Other peoples memory will preserve you no more then your portrait after you die.
Not only do other people see you though their own eyes and therefore greatly distort your image in their minds but memory fades and people die. Even if 10 generations of people remembered you by the end it would be nothing more then a name and perhaps an occupation. And what is 10 generations to the infinite spans of time? I gave up on that “afterlife” a long time ago; it is as meaningless as all the others. I don’t really care about an after life. I don’t see why I should care. The afterlife is just another socially constructed concept to divide “us” from “them”.
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You don't need to believe in God to be a good person. If there is a God, will he fault you for being an awesome human being, but just not someone who bought into the deal?
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This is good advice.