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Personally I think there HAS to be something after we die. It seems unfathomable to me that we die and then thats it. We can't just live for 80+ years and then die. That would be pointless.

 

 

Life IS pointless. It doesn't exist for any reason, other than the amount of energy and conditions here make it possible to do so.

 

When you stop beating an egg, there isn't some pseudo-material essence-of-egg-beater that continues; you just aren't turning the handle any more. Similarly, when your life stops, there isn't some pseudo-material essence of life that continues; the process comes to an end. The End.

 

 

It's really quite amazing that so many allegedly intelligent people, can't grasp this, and insist on believing that when a PROCESS (life) stops, there has to be some THING that continues to exist. It's a ludicrous idea.

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No 1 for me! I have never understood why humans cannot grasp that we are here for no other reason than our mother and father forn****ed! We are not specially selected and we simply exist. What we do have to do, however, is try to enjoy the one bite of the cherry that we have, without upsetting other people. Sorry to be so cynical, but sometimes the truth is painful. If straw-clutching is your bag, then please believe what you want for an afterlife, but to me death is unfortunately...the end.

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Of course it’s a ludicrous idea. You don’t know, I don’t know and no-one knows. So with all due respect your idea is just as ludicrous, considering you don’t really know and are simply guessing, as we are. Intelligence has nothing to do with what goes on in an individual’s head, quite a lot of boffins have crazy ideas about the after-life, just as we do.

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I know what you mean about the straw clutching and it does make more sense to think we just stop. But you must admit that #4 is comforting, that we might have a few more goes at getting it right and #5 is a really exciting concept. moving on to something we can't comprehend right now.

 

When you think of all the human endeavour and creativity some people exhibit and all the hours of thinking and inventing we all endure, it does seem rather a waste that it all just stops ...

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Of course it’s a ludicrous idea. You don’t know, I don’t know and no-one knows.

 

 

I know, because the answer is so goddamned obvious that even a chimpanzee could work it out. When life stops, it STOPS. Where did people ever get hold of this ridiculous notion that something must somehow carry on?

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I know, because the answer is so goddamned obvious that even a chimpanzee could work it out. When life stops, it STOPS. Where did people ever get hold of this ridiculous notion that something must somehow carry on?

 

And when did you get the idea that your opinion is the be all and end all? What I think is just that - what I think. Not what you think, not what anyone else thinks. Just me. Thats what an opinion is - thats what the OP said - what are your views. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but saying something such as "It's really quite amazing that so many allegedly intelligent people, can't grasp this, and insist on believing that when a PROCESS (life) stops, there has to be some THING that continues to exist. It's a ludicrous idea." is a ludicrous idea to me. How do you know? Have you died before? If you had, I think you would be posting this from heaven/hell/wherever we end up, or you would not be posting that at all. So how on earth can you possibly be so sure of your own intelligence that you can completely disregard other peoples opinions?

 

If you have no evidence to back up your view, thats what it is. A view, not a fact, so state it as a view. Don't make up a load of tripe about how you're superior to other posters, because you're not.

 

Rant over.

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If you have no evidence to back up your view, thats what it is. A view, not a fact, so state it as a view. Don't make up a load of tripe about how you're superior to other posters, because you're not.

 

Rant over.

 

A good rant BobbyBunny.

 

I expect the majority of people consider there is some sort of 'afterlife'. In my opinion this is why so many people enjoy religion, and certainly why they turn to religion in times of stress; it provides an explanation, a reason, something to believe in when you lie there worrying about death.

 

But. Personally. I go for Number 1. Nothingness!

 

I think about death a lot. Too much. I can cope with my family, friends and dog dying. I'll cry and get drunk and cry again. And get over it eventually. But my own death troubles me, perhaps because I'm not able to accept that there is something after death. Perhaps I should find religion!

 

But instead, I look forward to the perfect death. I don't want life to be extracted from my body quickly and against my will. So I hope to suffer a particularly painful and long-drawn-out death. I want to suffer so much pain that I wish that I am dead.

 

And thereby my final wish will be granted. Hah, Grim Reaper, I will say, I am so pleased to meet you!

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I know, because the answer is so goddamned obvious that even a chimpanzee could work it out. When life stops, it STOPS. Where did people ever get hold of this ridiculous notion that something must somehow carry on?

 

Oh dear, I seem to have ruffled your feathers and offer you my sincere apologies. However, in mitigation I have to say that I had no idea that you were such a superior, intelligent being that you know, for an absolute certainty, that when life stops, it stops.

 

Now that I know this to be an absolute fact because you say so, I’ll nip back to Africa and tell the other chimpanzees of the wonders of your godammed logic and advise them against thinking anything else beyond the fact — as pronounced by your almighty intelligence — that an after-life for such lowly creatures as ourselves is impossible.

 

When they know this to be a fact, I am sure they will want to show their appreciation to you, as the ultimate professor of life and death, by presenting you with a bunch of bananas. Obviously you will wish to reciprocate so may I suggest a signed copy of your published work on this subject — just for them to see and understand for themselves exactly how you worked it all out.

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