Fool,
You had to know you get stuck with that handle--lol!! You are of course right, no suffering is involved, whether psycological or physical. You might think that getting shot in the head would be painful, but not if it does not have time to register. It is not the worst of ways to go. — boagie
LOL!!! Ever put snow on a hot lightbulb---Bink or could be a Tink, at any rate, the lights go out. — boagie
My only point might be that what is good for an individual in their quest for happyness, can create a problem for a world that needs to deal with reality.The religious you might agree are not dealing with reality and it shows at the voteting both --think Trump, and the many many hate groups who vote for him, including the religious right wing. You might consider another drug. — boagie
Given the temporality of everything around us, what makes you think the universe is eturnal? — boagie
Concepts and ideas are the tools of reason, not an end in themselves. The Maps is not the terrain so to speak. — boagie
There is no downside to death, — boagie
Suffering occurs in life, not death. With death, life ends. And with it, suffering. There's neither a downside or advantages in death for the deceased. Besides, good or bad, it happens anyway!There is no downside to death, if one does not see it coming and there is no suffering involved, whether psychological or physical suffering. — boagie
Self-deception imho is an integral part of human being. The topic of death does very well to illustrate this.
Either it's as you say and there is no downside to death - in which case our survival instinct would be a form of self-deception.
Or there is a downside to death, in which case your proclamation that there is none is an individual self-deception on your part.
So if we are to deceive ourselves either way, I might as well choose my delusions based on merit. — Hermeticus
I wouldn't say that. No more TPF. No more heroes. No more thoughts about quantum physics. No more carrot cake. No more walking the dog. No more painting. No more watching children play. -No more Coldplay, Rammstein, Killing Joke, Doors, Satie, Nat King Cole or System of a down. Not to forget Allanis Morrisette. Or Nina Hagen. No more loving. No more realizations... — MikeBlender
From my witness of death of my father in the hospice, it was very painful process going into death. It was not some sort of momentary event. It was slow and gradual, sometimes up and down condition of the physical health, and deterioration of the mind into the demise.
I am not sure what happens after one's death, but it was evident that the process of death was very slow and painful prolonged suffering of months for the dying.
Of course, each and every death is different. But some can be long lasting painful process before the actual death. — Corvus
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