[N.T.M.]

Originally Posted by tornupsock

I'm afraid of situations where the possibility of dying is overshadowed by surviving as a vegetable.

THAT truly scares me.

YES!!! I'll admit things like that terrify me.

Originally Posted by Blackraven

Anyways, while we are on the topic of this (incl. psychological and philosophical bla-bla), here's something to think about for ourselves:
Why do you matter? Why do you deserve to be here? More important than all else though, why would anyone else give a damn about you when there are >six billion people around you claiming the same thing? What makes your life more important than theirs?

I wrote a paper about that actually. Maybe I'll post some parts here.

Originally Posted by A Joseph Smith Sphinx

This is not the case and does not even make sense.

You missed the point entirely. It says, excluding its aid in the past (evolution), presently we can cognitively transcend that since we are capable of realizing our insignificance.

Savy?

Originally Posted by Cali

Christians arent the only people who think they are going somewhere after they die.

Are you sure about that? Cuz I was certain that the belief of an afterlife was exclusive to Christianity.

lmao, I know! I just referenced the empathy since our perspectives coincide in that respect.

Originally Posted by Ribos

I think it's a silly sort of security blanket to believe thus without any sort of proof, so I have no reason to enjoy the state of being dead.

I'm not gonna go there =P. All hell will break loose.