--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> wrote: > > > > Hugo: > > The nothingness is easily understood too. Dying is most > > probably like going under anaesthetic, nothing you can > > do except disappear. Along with awareness goes the part > > of you that thinks there must be something else that > > survives... > > > You are using metaphysical terms, so to follow this thread, > you'd have to assume that we 'exist' in the first place, in > order to postulate that we will one day be 'non-existent'.
I certainly find it hard to believe you exist. > So, really you have said nothing, except to postulate a > metaphysical nihilism. In which case, you have said nothing, > since you have not proved that we exist. > > It's a case of circular logic, if not a logical fallacy. > > > > I guess I must not be sane, then, because I see the horror > > > at the "awful emptiness of death" as a cognitive problem, a > > > peculiar inability to recognize that if Nothing Comes Next, > > > *you won't know it*. Or anything else. People seem to think > > > they're going to *be* there, looking around at the > > > emptiness and thinking how awful it is, being nothing and > > > finding it excruciating, even experiencing their bodies > > > rotting. *That* seems insane to me. >
