This is the all time classic example of
the need to reference reality through an
emotional filter because it is otherwise too
uncomfortable. By what right do we have the
authority to demand that one of the most basic
laws of biology be suspended for our convenience
We have the ability to philosophise and to moralise so
we must be too important to only have a finite existence
like all the other species of the animal kingdom ? Now only
been here mere 200, 000 years and already are demanding
special treatment which is bit cheeky really. Since the purpose
of life is propagation of the species : that is it and any thing else
just superfluous to requirement in spite of our recognised supreme
intelligence. Because we are still mammals at the end of the day and
Evolution applies to us no less than it does to others. We do not get any
special treatment merely because we can read and write : it does not work
like that unfortunately. You attach whatever meaning you wish to your life but
still die a natural death like every other organism on the planet past present and
future. The fact that you do not like it is beside the point : either accept it or don t
accept it but on a practical level it makes not the blindest bit of difference. But whilst
we are on the subject what exactly are you afraid of ? You not want to spend the rest of
eternity in a blissful state of non consciousness free of all pain and suffering. Why not ? I do
the need to reference reality through an
emotional filter because it is otherwise too
uncomfortable. By what right do we have the
authority to demand that one of the most basic
laws of biology be suspended for our convenience
We have the ability to philosophise and to moralise so
we must be too important to only have a finite existence
like all the other species of the animal kingdom ? Now only
been here mere 200, 000 years and already are demanding
special treatment which is bit cheeky really. Since the purpose
of life is propagation of the species : that is it and any thing else
just superfluous to requirement in spite of our recognised supreme
intelligence. Because we are still mammals at the end of the day and
Evolution applies to us no less than it does to others. We do not get any
special treatment merely because we can read and write : it does not work
like that unfortunately. You attach whatever meaning you wish to your life but
still die a natural death like every other organism on the planet past present and
future. The fact that you do not like it is beside the point : either accept it or don t
accept it but on a practical level it makes not the blindest bit of difference. But whilst
we are on the subject what exactly are you afraid of ? You not want to spend the rest of
eternity in a blissful state of non consciousness free of all pain and suffering. Why not ? I do
A MIND IS LIKE A PARACHUTE : IT DOES NOT WORK UNLESS IT IS OPEN
