Quote from aphexcoil:
Ants are little micro-machines. Two ants aren't any different from each other (unless they're from different groups). If you can't see the difference between an ant and a human being, perhaps you better crack open a good SCIENCE BOOK.
aph, i said death for humans and ants is the same. meaning, whatever an ant experiences after death is what i will experience. obviously, i know the difference between an ant and a human.
Quote from aphexcoil:
Of course you have no problem with death. You're young, healthy and have plenty of time left. However, are you still going to be giving a worm/ant/human ontological argument against the existence of god when you are in your death bed hacking up bits and pieces of blood?
being young isn't the issue. i guarantee you i will not change my beliefs when i'm dying. when i know i'm dying, i will be thinking these thoughts:
-i'm just an animal on planet earth, like any other animal.
-every animal has its time when it dies.
-i will not be thinking "why me?" stuff. or "why now?" there may be a cause for why i'm dying, but i will not think there is some grand reason why it's happening to me.
-i realize that life does not have to be fair. nothing says i have to live a long life. nothing says i can't die a minute from now. things just are the way they are.
-death is only bad while i'm alive to worry about it. once it happens, it's over with. i will not be able to miss being alive when i'm dead.
i could go on and on..
here's a great quote katrina johns put in the immortality thread:
"In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic replication, some people are going to get hurt, other people are going to get lucky, and you won't find any rhyme or reason in it, nor any justice. The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but pitiless indifference." - richard dawkins