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Originally Posted by vixticator
I imagine theists and atheists may have different thoughts on the subject of death itself. What I mean by death is the cessation of "mind" forever--you can say soul or just the body. However you think it means to not exist. Is this bad or good? Let's assume you can control when you want to die, 10k years, 1 million, tomorrow, etc, so there are no answers like "well I don't want to die in 40 years". At some point do you think you would want to eventually not exist or what?
I think eternal life without the option of not being able to exist is likely horrific, regardless of circumstance. Maybe more of SMP question I dunno.
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6,10 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for
the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.
In the grave the dead have no: knowledge, wisdom, reward memory, love, hatred, envy, portion, work, or device.
"The memory if them is forgotten" does not mean that the people who are alive forget them but that they
"the dead" have no memory, no conscience in death, no awareness......
The dead can not tell you information. they have no knowledge, the dead can not tell you about some new idea, there is no device in the grave, the dead can not tell you they love you, there is no love, hate, or envy in the grave, the dead can not come back for revenge, there is no hate or jealousy in the grave, the dead can not earn redemption, there is no work in the grave and there are no rewards.
Pletho