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Where Do We Go From Here?
Rarely does a day go by when
we don't read or hear of a senseless tragedy, a life cut short.
A drunk driver plows into a car, killing an entire family. A child drowns, ending
a life that had scarcely begun. A lonely and troubled teenager ends her torment by
taking her own life. A madman, heeding the call of his personal demons, guns down
several people who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In a dusty,
drought-stricken wasteland, a hungry mother cradles her emaciated son as the light
slowly ebbs from his eyes.
We wonder at the meaning and the randomness of it all and think to ourselves that
we're glad it wasn't us.
The Good News is dedicated to answering the big questions of life: Why are
we here? Where are we going? Is there a God, and if so why does He allow suffering
and tragedies? What do we face at the end of this life?
Regardless of our hopes and dreams, one thing's for sure: We all face the certainty
of death. Whether through illness, accident, random violence or old age, we will
die.
What does this mean? Is death the end? Is life a brief moment of consciousness in
an eternity of nothingness?
The late astronomer and author Carl Sagan wondered about these questions as he saw
his own death approaching. ìI would love to believe that when I die I will live again,
that some thinking, feeling, remembering part of me will continue,î he said. ìBut,
much as I want to believe that, and despite the ancient and worldwide cultural traditions
that assert an afterlife, I know of nothing to suggest that it is more than wishful
thinking.î
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