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Taka Posted 18 years ago
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0 01span01span00・Recent discoveries about the fate of our universe predict that our sun will burn out, meaning life will cease to exist. Added to the gloomy idea is the fact that the only purpose of our lives is to reproduce our genes without any hope of an afterlife. This miserable picture of life is probably quite disturbing to read. It need not be, however, because 01span00these02span01span00 01span00are not ideas that we think about on a daily basis.02span02span02span02span02br
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01span00Now, what does 'these' really refer to?02span02br
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01span00Everything described in front?02span0-
  

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11span10Now, what does 'these' really refer to?12span12br
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11span10Everything described in front?12span12br
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10Yes, "these" includes the
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0 OK. And what about 'this' in red below? What does to refer to? 'The fact that ...'?02br
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0 Hi Taka02br
00"01span00Everything described in front?" That's how I see it. I think all religions provide the faithful with an afterlife. A religion dies if it doesn't guarantee eternal happiness after death. And everything burns out in the end, suns as well as matches. 05002span02br
00Cheers, CB 010id1
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0 Good. And could you also answer the second question I posted? 0-
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0"This miserable picture" = the one I have just painted for you in words, of the end of life and no chance of an afterlife. "This picture" and "these ideas" really refer to the same things.0-
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0 Oh, I didn't come up with that option.02br
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00Is it OK to use the plural 'these' to refer to the singular 'this idea'? 0-
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0I'd say so - a picture has many different smaller elements in it.0-
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0 OK. Thanks, GG! 0-

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