# Afterlife Belief Suggests Desire for Justice not desire for immortality

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/afterlife-belief-suggests-desire-for-justice-not-desire-for-immortality/1110>\
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**Created:** [August 11, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/afterlife-belief-suggests-desire-for-justice-not-desire-for-immortality/1110 "2018-08-11T01:16:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@Patrick](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Patrick)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/afterlife-belief-suggests-desire-for-justice-not-desire-for-immortality/1110/1 "2018-08-11T01:16:40Z")

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> **[Afterlife Belief Suggests Desire For Justice, Not Immortality - Humanist Plus](https://www.patheos.com/blogs/humanistplus/2018/08/afterlife-belief-suggests-desire-for-justice-not-desire-for-immortality/?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Nonreligious&utm_content=44)**
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> Most people think afterlife belief is all about the human desire for immortality. Not so. Afterlife belief is really about the desire for justice—for just deserts that did not arrive during a person’s earthly existence. Some people perform good...

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**Author:** ![Randy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2acd7d/32.png) [@Randy](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Randy)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/afterlife-belief-suggests-desire-for-justice-not-desire-for-immortality/1110/2 "2018-08-11T18:43:07Z")

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[https://randalrauser.com/2018/08/is-atheism-a-more-hopeful-view-of-the-future-than-christianity/](https://randalrauser.com/2018/08/is-atheism-a-more-hopeful-view-of-the-future-than-christianity/)

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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/afterlife-belief-suggests-desire-for-justice-not-desire-for-immortality/1110/3 "2018-08-11T22:07:25Z")

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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/afterlife-belief-suggests-desire-for-justice-not-desire-for-immortality/1110/4 "2018-08-11T22:11:44Z")

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/peacefulscience/original/2X/6/6b7bf72453a5c60b0919b6b89a27dc18bc52382c.png) [@system](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 7:58am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/afterlife-belief-suggests-desire-for-justice-not-desire-for-immortality/1110/5 "2019-04-20T07:58:37Z")

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