Listening to the NPR report about the young teenager who
blew himself up in Afghanistan made me beyond sad. The Taliban, that corrupt and disgusting bunch
who lurk in the shadows of real life, immediately claimed responsibility. Something
to do with trying to kill CIA agents. Their motive is always the same. They
wish to kill foreign “infidels”. Mainly, they always want to kill someone else.
And each and every time, they manage to convince some poor lost soul, often
someone quite young, to kill himself while also killing others. It is said that
they promise martyrdom, and a place in heaven, hopefully with the ubiquitous 71
virgins. What ever do they promise the young women who kill themselves? And I
note, it is never an official of the Taliban who blows himself up in a
marketplace, but rather some young innocent who has been corrupted into
thinking that something exists once life on earth ceases.
I keep wondering. What if they knew . . . really knew . . . all
of them . . . that actually, nothing exists beyond the grave. That, should you
choose to end your life—in whatever form—you simply cease to exist. You will
not be reborn. You will not enter the kingdom of heaven, or hell. You will not get your 71 virgins. You will not
meet god. You will instead, simply cease to exist and you will never again know
anything. You are as a light bulb that burns out.
I wonder. Suppose they knew that. Would they still choose to
end their lives? Or would the Taliban monsters who now rule the lives of these
innocents suddenly lose their power to recruit suicide bombers? Would they then
have to do their own dirty work?
This promise, ever present in most religions is a fraud, the
biggest fraud ever perpetrated on humankind. Maybe someone should tell them. When it’s
over, it’s really over. You will feel no pain to be sure, because you will
never again feel anything.
They will enter that night, for which there is no morning.
Maybe it’s time they knew.
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