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Peter
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Message 13 of 40 (40197)
05-15-2003 5:43 AM
Reply to: Message 10 by DC85
05-14-2003 8:37 PM


I've never really understood this fear of death thing.
If there is nothing ... then we won't know.
If there is something thenwe carry on in some other form.
Either way I don't really see a need for fear.

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Peter
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Message 28 of 40 (40391)
05-16-2003 7:09 AM
Reply to: Message 16 by Gzus
05-15-2003 1:52 PM


I used to think about death a lot when I was young.
I couldn't get my head around the concept of lack
of consciousness and it gave me an insight into where
after-life myths have arisen.
As I grew older I realised that, since death was an inevitable
part of life it wasn't worth worrying about. By that I
don't mean that I go recklessly jumping off bridges etc.
but that getting on with your life and making the most of
it was worth more than contemplating something that I'll find
out about in the long run (or not ... depending )

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Peter
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Message 29 of 40 (40392)
05-16-2003 7:14 AM
Reply to: Message 14 by Paul
05-15-2003 1:23 PM


If you know that you have an inner spirit that will go
on after the death of your physical body then death is
nothing to fear ... and according to you if you don't
fear death then you have no proof of an inner spirit ...
That's a bit of a paradox really.
How do you know that other animals don't know about death?
Some people don't value the lives of others, or justify
killing them one way or another ... does that mean that they
don't know that they are going to die? (This relates to your
comments on animals killing after mating ... which is an
energy reclamation activity I would guess).
Do humans in the rain-forests of south america or the plains
of africa stress over their mortality ... or are they more
concerned with surviving the week ... or the day?
I don't think it's our brains that make us worry about these
things, but that we have mental capacity to spare in the
western world (otherwise we wouldn't be fiddling about on this
forum, would we? )

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Peter
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Message 33 of 40 (40495)
05-17-2003 6:52 AM
Reply to: Message 31 by bulldog98
05-16-2003 11:35 AM


Hmm ... that's true (also I take schraf's point).

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Peter
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Message 40 of 40 (40621)
05-19-2003 5:47 AM
Reply to: Message 39 by crashfrog
05-18-2003 5:16 PM


Maybe it's all about 'quality of life' then ...
Perhaps people worry about death more if they are
dissatisfied with aspects of their life ... and have
the time to lament it.
In the west we tend to have time to think about other stuff
while being stuck on our offices (or cars going to meetings
etc.) ... less technological cultures tend (I think) to require
full focus on tasks to get them done right, then can forget about
them entirely during rest/leisure time.
Dunno ... just a thought.

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