Oh, I would never presume to suppose that I did have all the answers. That would, indeed, be deeply arrogant
But I choose to accept the gaps in my knowledge rather than trying to fill them with a fairytale explanation.

I also won't deny that it would be lovely to find myself in some sort of idyllic afterlife once I pop my clogs in about 25 years' time. However, given there is not a shred of evidence to support this figment of someone's imagination, I find it much more soothing to pragmatically assume that death is the end of it, and, to paraphrase the side of the number 156, to stop worrying about it and enjoy* the life I have.

*_{Well, I should probably stop being such a cantankerous git, but I've time to work on that...}
(LongJohnBaldry, Wed 1 Sep 2010, 14:43, Reply)