually, we become....

... and I regret you were inadvertently pulled into my little drama the other day. But that is irrelevant to here and now.

I believe you, and anyone else who has a legitimate interest in an intellectual discussion of Science vs. Religion will find this book a compelling read.

It won't change any minds, that is not the intent. The intent is to provide a fresh perspective that invites rational intellectual dialog between polar opposites. Tough to imagine, I know

Cheers

That goes for all organized religion set out make money and more money