What do you think of this quote?: "Life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease." —Marilyn Duckworth
a depressing, morbid way to look at it but difficult to argue against. unless, of course, one is religious & really believes in a hereafter. i wonder how many really believe in it. there would have to be some doubts in many educated believers. i would think it would be harder to live with those doubts than to be a non-believer.
must be the weather here that's getting to me here.
got back from AZ late Jan. no snow here & i was able to golf 3,4 times a week until last thurs when we got hit with a snowstorm. then had the snowfall added to so that i'm looking out my window at close to a foot of snow on my front lawn.
highly unusual for southern Van Isle but i suppose it must be connected to global warming. i don't think any of the residents on the prairies, where they've had severely cold temps recently, would agree though.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I feel that believers know deep down that they are wrong. This is why they push the idea that you cannot kill yourself to get to that heaven coz it is a sin and you would go the other way. Real believers would also be trying to get cancer or hoping they did. You could also try to get hit by a bus or hire a hitman. Could we all just admit that our best life is here and now instead of some imaginary place after we die. This is all so silly.
DenoPenno
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Mar 2, 2023
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Up until the 600s, there was no /or little outcry against suicide in the catholic church. Think martyrs. Making it a mortal sin occurred after a rash of priests started committing suicide to get to heaven quicker; the Middle Ages, from most accounts were not loaded with fun.
I think it is quite thought provoking in that life is no doubt terminal and no more than a vessel ( gene machine) to carry and pass on genes to the next generation .This train of thought can be attributed to Richard Dawkins .
richiegtt
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Mar 1, 2023
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actually, A. Schopenhauer came out with his depressing thesis ( to para: we are all subject to a universal will or force to procreate, just like the lowest form of bacteria) 100 yrs or so before Dawkins.
It is an extremely negative and ridiculous thing to say.
Studies shows your moods, feelings and thoughts all influence your physical health.
Research is mounting that your outlook, your personality and how upbeat you are have a profound impact on not just how you feel, but also on how your cells age.
Almost as powerful as meditation is simple optimism. One study showed even one day of a mindfulness meditation practice can down -regulate a gene that codes for inflammation- one of the greatest drivers of of aging.
In one massive 2009 study, Dr. Hilary Tindle analyzed data from 97,253 women for the National Institutes of Health's Women's Health Initiative, trying to correlate hopefulness and mortality.
Women who scored high on optimism-being hopeful about the future- the results showed, had significantly lower rates of heart disease, cancer and mortality than women who scored high on pessimism.
Tindle also studied cynicism, which can be described as feeling of pessimism about other people, expecting them to be untrustworthy and even harmful. Women with lower cynicism, compared to those who view most other people with suspicion, had lower risk of death.
Enjoy the time you've got, and you just might get more of it.
From "Get Your Head In the Game"- Cutting-Edge Research is Showing That Your Outlook Can Change How You Age- at the Cellular Level."
By Jeffrey Kluger, Time Magazine, March 2 , 2015
LiterateHiker
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Mar 1, 2023
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yeah, probably some truth to that.
reality sucks though & seems to impose itself on most of us. just need to find the right med/drug.
"Life is a sexually transmitted terminal disease."
Sounds about right to me. I didn’t consent to it yet I’m forced to deal with it.
Scott321
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Mar 1, 2023
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'The leading cause of death is life.'
-- I have no idea where I first heard that.
@RichCC Everybody wants to get to heaven, but nobody wants to die. How many times have we heard that one?
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