Oay serious question, what's the whole problem with death?
I keep seeing people claiming that a person cannot understand what happens at death and there's an intrinsic need for an afterlife for people's psychological wellbeing.. why?
I've always thought the same thing, when you're dead you're dead. It stops. Nothing happens. A total absence of you. You're not there, you're dead.
What's the problem with that?
I haven't read the rest of the thread, specifically because it'd alter how I respond here XD
But yeah, there's a few issues with it for MOST people:
- It is unknown, not knowing is scarry
- It is INFINITE, infinite DEATH is beyond human comprehension
- Fear of afterlife; those who do believe in an afterlife have fear of infinite reprocussions for finite sin, this can make them terrified that if they did ONE thing wrong, they'd burn in hell forever or whotever
- Not being able to see the future, never getting to see their children grow up, can be heartbreaking to some
- Not finishing whot they were doing; they may feel compelled to have some task to complete and get pissy if they weren't done yet because death's an impatient bastage that just won't wait
- Not wanting to give up their loved ones, they often feel compelled to remain behind to give strength and be with the ones they care about
Things like children, a legacy, a monument, history, these are things to allow people to 'exist after death', and continue on. I won't bother touching on them right now, but for the most part, they fail, for the same reason most of the reasons do.
I am only really affected by one... the lack of seeing the future. I'd love to see the technological advances we'd make years from now, but I won't get to. It's a shame really but whot can yeu do?
The rest... well... YEU'RE DEAD.
Yes, death is in and of itself it's own solution.
If yeu're DEAD, yeu're not around to care anymore now are yeu?
If we go to some afterlife, then yeu won't be thinking about yeur previous existance. If yeu disappear entirely, well then yeu don't exist so can't care either. Once yeu're gone, either way, yeu have no further care about whot happened in yeur life anymore. Yeu. Are. Gone. There is no comming back, except through the belief of reincarnation, and even then that's worthless because yeu don't remember any of it so whot was the point of that? Regardless, yeu still don't remember it, so it still doesn't affect yeu.
By all definitions, once yeu are dead, it no longer matters whot happened in life, or whot yeu missed out on, or anything yeu failed to accomplish. Yeu're dead, so yeu don't care anymore.
The only thing yeu can fear is something yeu don't understand, but I figure, by the time I get to the point where I have to face the infinite, I won't be around to consider the alternatives anymore so it's kind of pointless now isn't it to worry about the whole thing huh?
In any case, most people are just scared, of one thing or another. Of the unknown, or not being able to do whotever, but they're scared of things they can't control. It's a waste of resources, spend yeur life working on the things yeu CAN control. Extend yeur life if yeu can if it's feasable, but don't panic over it. If yeu die, yeu die, yes it sucks but yeu're not around to care so stop worrying about it. If yeu worry, all yeu'll have done is wasted the time yeu did have, and were so busy worrying yeu probably missed out on a great number of opportunities that could've helped yeu out in other ways.
So yeah... death MAY be bad, or it MAY not, either way, the point is moot and irrelevant. Yeu will not be there to see it so yeu really shouldn't concern yeurself with it right now.