and on that piece of paper is written the date of your death. Would you like me to open the envelope?
2006-06-24 09:53:52 · 70 answers · asked by stingmyflesh 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
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See'n' as your recieving my mail would you please pay my "Debt's"! Thanks!
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2006-07-08 05:57:31 · answer #1 · answered by El Mariachi 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is it addressed to you?
Are you an assassin?
Why would you have such an envelope?
Why would you tell me if you did?
How could we know for sure that the date is correct?
Let's play.
You open the envelope and the date says now, okay. By one way of looking at it I am already dead in the since that this note is all you know of me and that is the sum of my being.
Lets say it was a long time ago, this date, and that too is okay. I was clinically dead once. Not too scary yet.
Alright tomorrow. Oooh there's the rub. If its then i have one day to live a lifetime. If it is wrong then I may end up in the poor house or worse in jail.
Finally, it says i will die 50 years from now. I'll be old. I don't want to be old. I might become reckless to try and prove you wrong.
So, I have a fifty fifty cance that the letter will help me out. Should you open it? I would have to say "Yes". Not because it will help me out, and not because it will ease my suspicions, but; because you have something I don't have, knowledge, and i like knowledge, true or false.
2006-06-24 10:36:23 · answer #2 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The issue is, would a single fragment of information make a difference in the way you live - even if it were an unconscious fraction of a worry - and would some minute action that you do affect the outcome? Perhaps in a year, the death date would be different. On the other hand, if all of life is very carefully planned out and accounted for in every variation under the divine tutelage of Heavenly Parents and angelic helpers, perhaps there is no getting out of certain events on certain days, including death. However, I have heard of people praying to have their lives spared to fulfill certain assignments, sometimes having years added on to their lives. However, in my case, I think I'd rather not know the exact date as it may interfere with other creative projects I want to work on for the next 20 years. Thanks anyway!
2006-06-24 10:06:15 · answer #3 · answered by Cookie777 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NNNNOOOO Don't do it. The minute you know when you are to die most people stop living. My husband has seen this with the people he takes care of in a residential home. They can be active and lead a normal but assisted life UNTIL they are told they have something which cannot be cured and then most just GIVE UP. Go on living - you could be hit by a bus tomorrow or you could get a telegram from the queen at 100, but live each day as if tomorrow you are going to be hit by a bus. Tell the people you love you love them, let go of the hassles you can't do anything about and laugh as much as you can. The only certainty you have is that ONE DAY you will die, you don't need to know when.
2006-07-06 21:08:45 · answer #4 · answered by geegee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't believe you have an envelope with the date. My answer is futile. And if you had shown me the date, I'd prove it wrong by dying a day early. What's a day if I could make your clairvoyance look bad.
2006-07-08 02:52:00 · answer #5 · answered by Enduringwisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course!!! How wonderful would it be to plan your life knowing when it ends!? I could make sure I did everything I always wanted to do. I could prepare my friends and family for my death. Think of the bliss derived from maxing out your credit card to purchase a HUGE life insurance policy the day before you die...ooooh the possibilities!
2006-06-24 10:32:03 · answer #6 · answered by cuv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is already open and there is nothing to worry because there are so many predictions rendered false like weather forecasts. There is nothing to worry, again because whosoever is born one day would die one day. Does the man who has been sentenced to death by hanging on a particular date worry? Think of life.
2006-06-29 06:51:23 · answer #7 · answered by das.ganesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, because then I couldn't live my life in a normal way anymore. I would be setting up lists of things that I want to do before my death and I would be starting counting my days left and it would obviously make me blind to the wonders of everyday life.
2006-07-08 02:09:28 · answer #8 · answered by Iseult 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES. because you can then plan around the eventuality, however the knowledge of an impending even is often enough for us to alter our future (there is no such thing as pro-ordained destiny = just probability) and that would then probably invalidate the letter making it worthless..
2006-07-03 03:12:02 · answer #9 · answered by moikel@btinternet.com 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you must have a lot of bleeding envelopes and pieces of paper then ... like 330 million ... i mean how do you actually get to your computer through all that mess to check these answers?
2006-07-07 23:40:39 · answer #10 · answered by neilcam2001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would love to know the date of my death. I'm
sure it would change the way I live my life.
I have things I would like to do and some of them can only take place if I were certain I'd not live to regret them.
Such as, I'd like to have 3 lists of people to contact...those I want to tell off and those I want to thank and those I want to apologize to.
Also, it would let me know how long I have to put up with my boss! Do I have to retire or do I kick his ***????
2006-07-05 20:13:52 · answer #11 · answered by Cookie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋