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RE: Which is more attractive? love or death?
October 21, 2016 at 3:12 pm
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(October 21, 2016 at 3:00 pm)AtlasS33 Wrote: Arkilogue
My disagreeing would be on how the dear felines see it: it's just another meal.
But to the observer -i.e:the person being chopped- it's quite a scene that artists and actors tried to mimic for thousands of years.
"Just another meal...."  Have you ever had to hunt and gather for your food?
The scene is a gory tug-of-war, and then there is the subjective interpretation or lack there of by participants, observes and non-observes.
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Consider me a satellite forever orbiting,
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RE: Which is more attractive? love or death?
October 21, 2016 at 4:12 pm
(October 20, 2016 at 6:28 pm)Cato Wrote: Atlas,
Not everyone lies to their children regarding the inevitability of death. The most cruel handling of the situation is telling them there is life after death.
Apparently you have proof that life after death doesn't exist.
Which is worse?
Being falsely told there is a life after death ( in which case you'd never know), or being falsely told that life after death doesn't exist (in which case you're unprepared)?
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RE: Which is more attractive? love or death?
October 21, 2016 at 4:26 pm
(October 21, 2016 at 4:12 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Which is worse?
Being falsely told there is a life after death ( in which case you'd never know), or being falsely told that life after death doesn't exist (in which case you're unprepared)?
Hello Pascal, my old friend :p
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RE: Which is more attractive? love or death?
October 21, 2016 at 4:47 pm
@OP
If you have to ask, you can no longer be trusted around the living.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Which is more attractive? love or death?
October 21, 2016 at 5:15 pm
(October 21, 2016 at 4:26 pm)Vic Wrote: (October 21, 2016 at 4:12 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: Which is worse?
Being falsely told there is a life after death ( in which case you'd never know), or being falsely told that life after death doesn't exist (in which case you're unprepared)?
Hello Pascal, my old friend :p
say what you will, I asked a legitimate question (not that I expect any of you to answer it honestly).
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RE: Which is more attractive? love or death?
October 21, 2016 at 5:28 pm
(October 21, 2016 at 5:15 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: say what you will, I asked a legitimate question (not that I expect any of you to answer it honestly).
No, you didn't. That's why you didn't get a legitimate response.
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RE: Which is more attractive? love or death?
October 21, 2016 at 5:34 pm
Love is more non-sexually attractive than death. Neither is sexually attractive. Death is far more disgusting, I'm certainly no necrophiliac, but love also ain't the biggest turn on... unless we're havin' slow romantic sex. The hardcore stuff tends not to be lovey dovey.
This is the part where you don't know whether to laugh or give a peculiar look (or both), dear reader.
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RE: Which is more attractive? love or death?
October 21, 2016 at 5:35 pm
(October 21, 2016 at 5:15 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: (October 21, 2016 at 4:26 pm)Vic Wrote: Hello Pascal, my old friend :p
say what you will, I asked a legitimate question (not that I expect any of you to answer it honestly).
Well, the point is, your question is very flawed. It's basically Pascal's Wager. Even if you consider this dichotomy legitimate... what afterlife exactly would it be? What if Islam turned out to be right about it... then you're not prepared for it, even though you believed in an afterlife, but the wrong one. That's why the question is pointless. You can use it to argue for any religion's version of 'life after death'. You can't possibly be eligible for all of them.
To answer it personally though - I think it's better to act according to all available data. And none of what I've seen has convinced me that an afterlife is possible or plausible. So I won't buy into any version of it 'just in case'. If you've come to different conclusions, hey, none of my business is it?
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RE: Which is more attractive? love or death?
October 21, 2016 at 5:37 pm
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Yup. Pascal's Wager is one of the worst arguments for God (I mean, it's not even an argument... it's a wager that completely fails) and that's saying a lot considering how crappy all arguments for God are.
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RE: Which is more attractive? love or death?
October 21, 2016 at 5:52 pm
Love or Death? If you're a necrophiliac don't you get the best of both worlds?
No matter which side of death you happen to be on?
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
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