I think he wasa referring to a set of people that spend there lives worshipping and prostrating themselves to God with no belief that there is any more after this. What would be the point of worshiping to have sins forgiven if there are no penalties in the next life? To me the fact that there is an eternal soul makes me appreciate life on this earth just that much more knowing my actions here and now will be my judgement in the next life.
How much better to be a good person, NOW, here, for no other reason than it is the right thing to do.
Do you need to be bribed with goodies for later, to behave now?
Don't the Islamists become martyrs to ensure a happy afterlife?
I can just imagine what this thread will turn into. Carrying on just because some other folks have a different set of beliefs.
The article's regarding Jews. I think that most of them is what he was referring to.
I'm glad that your beliefs give your life meaning. So do mine. Personally, I think that we live on in the events that we set in place and in the hearts and minds of the lives that we've touched and all that they touch and so on…. That motivates me to do what's right.