Metabolism is synonymous with re-incarnation in this lifetime. The body is constantly transforming, no piece of matter within it remains the same.
Given that this process occurs from the moment of conception until death isn't it more logical to assume it will occur at death as well?
Chanting of the Maha-mantra or great chant for liberation ....
Hari Krishna Hari Krishna,
Krishna Krishna Hari Hari
Hari Rama Hari Rama,
Rama Rama Hari Hari
There are no rules for chanting it, it can be chanted mentally, on japa beads, sung, or chanted congregationally in kirtan...
This is Epicurus rehashed. Your assumptions are flawed. This doesn't prove anything.
1. Allowing evil is not necessarily not-good.
Take as an example a surgeon who cuts open a patient to cure their disease. If we didn't know the patient had a disease, and we didn't know surgery cured...
It's true that morality or a sense of right and wrong doesn't arise from a belief in an afterlife. It's also true that the threat of punishment may not prevent crime from occurring. Even if the the threat of punishment does deter people from committing crimes, can it really be considered a moral...