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Zen Storm
from St. Charles (United States) on 2002-04-06 06:50 [#00160169]
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An earlier post regarding what happens to the nergy part of the body when we die.....I picture it like this, matter (the body) is like a trumpet which is playing a note (energy), when the trumpet is gone (we die) the note also is lost, can no longer be produced. What are your thoughts?
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xlr
from Boston (United States) on 2002-04-06 06:55 [#00160172]
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i dunno. i have more important things to worry about right now.
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diemax
from somewhere in tennessee :( (United States) on 2002-04-06 06:56 [#00160174]
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whatever- i wouldn't make any assumptions, if i were you
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Zen Storm
from St. Charles (United States) on 2002-04-06 06:56 [#00160175]
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Diemax: me or xlr?
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diemax
from somewhere in tennessee :( (United States) on 2002-04-06 06:59 [#00160176]
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both, and i'm gonna go smoke some pot now, so why don't you rationalize another deite or something to keep you company
disclaimer:
sarcasm intended to be non-abrasive
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Zombiekev
from Ardmore (United States) on 2002-04-06 07:00 [#00160177]
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your thoughts are chemical reactions, to begin with. your bodily actions are all chemical reactions which means that your whole life is one giant formula of chemical actions.
your life = a formula when you die, these chemical actions are finished. therefor there is no thoughts.
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xlr
from Boston (United States) on 2002-04-06 07:05 [#00160178]
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sorry, didn't mean to come off like that. it's been a rough day.
Tomorrow i should have something meaningful to contribute to this topic.
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AMinal
from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-04-06 07:07 [#00160179]
Points: 3476 Status: Regular | Followup to Zombiekev: #00160177
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i agree life is just a chemical process in a way, i think the idea of "life" is the biggest myth ever
it might seem depressing, but oh well
i'd rather not believe in some fairy tale i make up cus it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside
u should get over yourself: ur nothing more than a chemical process
life is a chemical process love is ur thoughts are etc
like zombiekev said: we're all just equations
at least i think so
but please, what do YOU think?
btw: please dont assume taht automatically makes me some cold-hearted evil person who doesn't respect "life", and experiments on children and has no morals or something like that!!!
people seem to assume shit like that when they find out u aren't spiritual
people assume that spirituality/religion automatically equates to morality
i dont think so
we can still enjoy life and be happy and so on after i acknowlege its an illusion
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diemax
from somewhere in tennessee :( (United States) on 2002-04-06 07:21 [#00160181]
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i think the smallness of "emotion" is what makes it so enjoyable...
the very shortness of life makes it all that cherishable
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diemax
from somewhere in tennessee :( (United States) on 2002-04-06 07:23 [#00160183]
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if it is just a chemical process... which is probably right, but i'd wrather pretend it's something more important, or significant, or whatever...
whatever it takes to keep my "mind" on more "important" things
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Zen Storm
from St. Charles (United States) on 2002-04-06 07:32 [#00160185]
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but if we can't help what we truly are, and all actions are not controlled by us, but rather a combo of genetics/events of the past/and our machine like qualities, w are never truly respncibile for what we do. so morals don't matter
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AMinal
from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-04-06 08:03 [#00160187]
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well u have to admit that morals only exist in your head anyway
morals are subjective they only exist in ur mind BECAUSE they are based on VALUES (which are also subjective, everyone has their own)
the purpose of your morals is to preserve/protect/work for values
so morals only matter if u have some value that they are upholding for you
(ie: we value freedom so our morals tell us not to impose on the freedom of other people)
what i said (and zombiekev, but i dont want to speak for him) may sound cold but theres no reason why u cant have morals and be nice.. those just depend on values
that is, if u still want to use the concept of morals
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korben dallas
from nz on 2002-04-06 08:05 [#00160188]
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"like zombiekev said: we're all just equations
at least i think so
but please, what do YOU think? " from Aminal
when we die .. our bodies - or the trumpet per say - doesn't just "vanish" - our body decomposes, or is burnt or whatever - but is still subject to these "equations" as you guys put it.
but i guess, you could argue that the "self" the mechanism to achieve this - the machine - is no longer functional, despite all the parts still being there ..
" but if we can't help what we truly are, and all actions are
not controlled by us, but rather a combo of genetics/events
of the past/and our machine like qualities, w are never truly respncibile for what we do. so morals don't matter " Zen Storm
maybe so - but we still need to have morals to a certain extent - otherwise society/life would undermine itself ..
mmmhhh...? i'm tired
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