Thread: Afterlife? Say what?

Discuss.

That is why I don't fear death. Why would it be any different than before you are born?

I don't see why eternal existence is so good anyway. Even if they manage to prevent people from becoming old in the future, I know I wouldn't want to live forever.

Originally Posted by Photolysis

That is why I don't fear death. Why would it be any different than before you are born?

I don't see why eternal existence is so good anyway. Even if they manage to prevent people from becoming old in the future, I know I wouldn't want to live forever.

That's what I always ask the Jeebus Pals when they come around: what do they have to do that's so important that they need all of eternity? What would they do with all their time? The impression I get from them is that their whole day would consist of jerking off their god's ego. How boring that would be.

Judeo-Christians cling to their hopeless afterlife as a masked form of egotism. They're so afraid to die, and think that they're personally so important to the ordering of the universe, that they ought to live for eternity. They're as frightened of death as anyone else is.

Fear is the number one motivator for organized religion. Fear of hell is what keeps a lot of people hanging onto Christianity "just in case."

Me, I'm not afraid of death in the least. I don't expect anything more than just being gone, but I'm happy to know I have accomplished much of what I wanted to already in life.

Ah death... objectively, there is nothing to worry about, however, due to the way my brain is wired, just the mere thought of it is enough to provoke a rather strong instinctual reaction. To be honest, a person can become a lot better motivated once he/she accepts this little instinct as being what it is and not fearing at least the implications of death.

Good point.

hmmm death. Well I'm personally hoping for an afterlife, but I'm not counting on it. Oh and by hoping for one, I don't mean the Christian version. Spending eternity singing hymns is just not my cup of tea.

meh there's no point bothering about the Afterlife, if it happens it happens ( which i doubt), if it doesn't it doesn't matter. I wont be conscious at the exact point i die, so i will never know I've died, I'll just...stop, which is impossible to think about really, no thoughts or anything, you are just not there anymore. I guess that's what turns people to religion, because they don't want to think about just ending.

Originally Posted by Seismosaur

Discuss.

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By the way, anyone else think this girl is really attractive?

Originally Posted by drewmandan

By the way, anyone else think this girl is really attractive?

No. Hideous, if I was straight I wouldn't touch that with a 50 foot pole. And her accent is annoying.

Originally Posted by Rakjavik

No. Hideous, if I was straight I wouldn't touch that with a 50 foot pole. And her accent is annoying.

I think she's sexy.

Ew fat.

Also I like existence. People like to claim that they're apathetic, I don't buy it. If I ran at any of these people with 'no fear of death' with a knife, I'm pretty sure they wouldn't just sit there saying, 'oh but I've thought this through and actually if I were to defend myself that would be purely based on instinct, there's nothing actually wrong with death, etc etc'.

Virtually nobody is telling the truth when they say they have no fear of death. Personally I don't think it's anything to be proud of either. Having no problem with never again seeing anybody you love, or experiencing anything at all? You must have a pretty crap life if that's the case.