reply to post by TheOracle
Remove that picture from your thing it's justa distrqction. Are you just how you look? Do you want people to comment how pretty you are? Is this how
you want to be defined in a forum? I don't suggest this in bad taste. I think some people have profile images that make life here more difficult. I'm
sorry if you happen to not be the lady in the picture or you think it's ok as is. Do you understand that it interrupts the flow of thought? Try
posting an image of the milky way - is more impartial. Sorry for bring this up.
The thought that death is it, the final moment, is something that's hard to process. I think it creates fear in us. I think evolution desired that we
do not focus too much on the fear, so it encouraged us to create religions and faiths to divert our attentionr away from it. But all sorts of things
are possible. I just think ti's all wrapped up in a messy evolutionary kind of way for the benefit of whatever it's that humans perpetuate.
My wish is that someday we can observe the past with perfect clarity. Taht would make everyone immortal in memory. I think that's all really anybody
wants. Even if nobody ever observes your memory in the total history of the univese, just having it as a possibility woiuld offer our mind some
peace.
Summary:
From a material perspective, death just doesn't wrap things up on its own. Too many connections between things. Religion and and other things help to
put that last nail in the coffin.
PS: Recognizing good or evil is not the same thing as being self-righteous about it. Generally, evil is a negative contribution. We can create
scenarios where evil is a logical and resourceful choice, like not saving a child so you don't put at risk 10 adult lives, but I think that this is
subjective. What about killing a baby to save 70 people (including the baby) from being exterminated by a enemy force? Daily we make choices that have
good and bad characteristics. Selfishness has actually benefited our survival. Too much of it is likely unhealthy, as most things are in excess. I'm
not sure that an inbetween answer is ever going to please the most self-righteous people who cannot tolerate any evil at all. Most things in reality
are a mix, not either/or.
edit on 30-11-2011 by jonnywhite because: (no reason given)