11 Nov 2018, 1:47 pm
An Undead Mermaid Doll. 
11 Nov 2018, 5:38 pm
Why would you fear no conscious existence after death?
That to me is a great relief.
The worst case scenario is I'll be reincarnated to do it all over again.
11 Nov 2018, 5:44 pm
I've completed a "do not resuscitate" form.
They told me to put it on the fridge, but that's a bit disturbing for visitors. 
I also decided I don't want a funeral.
Would rather slip out, forgotten.
11 Nov 2018, 6:04 pm
Raleigh wrote:
Why would you fear no conscious existence after death?
That to me is a great relief.
The worst case scenario is I'll be reincarnated to do it all over again.
That to me is a great relief.
The worst case scenario is I'll be reincarnated to do it all over again.
Perhaps it is the reality you don't get to experience it that they fear, that one truly ceases to exist. They fear there won't be anything to experience, no unlocked universal truths and no magical life extension. Just the reality you suffer, you triumph and suffer some more until it just ends abruptly.
Like you, to me that is just eternal peace. Perhaps for someone that truly loves life, they don't want it to end and it is more than the instinct of self preservation one must overcome for it to end on one's own terms. Perhaps we should just learn to love life because it is finite.
11 Nov 2018, 6:05 pm
Raleigh wrote:
Why would you fear no conscious existence after death?
That to me is a great relief.
The worst case scenario is I'll be reincarnated to do it all over again.
That to me is a great relief.
The worst case scenario is I'll be reincarnated to do it all over again.
Because I may get relief from all the pain and misery in life, but I will not get to enjoy the good things about life anymore either.
No more of my favorite foods like shrimp, crawdaddies, Chinese food, peperonni pizza, or chocolate ice cream.
No more of my favorite video games, tv shows, music, or movies.
No more anything.
Also the idea of us not existing after death basically means that everybody I ever loved and cared about will be gone forever once they die.
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11 Nov 2018, 8:47 pm
TW1ZTY wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
TW1ZTY wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
I must believe in a better place, otherwise I would have taken a long walk off a short pier ages ago.
My fear of the possibilty of there being no concious existence after death is pretty much the only thing that really keeps me from ending it all most of the time.
I have read too much to not believe. but we are on opposite ends of the belief spectrum deterring our premature demise, it seems.
The thing is I really do want to believe but it's very hard for me to believe most of the time. I guess maybe that's what makes me an agnostic?
you have that in common with the late great carl sagan.
11 Nov 2018, 8:53 pm
auntblabby wrote:
TW1ZTY wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
TW1ZTY wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
I must believe in a better place, otherwise I would have taken a long walk off a short pier ages ago.
My fear of the possibilty of there being no concious existence after death is pretty much the only thing that really keeps me from ending it all most of the time.
I have read too much to not believe. but we are on opposite ends of the belief spectrum deterring our premature demise, it seems.
The thing is I really do want to believe but it's very hard for me to believe most of the time. I guess maybe that's what makes me an agnostic?
you have that in common with the late great carl sagan.
Interesting. I just did a quick search on Google about who he was and I read some of his quotes about his personal opinions about God, spirits, and even atheism and they do sound very similar to what I believe.
I guess he was agnostic too.
Edit: I think one difference between me and him is that I still hold onto hope that there is some form of existence after death and I believe that ghosts can possibly be real especially after a strange incident that happened in my Aunt's house a few years ago.
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11 Nov 2018, 9:12 pm
TW1ZTY wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
TW1ZTY wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
TW1ZTY wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
I must believe in a better place, otherwise I would have taken a long walk off a short pier ages ago.
My fear of the possibilty of there being no concious existence after death is pretty much the only thing that really keeps me from ending it all most of the time.
I have read too much to not believe. but we are on opposite ends of the belief spectrum deterring our premature demise, it seems.
The thing is I really do want to believe but it's very hard for me to believe most of the time. I guess maybe that's what makes me an agnostic?
you have that in common with the late great carl sagan.
Interesting. I just did a quick search on Google about who he was and I read some of his quotes about his personal opinions about God, spirits, and even atheism and they do sound very similar to what I believe. I guess he was agnostic too.
Edit: I think one difference between me and him is that I still hold onto hope that there is some form of existence after death and I believe that ghosts can possibly be real especially after a strange incident that happened in my Aunt's house a few years ago.can you talk more about what happened that time?
11 Nov 2018, 9:19 pm
auntblabby wrote:
TW1ZTY wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
TW1ZTY wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
TW1ZTY wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
I must believe in a better place, otherwise I would have taken a long walk off a short pier ages ago.
My fear of the possibilty of there being no concious existence after death is pretty much the only thing that really keeps me from ending it all most of the time.
I have read too much to not believe. but we are on opposite ends of the belief spectrum deterring our premature demise, it seems.
The thing is I really do want to believe but it's very hard for me to believe most of the time. I guess maybe that's what makes me an agnostic?
you have that in common with the late great carl sagan.
Interesting. I just did a quick search on Google about who he was and I read some of his quotes about his personal opinions about God, spirits, and even atheism and they do sound very similar to what I believe. I guess he was agnostic too.
Edit: I think one difference between me and him is that I still hold onto hope that there is some form of existence after death and I believe that ghosts can possibly be real especially after a strange incident that happened in my Aunt's house a few years ago.can you talk more about what happened that time?
Well you see my Aunt lives in a very big old house that was built in the 1800's. Also her youngest son sadly died in a car accident when he was just a little boy when he was riding with his father. One night I was spending the night over there and everybody else was gone so I was there by myself and I heard what sounded like little feet running up and down the wooden floors in her hallway so I went to see what was making that noise but nothing was there and after I left the hallway I heard it again. Also one night when I went to use the bathroom at about 3:00 am I heard what sounded like xylophone music being played.
That is pretty weird right? And I'm not making this up.
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11 Nov 2018, 9:36 pm
auntblabby wrote:
TW1ZTY wrote:
Well you see my Aunt lives in a very big old house that was built in the 1800's. Also her youngest son sadly died in a car accident when he was just a little boy when he was riding with his father. One night I was spending the night over there and everybody else was gone so I was there by myself and I heard what sounded like little feet running up and down the wooden floors in her hallway so I went to see what was making that noise but nothing was there and after I left the hallway I heard it again. Also one night when I went to use the bathroom at about 3:00 am I heard what sounded like xylophone music being played. That is pretty weird right? And I'm not making this up.
a similar but more eerie thing happened to me after my folks passed away, about a week after my mom passed I was alone in her house one night, when the most horrendous din arose from the basement, it shook the house and vibrated the air with howling, banging, booming, shrieking, scraping sounds, that continued about a minute until I yelled, "ALRIGHT ALRIGHT I HEAR YA!! ! !" at which point the noises stopped cold.
If it was her ghost maybe she was trying to be heard?
I like to think that my Aunt's son might still be existing in the house he grew up in. Even though I don't like this particular aunt of mine (she's not a very nice person) what happened to my cousin was very sad.
But on the other hand what I experienced could potentially be explained by something else. The whole reason I was staying with her was because I got too out of control for my mom to handle me because of my Bipolar Disorder and I wasn't on medication at the time. Maybe I was delusional and somehow imagined that it all happened?
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