The Terror of Non-existence - Page 2

piercehawkeye45 · 08-15-2008, 02:24 AM

The idea of non-existence doesn't really scare me. I wasn't complaining about it before I was born.

But saying that, I am not ready for death. Not now.

wafflepirate · 09-01-2008, 02:45 PM

I'm not so much afraid of dying as I am afraid of leaving my dad and my brother all alone

Also my kitty.

Non-existence scared me when I was a kid though,
and I really think that kind of thing isn't something kids should be encouraged to think about, just let them be kids for a little while and worry about dying later!
Or if a friend or family member dies, THEN is the time to start thinking about mortality. Not when you're just running around in good health.
Even when you aren't... obsessing over death is never a good thing.

Number 2 Pencil · 09-08-2008, 09:32 PM

I often wonder what the rest of eternity is like. Then I compare it to the other half of eternity that occurred before i was alive. As hawkeye mentions, that didn't seem like too much of a sweat.

I had read as a teen that one idea scientists had was that as soon as the expanding universe reached its point of maximum expansion, it would reverse direction and begin to shrink, and time's arrow would reverse as well. So we would live our lives backwards but not notice it.

I imagined it happening at some moment in my life where suddenly that was the last moment of my life and I would never realize that my life would begin to wind again instead of unwind. I'm glad that this theory of the end of the universe isn't considered a big possibility anymore.

08-15-2008, 02:24 AM	#16
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	The idea of non-existence doesn't really scare me. I wasn't complaining about it before I was born. But saying that, I am not ready for death. Not now. __________________ I like my perspectives like I like my baseball caps: one size fits all.

09-01-2008, 02:45 PM	#17
wafflepirate Eavesdropper Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 24	I'm not so much afraid of dying as I am afraid of leaving my dad and my brother all alone Also my kitty. Non-existence scared me when I was a kid though, and I really think that kind of thing isn't something kids should be encouraged to think about, just let them be kids for a little while and worry about dying later! Or if a friend or family member dies, THEN is the time to start thinking about mortality. Not when you're just running around in good health. Even when you aren't... obsessing over death is never a good thing.

09-08-2008, 09:32 PM	#18
Number 2 Pencil Not too hard, not too soft Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Next to a yapping dog Posts: 75	I often wonder what the rest of eternity is like. Then I compare it to the other half of eternity that occurred before i was alive. As hawkeye mentions, that didn't seem like too much of a sweat. I had read as a teen that one idea scientists had was that as soon as the expanding universe reached its point of maximum expansion, it would reverse direction and begin to shrink, and time's arrow would reverse as well. So we would live our lives backwards but not notice it. I imagined it happening at some moment in my life where suddenly that was the last moment of my life and I would never realize that my life would begin to wind again instead of unwind. I'm glad that this theory of the end of the universe isn't considered a big possibility anymore.

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