On 23 December 2014 at 17:46, Bruce Kellett <bhkell...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >> >> On 22 December 2014 at 23:04, Bruno Marchal <marc...@ulb.ac.be> wrote: >>> >>> On 22 Dec 2014, at 06:01, Stathis Papaioannou wrote: >>> On Monday, December 22, 2014, Samiya Illias <samiyaill...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> If death leads to oblivion, then there isn't much to worry about. >>> >>> >>> Atheists worry about death as much as theists. >>> >>> >>> Atheists might worry about death, but less so than a believer in Hell. >>> Some >>> atheists believe that death is the end of consciousness and thus of >>> worries, >>> but if you believe in some after-life, you might fear unknown happenings, >>> or suffering, etc. >> >> >> Perhaps, but some may prefer Hell to oblivion, while others try to >> kill themselves after a minor setback. It depends on the person. > > > An odd notion, that: some people might prefer Hell to Oblivion. But that > aside, you seem to think that it is only fear of death (and/or Hell) that > keeps people from widespread mayhem and self-destruction. I must admit that > I have a healthier view of humanity.
I do in fact think that it is the belief that death constitutes a harm to the person who dies that keeps people from widespread mayhem and self-destruction. I think this is also the case for religious people who claim to believe that the deceased will go to Heaven, because deep down most of them know it's bullshit. To be fair, there is no logical reason why death should be considered this way, it's just the way most people think. -- Stathis Papaioannou -- 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 everything-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to everything-list@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
