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Post by moviemouth on Nov 2, 2020 2:48:42 GMT
Not the process of dying, but the state of no longer existing?
This is even for people who believe in an afterlife. If it was proved that there is no such thing as an afterlife and that death is that you simply cease to exist in every way, does that frighten you?
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Post by Nicko's Nose on Nov 2, 2020 2:56:03 GMT
Nothing scares me more than the idea of eternal nothingness. Everytime I think about it I freak out.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Nov 2, 2020 2:56:27 GMT
No, it doesn't frighten me. I've known all along that my stay here was never meant to be permanent.
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Post by enigma72 on Nov 2, 2020 3:23:29 GMT
It doesn't scare me at all.
like the above poster, I know this is not my home.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 2, 2020 3:30:29 GMT
It doesn't scare me at all. like the above poster, I know this is not my home. What does that even mean? I am asking people if death is the end of your existence in every shape and form, including some spirit form or soul, if that would scare you?
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 2, 2020 3:33:00 GMT
Nothing scares me more than the idea of eternal nothingness. Everytime I think about it I freak out. I find it sad, but it doesn't scare me. Non-existence means no more worries, no more boredom, no more loneliness, no more sadness etc. and I find that rather refreshing.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 2, 2020 3:34:48 GMT
No, it doesn't frighten me. I've known all along that my stay here was never meant to be permanent.Everybody knows that.
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Post by Schwarzwald Magnus on Nov 2, 2020 3:36:03 GMT
I'll worry about being dead when I'm dead. Asking what comes after death is like asking what's further north than the North Pole.
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Post by gw on Nov 2, 2020 3:36:52 GMT
It does but look at the likely alternative. You live on a planet storing all your uber-long term memories around a red dwarf while the universe slowly decays and unless there's another universe you can go to, it's really a choice between not existing and existing with pretty much nothing around.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Nov 2, 2020 3:40:20 GMT
No, it doesn't frighten me. I've known all along that my stay here was never meant to be permanent.Everybody knows that. Then why get your undies in a twist about it?
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Post by movielover on Nov 2, 2020 3:41:11 GMT
Yes, it does.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 2, 2020 3:43:40 GMT
It does but look at the likely alternative. You live on a planet storing all your uber-long term memories around a red dwarf while the universe slowly decays and unless there's another universe you can go to, it's really a choice between not existing and existing with pretty much nothing around. That is usually what people believe or hope for. That you will be reborn or awaken in a meta-universe or "heaven" etc. There is also the idea that everything just keeps repeating over and over for eternity. That once you die, you will be reborn as yourself again once everything is rebooted so to speak and you will live the same exact life again.
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 2, 2020 3:44:13 GMT
Then why get your undies in a twist about it? My undies aren't in a twist about anything. I am just interested in what other people think.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Nov 2, 2020 3:48:16 GMT
Then why get your undies in a twist about it? My undies aren't in a twist about anything. I am just interested in what other people think. Okay, I've thought about it for years, and here's what I think. If physical death = nonexistence, we'll never know it. I'll be out of my pain. You can't have pain without first having existence, yes?
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 2, 2020 3:50:45 GMT
My undies aren't in a twist about anything. I am just interested in what other people think. Okay, I've thought about it for years, and here's what I think. If physical death = nonexistence, we'll never know it. I'll be out of my pain. You can't have pain without first having existence, yes? You perfectly answered my question with that response.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Nov 2, 2020 3:52:25 GMT
Okay, I've thought about it for years, and here's what I think. If physical death = nonexistence, we'll never know it. I'll be out of my pain. You can't have pain without first having existence, yes? You perfectly answered my question with that response. I did? Happy to be of service. 
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Post by moviemouth on Nov 2, 2020 3:55:05 GMT
You perfectly answered my question with that response.
Happy to be of service. Yes, I think you did. You gave your honest thoughts on the matter and that is all I am interested in here.
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Post by gw on Nov 2, 2020 3:59:03 GMT
It does but look at the likely alternative. You live on a planet storing all your uber-long term memories around a red dwarf while the universe slowly decays and unless there's another universe you can go to, it's really a choice between not existing and existing with pretty much nothing around. That is usually what people believe or hope for. That you will be reborn or awaken in a meta-universe or "heaven" etc. There is also the idea that everything just keeps repeating over and over for eternity. That once you die, you will be reborn as yourself again once everything is rebooted so to speak and you will live the same exact life again. That's the gist of it with the first one I'm sure, but I've never met anybody who thinks that they'll live the exact life again, but rather a different sort of life through reincarnation. The latter sounds to me like the movie K Pax as that's the only place I've heard that idea brought up.
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Post by Prime etc. on Nov 2, 2020 4:05:28 GMT
There is also the idea that everything just keeps repeating over and over for eternity. That once you die, you will be reborn as yourself again once everything is rebooted so to speak and you will live the same exact life again. Wow I haven't heard that idea before. Different for sure.
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Post by gw on Nov 2, 2020 4:05:57 GMT
My undies aren't in a twist about anything. I am just interested in what other people think. Okay, I've thought about it for years, and here's what I think. If physical death = nonexistence, we'll never know it. I'll be out of my pain. You can't have pain without first having existence, yes? You have a very good point but what about the decay of quality of life that nearly everybody experiences before death, like memory loss, slowing reflexes, and the feeling you get that you're about to be no more?
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