Where do we go?

[sluggish]

I don't know. And I'm comfortable in the thought that those who claim they know don't know either.

But if I had to give an answer, I'd quote Epicurus : "death is nothing to us." When we exist death is not, and when death exists we are not. All sensation and consciousness ends with death and therefore in death there is neither pleasure nor pain. The fear of death arises from the belief that in death there is awareness.

Non fui, fui, non sum, non curo (I was not; I was; I am not; I do not care)

For having witnessed the death of some of my close relative, I'd say that there is peace in death. The sadness is for the others, not the dead.

I try to live a good life and I know it's going to end one day. I try my hardest for when that day comes, I will not look back on a life of missed opportunity and regrets. That's the only thing an humble man can hope for.

Beautiful.

[B-17]

This is wierd... My dad is a funeral director, and my uncle works at a cemetery... I have never really stopped to wonder about after, just how/why.

I like to think that we die, and then we get another chance to redo things-- sort of like a reincarnation, but different, in that it isn't the real world. Like how here, in AH, if you die, you can reup, and fight the same guy again, but do things differently.

That one with the spending eternity with the people around you is good... I'm just gonna go skydiving,  aim for the best place I can think of, and then stav myself.











Kidding

[B-17]

That being said of course, I have watched 100s of people arrange their own funerals, their loved ones' funerals, and some of the deceased have been 1, 2, 12, 13, 18, 20, 25, 40, 65, and 101. I've just always known I WILL die at some point, but I've also always hoped that I wouldnt--speak of false hopes, huh? :/

[uptown]

These are the things i thought about back when i ate schooms ...........i've got some theories on the OPs question but he wouldn't believe me anyhow.  or would he? 

[skorpion]

well lets hear it bro. it might be worthwhile.

These are the things i thought about back when i ate schooms ...........i've got some theories on the OPs question but he wouldn't believe me anyhow.  or would he? 

[cpxxx]

I went under general anaesthetic once. It went like this; awake in pain, awake in a different pain hours later. No transition. On, off.

That's death. I like the idea of reincarnation but really that's it. Being under anaesthetic proved it for me. When you sleep there is a sense of time passing. With anaesthetic none. Death must be the same.

When I die my two boys will carry on, carrying my genes. As long as they have kids I will live forever.

So there's no point in dying, no glory, no point. Live your life enjoy every minute, you'll be dead forever.

[Penguin]

I went under general anaesthetic once. It went like this; awake in pain, awake in a different pain hours later. No transition. On, off.

That's death. I like the idea of reincarnation but really that's it. Being under anaesthetic proved it for me. When you sleep there is a sense of time passing. With anaesthetic none. Death must be the same.

When I die my two boys will carry on, carrying my genes. As long as they have kids I will live forever.

So there's no point in dying, no glory, no point. Live your life enjoy every minute, you'll be dead forever.

I've been under, too, but I've heard tales of what happens immediately before the brain shuts off, could that be considered 'death' or 'dying'?

This is not a debate technique; this is fact.  Children do not have the capability to understand their own mortality.  The dawning realization is a major part of becoming an adult.

Then I was well on my way at age 7, thanks to Grimm's Fairy Tales.  I've been contemplating my own mortality ever since.

-Penguin

[mensa180]

I guess I'm just not an interesting person, but I see no reason for anything to go anywhere.  Decomposition.  I don't think human consciousness is special and has to some how go to a different realm after the death of it's 'host': the brain.

[Meatwad]

Everyone knows you just respawn

[Penguin]

Everyone knows you just respawn

QFT

-Penguin