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  • SevenTales (edited 8 years ago)
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    Hmmm. That is a loaded question, that brings lots of problems and few real answers with it. This is why I try not to think about it. Of course I am scared of non-existence. There is always the argument that I was not before, and shall not be after, but I find that a little weird. I mean I am now, and I like existing, so I'd like to keep on doing just that. Death as a process does not phase me. I will die one of these days, and it will be a normal thing, and I'm not scared of it. It's just one of these things you will have to get to someday.
    But that's all there is in that discussion. Fears, and hopes. I cannot know what happens after, for certain anyway. Of course there are tales of the afterlife, but they are just that. Tales. There is as much people who've seen something as people who didn't, and I'm not ready to base an entire faith on something that might be. This is why I am agnostic. I cannot pretend to know what happens after, so I cannot form an opinion.
    I don't know, maybe I'll be in a great place, living new adventures, and keeping on existing, just differently. Or maybe I won't be anymore. The only thing I know is this: I do not fear death. The idea of non-existence on the other hand...that does not sit well with me.
    Edit:
    And you know what might actually be a way more interesting discussion, that's based around that very idea? What if you could evade death? Medical advances have staved off death, and you can now live, forever. Here are my questions, that I like to think about: Psychology just became a whole new ballpark. Imagine the lives of a 500 years old person, with all the emotional baggage and traumas.
    Would euthanasia ever be considered ethical in a world where we can keep you alive indefinitely?
    What happens to a society that suddenly have way less time sensitive pressures to push them?
    What would you do, as a really long term life goal?
    What would family relations look like?
    What happens to traumas related to accidental death? Is the trauma magnified? There is so much to think about in that scenario!