# creationism **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [December 28, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism/145305 "2002-12-28T04:44:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![GOM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@GOM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GOM)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism/145305/141 "2003-01-11T20:44:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Urban Ranger \* > \*\* > > 1. Lets put it this way. I am not expecting any afterlife at all, so if there were one, I would be getting more than I asked for. > > 2. On the other hand, what if there is no afterlife? Will **you** be ready? \*\* 1. Okay. I understand that is your current view. 2. I’m sorry. I don’t understand your question. How do you propose that a person \*\*could \*\*be ready? If you expect complete lights out when you die (as it appears you might), how are you planning for non-existence? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism/145305/142 "2003-01-11T21:57:33Z")
**Gom** , would you be ready if the afterlife followed the tenets of a different religion than yours? ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism/145305/143 "2003-01-12T01:43:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\ ***Gom** , would you be ready if the afterlife followed the tenets of a different religion than yours? \*\* I know you meant this for **GOM** , but I’m just thinking about it myself. I mean, shoot, what if a bizarre religious **cult** got it right and no one bothered to listen to them? How would I deal, roasting in hell, thinking to myself, _damn, if only I’d bought them Nikes and hopped a ride on that comet!_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2003, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism/145305/144 "2003-01-12T02:55:49Z")
Well, we’re all spinning that thousand-sided roulette wheel and as far as I’m concerned, just because you’ve decided on a favorite number doesn’t make it any more likely to come up than anyone else’s favorite number. For that matter, the fact that it’s your parent’s favorite number doesn’t really increase your odds any. In fact, even if you gather together six or seven million of your pals and you all bet on the same number, it’s not going to influence the spin of that wheel one little bit. ---
**Author:** ![GOM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@GOM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GOM)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism/145305/145 "2003-01-14T03:00:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Czarcasm \* > \*\ ***Gom** , would you be ready if the afterlife followed the tenets of a different religion than yours? \*\* Wow! What a great question… You Dopers do ask some good ones. Short answer: No. I expect that’s not quite what you’re looking for, so I’ll try to expand on that tomorrow. Good night. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism/145305/146 "2003-01-15T03:45:26Z")
Well, this thread appears ready for this important announcement: [Creationist Museum Acquires 5,000-Year-Old T. Rex Skeleton](http://www.theonion.com/onion3901/creationist_museum.html) ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism/145305/147 "2003-01-15T06:28:40Z")
> [@](#): > > According to Gill, the skeleton, which stands nearly 20 feet tall, possesses terrifying, razor-sharp teeth and claws, confirming that it was an evil beast in league with Satan, the Great Deceiver. > > Using advanced dating processes from the cutting edge of biblical paleontology… I burst into laughter at that passage. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/creationism/145305.md?page=7)