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I was reading 9/11 stories for whatever reason, I guess cause today is Veteran's Day, and came across a story about a guy who called his father shortly before perishing in one of the towers, and the father was describing how grateful he was that he had that final moment with his son. And it really struck me that that truly was their final moment, there is no after-life where you reunite with your loved ones. That's it, that's the last time he'll ever hear from his son again, and now he only has memories to live by.
It really depressed me thinking about it, and about it happening to me, and I can see how people so easily use religion as a coping mechanism for these types of events, because facing the cold indifference of reality can be tough.
In a lot of ways, being born any other animal than a human is better because you lack even the ability to comprehend and understand your insignificance, and you don't have the ego that tries to tell you otherwise.
Edit: I actually want to move this to the Atheism forum, I'll post it there and the mods can delete this one.
Life's a piece o s*it,
when you look at it.
Life's a laugh and deaths a joke, it's true .
You'll see it's all a show,
Keep em laughing as you go.
Just remember the last laugh is on you.
This sums up my feelings on death. Nothing to get too worried about.
I actually found this scene with this song in the movie (The life of Brian), very profound.
I know what you mean, but at least you have the opportunity to create meaning which is what humans have been doing all along. It is the essence of the human condition, and can be beautiful even if sometimes in a stark way.
Why don't you go and teach an English class or something........
wut, lol. Your grammar was fine, I'm just saying reality is rarely more interesting than fantasy. That's why the entertainment industry is so profitable...
But imagine how awful eternal life would be. millions and millions of years, on and on and on. Yuk.
Depends on what that life is spent doing...
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