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[dvnews_page]iftherewerenoafterlife翻译：北京外国语大学北戴河外语培训基地副校长张宝丹
   whetherthere''safterlife,theawerhasneverbeenthesame.theatheistsdenyafterlife,believingthatourlifeisnomorethanfromthecradletothegrave.theymaycareabouttheirillustriousnamesafterdeath;theymayfeelattachedtotheaffectionoftheiroffring,buttheyneverlaytheirhopesontheirafterlife.theymayalsosaythatgoodwillberewardedwithgood,andevilwithevil,buttheydon''treallybelieveanyretributionintheirafterlife.however,inthereligiousworldoramongthesuperstitiouspeople,thebeliefinafterlifeisverypopular.theydonotonlybelieveinafterlife,butthousandsofreincarnatioaswell.inthemysteriousworld,therearetheparadiseandthehell,thecelestialbeingsandthegods,thebuddhaandthebodhisattvas.
   maybetheyreallybelievedit,ormaybetheyjustwantedtomakeuseofpeople''sveneration,theancientemperorsalwaysdeclaredthattheyweretherealdrago,thesoofgod,whiletheroyalministersclaimedtobethereincarnatioofvariouscotellatio.butcanthestarsreincarnate?
   manypeopleburninceeandkowtow,dogooddeedsandstriveforvirtues,notjustforthepresent,butmainlytoletgodseetheirsinceritysoastoberebornintoabetterafterlife,ortoachievethehighestenlightenmentafterseverallivesofpractice.theydobelieveinafterlife.butican''thelpasking:suosetherewerenoafterlife,wouldyoustilldogooddeedsandstriveforvirtues?andifgoddoesnotseewhatyouaredoing,wouldyoustillbesouprightandselfle?ifyouwork,notforservingthepublicandliberatingtheothers,butjustforabetterafterlifeofyourown,i''titalittletooselfish?comparingwiththiskindofbelievers,thosewhodon''tbelieveinafterlife,butstillkeepdoinggooddeeds,arethemostsincereandhonestphilanthropists,becausetheydothemnotforthemselvesbutforother.
   youmaywonderifibelieveinafterlife.myaweris:iknownothingaboutmypreviouslife,soidarenotmakeimpropercommentsonafterlife.butidohopethere''sa

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