RE: Cognitive dissonance
February 27, 2016 at 3:04 pm
(This post was last modified: February 27, 2016 at 3:05 pm by robvalue.)
I may be unusual, I don't know. I had a chat with a friend about this subject recently, and he was quite amazed by my attitude. I've never had a problem with death, I've never worried about it as far as I can remember. I've adopted a pragmatic attitude, like I try to do with everything. I've never wanted to live forever, either.
It probably helped that I was never raised with any nonsense stories about living forever, or heaven. I can see how being made to believe that as a child could make it harder when you realize later on that it's not true. You've lost something, in effect. I never had it in the first place.
I can actually see the religious position on death causing dissonance, though. They're dead, yet they're alive. They're here, yet they're not. I just accept they are dead, but memories live on.
It probably helped that I was never raised with any nonsense stories about living forever, or heaven. I can see how being made to believe that as a child could make it harder when you realize later on that it's not true. You've lost something, in effect. I never had it in the first place.
I can actually see the religious position on death causing dissonance, though. They're dead, yet they're alive. They're here, yet they're not. I just accept they are dead, but memories live on.
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