08 Jun '12 19:51>
The idea of religion is they play off of people's fear of death to give them a lie to believe so that they think they are immortal. But recognizing death, coming to terms with it is part of growing up.
Light, dark.
Light is the only thing that is really a solid. Darkness is just an absence of light.
Heat, cold
Cold is atoms slowing way way down, coming close to not moving.
Good, evil
What we see as Evil in an adult is a child's attitude to take what they want with no consequences. Even if it is in a form that seems like it is an intelligent way, they are still using childish, animalistic impulses to take what they want.
Joy, pain
Someone at a constant high is bound to die or fall sooner or later. To keep the feeling of exhilaration, you must know what the feeling of not being on that height.
To that reasoning, i would conclude if heaven existed, the only way to enjoy it would be either to be looking down on hell, and see your brothers, and friends suffering, and feel empathy or sympathy- which would make me want to get off my cloud and help them get up with me. That sounds a lot like earth.
Or the single thing that makes us a community is cut out- all empathy and sympathy is cut out. And that is messed up.
Either way, i found that when i die, i want to DIE. No life after that. I don't want to be conscious. I want to end. I don't want to make the hard decisions, i want to sleep.
And i am not a good person for the reward at the end, or the punishment either- i am a good person because THIS is the reward. This is the single life you get. I know what i want to do with it. I want to change the world. Anyone have similar or opposing views?
Light, dark.
Light is the only thing that is really a solid. Darkness is just an absence of light.
Heat, cold
Cold is atoms slowing way way down, coming close to not moving.
Good, evil
What we see as Evil in an adult is a child's attitude to take what they want with no consequences. Even if it is in a form that seems like it is an intelligent way, they are still using childish, animalistic impulses to take what they want.
Joy, pain
Someone at a constant high is bound to die or fall sooner or later. To keep the feeling of exhilaration, you must know what the feeling of not being on that height.
To that reasoning, i would conclude if heaven existed, the only way to enjoy it would be either to be looking down on hell, and see your brothers, and friends suffering, and feel empathy or sympathy- which would make me want to get off my cloud and help them get up with me. That sounds a lot like earth.
Or the single thing that makes us a community is cut out- all empathy and sympathy is cut out. And that is messed up.
Either way, i found that when i die, i want to DIE. No life after that. I don't want to be conscious. I want to end. I don't want to make the hard decisions, i want to sleep.
And i am not a good person for the reward at the end, or the punishment either- i am a good person because THIS is the reward. This is the single life you get. I know what i want to do with it. I want to change the world. Anyone have similar or opposing views?