Quote:How can the universe be so cruel and yet so awesome at times too?
In today's usage,where adolescents use use "awesome" instead of "I like", I'm not able to say the universe is "awesome". However, I DO find the universe "awesome" as in " awe inspiring" as well as stunningly beautiful (the teeny bit I can see) and mind boggling in scope.
Cruelty is moral concept,the universe is not cruel,or evil,nor good nor kind,it just is.
OF course I'm afraid of dying,all animals are,it's what triggers our fight/flight reflex, and helps us stay alive.Dying is an experience for many,but from what I can see is hardly an adventure. Unless you consider dying by inches over a long period and/or from something disgusting and painful an adventure. Ive seen both happen to people I loved. "Adventure" is not a word I'd use.
As far as I and anyone else can tell,death is not an adventure.That may be because DEATH ISN'T AN EXPERIENCE. At least I don't believe so.That's due to no one in recorded history having so far proved there is an after life,of any kind.Of course I may be wrong. Do hope I'm wrong? Well no,not if God is the inconsistent, petty,petulant,cruel ,sadistic and vindictive God of the Abrahamic faiths.
It occurred to me a long time ago " I don't fear the aeons I did not exist, why should I fear not existing again?
This is written on a tomb in Pompeii : "I was not.I was. I Am not. I don't care"
