How do you live with death?

**DossarLX ODI** · 02-8-2012, 06:52 PM

Re: How do you live with death?

If people continued with the "life is worthless" attitude, I probably wouldn't even be here.

about how we should see our ends

It's inevitable, which is more than enough justification to value the importance of life in general - you and others.

and what kind of morals we should give to it

Not repeating things like Khmer Rouge. Life itself is actually priceless when you think about it; objectively, money doesn't matter if you're dead. This is why their slogan "To spare you is no profit, to destroy you is no loss" is especially scary since it basically views life as cheap.

What concerns me more about death is how it happens. If it's from something like genocide, that is what absolutely pisses me off. Old age, that is how it should be.

**shadow 1800** · 02-8-2012, 07:14 PM

Re: How do you live with death?

If we were all immortal and had no children then life would be just as, (or if not more) depressing. You live for your children; they carry on your name and your memory. Of course you can choose not to have any children and die a lonely old man or woman with nobody left in the world to care about them. I almost guarantee anyone on their death bed would regret not having children at some point, as I know I would. The purpose of life is to see the next generation is healthy and to pass the wisdom you learned from your parents along with your experiences so they don't make the same mistakes. It is an endless cycle. Anything beyond this such as the afterlife is left for the person themselves to decide, and with death so close many seem to choose to believe in it.

**DossarLX ODI** · 02-8-2012, 07:21 PM

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To me it would be much more interesting to see how the future turns out (going to your statement about immortality). You'd get to see how other generations change in ideas or methods of living with the death of the older generations.

**Emithith** · 02-8-2012, 07:27 PM

Re: How do you live with death?

To make a fair post unlike the one I had above me, I don't think about death because it will come eventually, and I will cross that bridge when I get to it. It's better to think about the current moment and enjoy it, rather than worry about something that could happen tomorrow, or in 50 years. I don't fear the pain of death, if anything it's the mystery in it. What happens?

But as I said before, I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

**hi19hi19** · 02-8-2012, 11:42 PM

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I'm not particularly worried about death, because I'll be dead when it happens.

Live life in the present.

**MinaciousGrace** · 02-9-2012, 05:31 AM

Re: How do you live with death?

people just need to accept that when the last human dies the cumulative worth of our existence will be absolutely nothing

once you accept this you can either

A) lead an enriched and fulfilling life and take the initiative to do and experience the things you want and appreciate the world for what it is in the here and now

or

B) kill yourself

both options are (imo) better than living a monotonous purposeless life desperately searching for some validation for existence that doesn't exist

either way it doesn't matter because in the end life is merely a path to death

@rubix i seriously doubt the human race will make it much farther without completely destroying/decimating to the point of irreversible regression itself but you can always hope i guess

**MagicCarpetRide** · 02-9-2012, 06:11 AM

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My sociology professor once said, "death is not a detour on the road of life." Yeah.... I hated that class... but it's a good point. Death is a part of your life. That is true with all living creatures so don't freak about it.

**UserNameGoesHere** · 02-9-2012, 08:02 AM

Re: How do you live with death?

I imagine it won't be that bad -- past the agonizing pain part that is (unless you're lucky to die in a painless manner). Any pain should be relatively quick though right? Because past a certain pain threshold I'm told you automatically pass out anyway - then you don't feel anything.

I am fine with a nonexistent state. I was in such a state prior to life, have been in such a state a few times during life (ego death), and so it's nothing new. There are no cares or worries in such a state.

**Mau5** · 02-9-2012, 12:35 PM

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I'm not concerned with death, what happens happens. What matters to me is the name you make for yourself and making sure what you do while you're alive is worth it in the end. Plus, by the time my time will be rolling around shortly, i'll probably be in a diaper being spoon fed beech-nuts and applesauce, so I don't think i'll mind too much then either..