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#11
10-06-2007, 06:56 AM
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That would depend on your definition of atheist.....if Buddhists are atheist (which many are) then the two points of atheism and belief in existence ending in this lifetime are definitely not congruent.
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#12
10-06-2007, 08:03 AM
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There are non-theists/atheists who do believe in continued existence after this life. An example would be reincarnation. And there are theists who do not believe in continued existence after this life, at least not in any form that would be recognizable to this self. I don't. (And fwiw, I don't fear death.)
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#13
10-06-2007, 11:40 AM
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eudaimonia, Mark
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10-11-2007, 08:03 AM
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I do fear dying. I suspect most everyone does, it seems to me a rather sensible evolutionary trait.
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#15
10-11-2007, 04:46 PM
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I fear death, not for any very rational reason, I guess the idea of not being around bothers me. I know I probably won't even know I'm dead (unless I'm completely wrong about the way the universe works) but I still don't like the idea.
I try not to think about it too much though, I figure this is what I've got, if there's something after ******* awesome, but why let the idea that it will end distract from the wonder around me right now.
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#16
10-12-2007, 01:45 AM
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I fear the act of dying, but not death itself. I didn't exist for an eternity before I was born, I don't recall that being so bad. I imagine non-existence will be exactly that and I won't care. I choose to enjoy the time I have.
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#17
10-12-2007, 05:49 AM
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We've all got ti die at some point, I just hope that when I die I'll be old, surrounded by people I love and to die painlessly. But yea dieing scares the hell out of me, goes against almost every instinct in me.
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#18
10-12-2007, 06:13 AM
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I do not fear death simply because I won't be there. I don't fear dying as that is going to happen hopefully a long time from now and I have no time fearing everything possible.
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10-13-2007, 03:04 AM
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10-13-2007, 03:58 AM
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