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Thinking of death
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RE: Thinking of death
February 23, 2015 at 2:22 pm
(February 23, 2015 at 2:17 pm)LastPoet Wrote: Ha, that is you speaking, I intend to live forever Big Grin

I leave you in charge of the cacti after I die, then.
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RE: Thinking of death
February 23, 2015 at 2:25 pm
(February 23, 2015 at 2:22 pm)Norman Humann Wrote: I leave you in charge of the cacti after I die, then.

Don't worry, I'll go in front of you...


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RE: Thinking of death
February 23, 2015 at 2:38 pm
I tried to off myself once, so I consider anything beyond that bonus years. I'm ready to check out at any time. Sure, I'd like to live longer now that I have kids, so I can be there for them and see them grow up. But I have no fear about the reaper coming, and sometimes I even look forward to it. Peaceful oblivion appears quite tempting when compared to this reality sometimes.

Mental illness can be a pretty good cure for fear of death.
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Thinking of death
February 23, 2015 at 2:51 pm
(February 23, 2015 at 12:50 am)dyresand Wrote: We still be here on the molecular level though.

Not exactly. I mean it really depends on which molecules you identify yourself with. All we are is just atom recyclers. About every 5 years every atom in you body is replace with another atom. So what are you really?

If you identify yourself with the atoms that currently make up your body then in 5 years you will be dead. The child that you remember being is dead now. All your memories of growing up are based on a different set of atoms.
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RE: Thinking of death
February 23, 2015 at 2:59 pm
(February 23, 2015 at 2:17 pm)LastPoet Wrote:
(February 23, 2015 at 10:07 am)Cinjin Wrote: I would never want to live forever. How awful a thing it would be to never die.

Imagine you had 100 trillion years to explore the universe, coming to the end of that and realizing that you had only used up one second of eternity. No thanks. Death is what makes life so god damn beautiful. The bell rings for us all and when mine comes, it comes. Contemplating it only leads to sorrow.

Ha, that is you speaking, I intend to live forever Big Grin

I already will. Intending to do so just isn't enough. Wink
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RE: Thinking of death
February 23, 2015 at 3:15 pm
(February 23, 2015 at 2:51 pm)KUSA Wrote:
(February 23, 2015 at 12:50 am)dyresand Wrote: We still be here on the molecular level though.

Not exactly. I mean it really depends on which molecules you identify yourself with. All we are is just atom recyclers. About every 5 years every atom in you body is replace with another atom. So what are you really?

If you identify yourself with the atoms that currently make up your body then in 5 years you will be dead. The child that you remember being is dead now. All your memories of growing up are based on a different set of atoms.

Well that one part of me will still grow finger nails and even hair after my death Big Grin that is kind of morbid but hey all good things come to and end.
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RE: Thinking of death
February 23, 2015 at 3:18 pm
(February 23, 2015 at 3:15 pm)dyresand Wrote: that is kind of morbid but hey all good things come to and end.

But I like morbidity. It adds a nice realistic flavor to life. Without ugliness and sickness everything would be so sugar-coated it would have no meaning, IMO.
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RE: Thinking of death
February 23, 2015 at 3:40 pm
(February 23, 2015 at 3:18 pm)Norman Humann Wrote:
(February 23, 2015 at 3:15 pm)dyresand Wrote: that is kind of morbid but hey all good things come to and end.

But I like morbidity. It adds a nice realistic flavor to life. Without ugliness and sickness everything would be so sugar-coated it would have no meaning, IMO.

Couldn't agree anymore or any less but i do not see why people would want to believe in a lie or religion when the truth is well better than the lie its not more comforting like a place like heaven or a bad place like hell. Because well a eternal life or consciousness takes away from life being special.
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