Can we meaningfully compare being alive to being dead? — Purple Pond
So add up all the joy in life and subtract all the pain — Purple Pond
I've been thinking about life lately and I'm starting to wonder whether or not life is actually worth living. The vast majority of people want to live and we're always attempting to evade death. So presumably it is better to be alive than to be dead. That being said, what sort of calculation do we implicitly make when we say that life is worth living and that death should be avoided? — Purple Pond
The important question, and one which is consonant with the philosopher's embodiment, is "How should I live". — Bitter Crank
what sort of calculation do we implicitly make when we say that life is worth living and that death should be avoided — Purple Pond
Organisms, including humans, are designed to live actively, and we all keep living, and we all keep wanting to live, — Bitter Crank
If this biological drive was inherently as strong as you suggest, there’d be no cases of deliberate self-harm or suicide. — CuddlyHedgehog
until some point of decay and dysfunction is passed when life is no longer feasible. At that point, we begin to actively die. — Bitter Crank
:snicker: I hope you're not serious dear :lol:P.S God is a delusional belief. I don’t know how seemingly educated and intelligent people can believe in such made-up fantasies. — CuddlyHedgehog
One of the problems of guns is that they are very swift and generally fatal. A loaded gun doesn't allow for much chance to reconsider. People who would use slower methods (hanging, for instance) have time to think twice and often do decide not to take the final step. — Bitter Crank
When despair becomes sufficiently intense, or when loneliness is too severe, or the pain of existence (from physical or mental disease) is too great, people turn toward suicide and consider that option. — Bitter Crank
But if the biological drive to live was not inherently as strong as I suggest, there would be a lot more suicides. — Bitter Crank
:snicker: I hope you're not serious dear :lol: — Agustino
That is the problem, why not? Join the fun ;)Im not the one giggling. — CuddlyHedgehog
No worries, I already know I am dumb and uneducated :blush: :sweat:Sorry, I didn’t mean to mislabel some people as educated and intelligent. — CuddlyHedgehog
One should live their life to the best of their ability and then have faith through their actions and belief in the Kingdom of God — Count Radetzky von Radetz
Yes, I know. What's my prize? :cool:I wasn’t referring to you but your honest self-reflection is commendable. — CuddlyHedgehog
What are you talking about, I already am there. I need a real authentic prize, don't try to cheat me out of this! :razz:A place in the Hall of Dumb. — CuddlyHedgehog
Excellent! *Hamster munches on pretzel* Life is indeed worth living! :cool:Ok, here’s a pretzel then — CuddlyHedgehog
From this I can assume that you are all atheists? — Count Radetzky von Radetz
Matthew's gospel is perhaps the most definitive if one would like to research the purpose of life.
One should live their life to the best of their ability and then have faith through their actions and belief in the Kingdom of God.
From this I can assume that you are all atheists? Matthew's gospel... — Count Radetzky von Radetz
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