Poll: A Question about death.
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Does the appearance of a 'Deity' imply that there is something in the afterlife?
If it did, I'd probably do a ton of volunteer and charity work just to get in His good books. I wouldn't worry about dying... that much
If it doesn't, then I wouldn't. Knowing when your life would end would just make me depressed. I'd constantly think about that fateful day...
But then again, it wouldn't really matter. If there is nothing after death, then you can't miss life, because you don't exist. You don't think.
The phrase 'Ignorance is bliss' comes to mind when I read this sort of stuff.
If it did, I'd probably do a ton of volunteer and charity work just to get in His good books. I wouldn't worry about dying... that much
If it doesn't, then I wouldn't. Knowing when your life would end would just make me depressed. I'd constantly think about that fateful day...
But then again, it wouldn't really matter. If there is nothing after death, then you can't miss life, because you don't exist. You don't think.
The phrase 'Ignorance is bliss' comes to mind when I read this sort of stuff.
Yeah. Then I would know... wait... wait. I'm an atheist... ummm, lets say it was a machine that accurately predicts your time of death for my version of this scenario. Okay. Continuing on, I would say yes anyway, because then I would know exactly when I could kill the... jack-ass's... that I really hate, and still get away with it... because I'll be dead soon after.
Morbid and slightly psychotic, but, hey, you asked.
Morbid and slightly psychotic, but, hey, you asked.
saying yes could actualy make it a self-fulfilling prophecy, people have actuly got themselves killed after someone told them they were going to die, because they were told so and either went crazy trying to stop it, or acted so careless that they accidentaly put themselves in harms way.
I could care less if I knew either way, although if asked I would be too intrigued to say no. With that information I would alter essentially nothing in my course of life. I still in every way intend to be better active, travel and what have you. If I were cited to die within ten years, I would simply shrug the notion as inevitable considering we all have to die eventually and press onward with my goals.
For you I have one glaring issue if I were to know my date of death. I am far too arrogant to accept fate as it is dealt, whilst I have difficulity agreeing to orders. Thus I would attempt to defy the hand of fate so to speak, for mere amusement just to see if I am truly in control of my life despite a deity claiming I am doomed at such and such a time.
For you I have one glaring issue if I were to know my date of death. I am far too arrogant to accept fate as it is dealt, whilst I have difficulity agreeing to orders. Thus I would attempt to defy the hand of fate so to speak, for mere amusement just to see if I am truly in control of my life despite a deity claiming I am doomed at such and such a time.
Yes, I would love to know how, when, where, and why I die for two reasons.
1) Because I want to find out if my own predictions about how I will die are accurate.
2) Because if I know every detail of my death and am given the certainty that I will die in that way, place, and time and no other, that is essentially saying I am indestructible and can do all of the insane things that I want to try without any threat of death.
1) Because I want to find out if my own predictions about how I will die are accurate.
2) Because if I know every detail of my death and am given the certainty that I will die in that way, place, and time and no other, that is essentially saying I am indestructible and can do all of the insane things that I want to try without any threat of death.
Okay, haven't read these 3 pages but I'll just say it: If someone let me know the exact date and time I was going to die they'd need to speak today's date and the current time, then shoot me in the head. Anything else is pure nonsense. There is no fate but what we make for ourselves.
For example if someone told me I would die in 10 years, 45 days, 5 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds. I could still go and blow my brains out tomorrow, thus proving said person wrong.
For example if someone told me I would die in 10 years, 45 days, 5 hours, 14 minutes and 52 seconds. I could still go and blow my brains out tomorrow, thus proving said person wrong.
I avoid death at all costs. The only way that sucker could EVER catch me is if I had no idea he was coming.
I think it would be a serious head screw to know. One side of me is saying I'd love to know how and when I will kick the bucket, but the other half is screaming at me never to ask the question. I think I would rather live in blessed ignorance and just enjoy what I have. Death doesn't play a huge part in how I act. There just isn't the fear in me. Why fear something that I cannot stop or control in any way? I accepted death as inevitable a long time ago, so I just don't think about it. It will happen one day, and when it does, great. I'll be floating down a tunnel somewhere beating the demons heads in with their own pitch forks or trying to talk myself out of plucking one of the angels feathers out to see if they feel it.
But then again...only the good die young...I think I'm gonna be here a while...Oh well. Stranger things have happened.
I believe I strayed a bit there, but I stand by it. In short, no, I wouldn't want to know. And I would probably try and kill the person with that kind of knowledge. Knowledge is power and that kind of power should be reserved for some kind of almighty immortal power...Or a starfish.
But then again...only the good die young...I think I'm gonna be here a while...Oh well. Stranger things have happened.
I believe I strayed a bit there, but I stand by it. In short, no, I wouldn't want to know. And I would probably try and kill the person with that kind of knowledge. Knowledge is power and that kind of power should be reserved for some kind of almighty immortal power...Or a starfish.
What would you do if you were unable to achieve certain things before you died, even despite knowing the exact time and date, etc.? Would that not bring about more sorrow and regret?NoMoreSanity said:
Ignorance is bliss.
I wouldn't want to know for that fact that I may try to act different to my usual self or do something that I wouldn't like rock climb. This may not be seen as a bad thing but I would want to live the way I always have and not not alter that because of my death is approaching. Point being that I don't want my normal routine changed because I think I haven't done enough in life.