this is something that comes up in the movie donnie darko. great movie if you havent seen it, not for everyone though. theres A LOT more to the story than this but hes kind of a troubled high school kid and he is seeing a psychiatrist/psychologist or whatever. during a session with his doctor they have a conversation that goes like this:
Dr. Lilian Thurman: Do you feel alone right now?
Donnie: Oh, I dunno. I mean I'd like to believe I'm not but I just... I've just never seen any proof so I... I just don't debate it anymore, you know? It's like I could spend my whole life debating it over and over again, weighing the pros and cons and in the end I still wouldn't have any proof so I just... I just don't debate it anymore. It's absurd.
Dr. Lilian Thurman: The search for God is absurd?
Donnie: It is if everyone dies alone.
the whole thing about everyone dying alone has to do with something else that happens in the movie, too long to get into.
but that has stuck with me so much because thats kind of how i always felt about it. i feel like no one can prove it no matter what so why search your whole life. why worry so much about it? who knows if there is an afterlife and if there is a good or bad place you can go when you die depending on how you lived your life. i feel like if there is a god and afterlife it wouldnt matter if you believed or even worshipped or not, as long as you are a good person i dont think it would matter.
Dr. Lilian Thurman: Do you feel alone right now?
Donnie: Oh, I dunno. I mean I'd like to believe I'm not but I just... I've just never seen any proof so I... I just don't debate it anymore, you know? It's like I could spend my whole life debating it over and over again, weighing the pros and cons and in the end I still wouldn't have any proof so I just... I just don't debate it anymore. It's absurd.
Dr. Lilian Thurman: The search for God is absurd?
Donnie: It is if everyone dies alone.
the whole thing about everyone dying alone has to do with something else that happens in the movie, too long to get into.
but that has stuck with me so much because thats kind of how i always felt about it. i feel like no one can prove it no matter what so why search your whole life. why worry so much about it? who knows if there is an afterlife and if there is a good or bad place you can go when you die depending on how you lived your life. i feel like if there is a god and afterlife it wouldnt matter if you believed or even worshipped or not, as long as you are a good person i dont think it would matter.