Because we're all made in the image of God, and imbued with a spirit. God is the eternal "I AM", so that is our perspective..we are, just as He is. You're you because He made you to be you. We can't imagine anything else because there isn't any such thing as non-existence..we're all eternal, the only question is where you'll spend eternity.
(October 12, 2010 at 5:58 pm)R-e-n-n-a-t Wrote: Being conscious individually, as I assume everyone else is, the question comes to mind; why do I exist from a 1st person point of view? Obviously I couldn't exist from a 3rd person POV, but when I die it'll seem to me as if the world ends; MY world will end. How can I explain this... When you sleep without dreaming everything is nonremembered, and seems 'black'. If death is the same, then it'll be lights out for eternity, and therefore I'm wondering why I'm conscious to begin with. Why me? Why here? Why now? Why at all? etc.
Any answers or ideas? I've asked my friends and family, but they don't really grasp the concept of the question.