You might have quite a bit more time...my mom lived to 95, and dad will turn 100 in October...you could have quite a bit more to go before shuffling off this mortal coil...I'm not sure I can do another 30 or 35 years, myself...
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atheism and fear of death
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Both my father and mother were dead before they reached my present age. However, I still feel healthy -- except I can't walk very well, but that's mechanical. Though, of course, not being able to move as much as I'd like is certainly not contributing to increased longevity. Still, however long I've got, I intend to enjoy it -- and though, as I said, I'm not looking forward to the process of becoming dead, the fact of being dead doesn't concern me at all.
paarsurrey
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firedragon
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Advaitha?I don't die. In my true nature I am eternal.
Then again, I'm not exactly an atheist. But then again, I'm not exactly a theist.
Madsaac
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I was only aware because I woke up, so awareness did stop.....maybe??
As above, I don't think you can be aware of experiencing nothing because you are unconscious. Once your brain stops functioning, everything stops functioning, you cannot experience anything. That state of unconsciousness that comes from a 'general' is the same as being dead, in regards to what a person can experience, which is nothing, there maybe some neurological reflexes but thats it.
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
That is only a fact, if methodological naturalism holds as in effect philosophical naturalism.
As a skeptic I don't know one way or another for such questions.
Correct.
firedragon
Veteran Member
Thanks.
One is aware of dreams and experiencing in REM sleep. Are you conscious while dreaming?
The brain does not stop functioning during deep sleep or under the state of general anesthesia. If it did, one would be considered brain dead.
You are correct that a person under general anesthetic experiences nothing. As I said previously, it's an experience of absence, not an absence of experience. The "I" still exists. It doesn't cease to exist while under anesthetic and come back into existence when one awakens, does it?
Soandso
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When you've experienced a brush with death, you Begin to realize how precious life is
I can either respect the fact that my life ends at some point, or I can seek escapism or succumb to fear of things that are out of my control. I don't want to sink into delusion, and I don't want to live a life ruled by fear. Instead of avoiding or fearing death, I've learned to accept it's eventuality and appreciate what time I do have. We all have to die some time. It's natural, and I'm not any more special than any other living thing
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
For the bold one, depending on understanding of that, e.g. the belief that humans have positive value could be consider that.
So to me, it is not that black and white, but there is also some grey for how we cope individually.
Soandso
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What does the belief that humans have positive value have to do with delusion or the fear of death? Maybe you could unpack that more for me
mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
There is no evidence for an afterlife. There is no evidence that humans have any value as such.
paarsurrey
Veteran Member
paarsurrey said:
“Let the dead bury the dead”*, right?
Luke 9:60
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“Let the dead bury the dead”*, right?
*It is a saying of (Jesus)Yeshua- the truthful Israelite Messiah ( who was neither a Zealot, nor he belonged to the Zionism people nor to the Judaism people), as per the Pauline-NT Bible, please, right?
Luke 9:60
Regards
paarsurrey
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atheism and fear of death
paarsurrey said:“Let the dead bury the dead”*, right?
*It is a saying of (Jesus)Yeshua- the truthful Israelite Messiah ( who was neither a Zealot, nor he belonged to the Zionism people nor to the Judaism people), as per the Pauline-NT Bible, please, right?
Luke 9:60
Never mind, it was a friendly discussion and is welcome. Difference of opinion and or conflict, done sincerely, is good while practicing the Religious Method, as it has inbuilt modes operandi for resolving them; I envision the Scientific Method must also have it though the history of Science is littered with the conflicts, some of them and or many of them, if not innumerable, may still have to be resolved as yet if no done already, please, right?
Clue:-
" The history of science is littered with fierce and bitter conflicts. Historians of science have generally shown a strong interest in such personal vendettas. "
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mikkel_the_dane
My own religion
atheism and fear of death
paarsurrey said:
“Let the dead bury the dead”*, right?
*It is a saying of (Jesus)Yeshua- the truthful Israelite Messiah ( who was neither a Zealot, nor he belonged to the Zionism people nor to the Judaism people), as per the Pauline-NT Bible, please, right?
Luke 9:60
Never mind, it was a friendly discussion and is welcome. Difference of opinion and or conflict, done sincerely, is good while practicing the Religious Method, as it has inbuilt modes operandi for resolving them; I envision the Scientific Method must also have it though the history of Science is littered with the conflicts, some of them and or many of them, if not innumerable, may still have to be resolved as yet if no done already, please, right?
Clue:-
" The history of science is littered with fierce and bitter conflicts. Historians of science have generally shown a strong interest in such personal vendettas. "
Regards
___________________
Making sense of conflicts in science
The history of science is littered with fierce and bitter conflicts. Historians of science have generally shown a strong interest in such personal vendettas. This is not merely because they impart …
Well, just look as Gaza and you will see no conflict as per relgion. That is all fake news from Satan, please, right?