At 4/9/09 03:13 PM, MetalSlimeHunt wrote:
At 4/9/09 02:44 PM, SoulMaster71 wrote:
At 4/9/09 02:31 PM, MetalSlimeHunt wrote:
It's actualy a lot better of a fate than what most religions say.
How is an "end" better than being with God forever, or being reincarnated, or even than eternal torment? Honestly, I think any of those things are infinitely more probable, and infinitely better, than just "ending".
Being with god forever, you don't think you will get bored eventualy?
With God? No. Eternity with God is eternal bliss, and having most of your friends and family there just makes it better.
Reincarnation makes liveing pointless, as you will just end up starting all over indefinately.
But at least you're still in existence. Throw in karma, and you've got a moral code, provided you don't want to be reincarnated as a frog.
Etertal torrment is just... bad.
Not as bad as not existing at all.
With a definate ending there is no reason to fear death, simply to avoid it.
There's also no reason for morals, restraint, or anything else that allows society to exist.
You won't be aware of non-existance, there is no endless black void. Imagineing non-existance is difficult because it is the oppisite of thinking. Life is like a movie, you got to reach the credits no matter how long the movie is.
There's always a sequel. But the idea of just "ending" tells people just this (copypasted from one of my recent posts):
"There are no lasting consequences. The worst that will happen is, they will kill you, and after that the same nothingness that they will see in their own death: a complete end to it all. And while you lived as you wanted, raping and killing and stealing and having gay sex, they had restraint and lived their lives in accordance with moral principles. And they got nothing out of it, while you at least had fun. So go ahead, do what you want without restraint."
With that, the only other sources of morality besides religion (laws and possibly cultural traditions) become toothless, meaningless. They have no force without an eternal, or at least a future, state of reward or punishment.