On Monday, December 22, 2014 6:13:59 PM UTC, John Clark wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 Bruce Kellett <[email protected] <javascript:> > > wrote: > > > No one is denying that death results in oblivion. > > > Then what are we arguing about? > > >> > But that is not the point. > > > It isn't?! > > > My claim was that no one has experienced oblivion. In common parlance, >> we routinely say that everyone experiences death at the end of their lives. >> Hence the distinction made between death and oblivion in this context. >> > > So this entire death vs oblivion debate has nothing to do with the nature > of reality, it's about grammar and how one particular language out of the > 7000 in use on this planet happens to use 2 words. > > And as for the fear of death stuff, are we asked to believe that if you > learned right now that tomorrow morning at 9am a firing squad was going to > put several bullets into your brain you wouldn't be the slightest bit > apprehensive and would go to bed tonight just as you always do and sleep > like a baby without a care in the world? > > John K Clark >
iou'd have to read his posts rom the start, They exhibit some of th e stupidest implausible claims a lot of people will ever see. wasn't goodthe behaviour in the interior of the house was > Br > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
