That is indeed what I belive, all that I am is in my brain, when that goes so do I. What the soul may be, if I have one, I really don't know. On Wednesday, 28 November 2012 10:46:22 UTC, RP Singh wrote: > > Lee, do you believe that you are this body and nothing separate from > it , because if you don't then you haven't accepted death. > > On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Lee Douglas > <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > You see RP sometimes I think you make perfect sense but mostly your > > insistance on generalising winds me up no end. Of course this does not > > explain Athiests, or my own stance on death, or for that matter lots of > > people. We are of course all differant with differant subjective ways of > > seeing things and viewing life. Myself being a Theist I'm still unsure > as > > to the existance of a Soul, I mean I really don't know yet if I belive > such > > a thing exists. My own reasons for beliving in creative diety are many > and > > complex. Belife simply cannot be stripped down to pithey sounding short > > sentances that apply to all humans, because clearly they do not apply to > all > > humans. > > > > On another subject I have just posted that I have no fear of death and > have > > accepted that it may come at any time. Perhaps then you do not realise > how > > insulting it is to be called a liar. Or perhaps i'm too involved with > > semantics and concentrate more on your choice of words than the message, > > ahhh but how else is one to treat written communication? I must trust > that > > the words you use, you have choosen to portay your meaning. So when you > say > > 'Yet we do not accept it...' I must belive that this is exactly what you > > mean to say, in effect you reduce me, and all other individuals to a > mass > > of humainity that follw the same rules. > > > > > > On Wednesday, 28 November 2012 10:05:19 UTC, RP Singh wrote: > >> > >> There is death all around us and so we cannot fail to see it , yet we > >> do not accept it and so we have developed an idea of souls. Our belief > >> in after-life or re-births is our insistence on immortality as we find > >> it hard to accept that we will go into a permanent oblivion , never to > >> return.The instinct for survival makes us readily accept these notions > >> of immortality as our intelligence is also coloured by our instincts. > >> > >> On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Lee Douglas <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > Heh where do you find these little sayings of yours RP. Nope I don't > >> > agree > >> > this is true . > >> > > >> > Personaly I have spent some years questioning the attitude to life > and > >> > death > >> > that we have. It seems that for most life in and of itself is kinda > >> > sacred, > >> > or at least we act like it is. I'm not sure on this though. Dawin > >> > shows us > >> > that outside of our species death is a part of life and comes all too > >> > easily. So I must say that life in and of itself is nothing special. > >> > Then > >> > you must mean life as we humans percive it. However, I am now fully > >> > resigend to my own death and it will come when it does, and this no > >> > longer > >> > holds any fear for me. > >> > > >> > My own desires to live to be at least 400 years old though is by now > >> > widely > >> > reported here, and in other places. This is not for the reasons you > >> > highlight above but sheer couriosity. We are I feel at the cusp of > >> > enourmous change, over the next few hundred years we as a species are > >> > about > >> > to change in so many ways, and I want to see it. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tuesday, 27 November 2012 07:28:21 UTC, RP Singh wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Attachment to life is the cause of the desire for immortality and > the > >> >> readiness to believe in an after-life or re-birth. It is an > off-shoot > >> >> of the > >> >> instinct for survival. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > -- > > > > > > >
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