Why is it so difficult for most to accept that our lives end upon our deaths?
Once you die, there is nothing left but a lump of meat
Some people are unhappy with live and don't want to believe this is all that there is. Wishful thinking.
I quite like the idea of going back to stardust.
I'll float around with you.
@ElusiveMoby Elon Musk will transport your ashes into outer space for a small fee
@GreenAtheist What an incredible opportunity. Almost worth any price.
Why do people give one rat's ass, or one moment of the their actual life wasting time on this? I honestly do not understand it..........
once again I turn to Buddhist thinking, death is just another part of life,
there is no reason to fear that. death is not a source of suffering.
it is the fear of death that is the source of suffering.
when you no longer fear death you no longer suffer.
The Buddhists&Catholics of SE ASIA did not fear death but did give the world but did give the world 50 years of suffering....us Veterans For Peace learned this truth by rejecting platitudes and fear for Atheism and music
People's Army of Vietnam
Slogan translates as "Determined to win."
Did not fear death, I understand a common tattoo was" born in the north to die in the south" this was considered a great tactical advantage.
somewhere the basic tenets of Buddhism were lost. and that is why the Buddhist monks set themselves on fire to protest.
@m16566 2 monks immolated in Saigon and one American immolated at the Pentagon with VERY SLOW success
Life does linger especially through our children and mourners as do we carry on some of our forebears.....morbid obsession with dead bodies is the essence of religions and most Atheists mourn loved ones while believers either are griefstruck OR PRETENDING LIFE CONTINUES in an alleged heaven
Because we miss people when they're dead and want them to be alive, somewhere.
Yet religions predicate eternal living through reward and punishment. Look how damaging that is to those who wish their loved ones were still existing somewhere.