Like I dunno, maybe we should talk about how weird this belief is? And how most cultures’ spiritual practices are centered around living with *each other*, and the world and often ancestors/spirits in *this life* and see consequences as coming from THOSE sources in this life?
https://twitter.com/zetsuboce/status/1463171723889713158
Judaism says you leave the corners of fields free for the poor to glean. Why? Because God says so.
What happens if you don’t?
The land doesn’t support you. Your community deteriorates. Other nations abuse you. Your relationship with God deteriorates.
What happens if you don’t?
The land doesn’t support you. Your community deteriorates. Other nations abuse you. Your relationship with God deteriorates.
None of that is about what happens after death, except in the sense that you’re also screwing over your descendants.
Like I dunno, I gather fear of the afterlife works as a motivator, because Christianity continues to spread, but it’s always seemed weak to me given how often humans are like SOUNDS LIKE A PROBLEM FOR FUTURE ME.
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