Behind this new trend of ‘bucket lists’ are the old ideas of Epicureanism & Hedonism: ‘You only live once, so live it up. If there is no eternity & no resurrection & no life to come, then grab all you can now. Seize the day, because there’s nothing after this.’

That’s why, from their god-less point of view, these speculations are no surprise. – Until they acknowledge that God began the world in the first place, how will they ever accept that God has also planned how to end this world?