And I am talking about utter oblivion... I style myself to be quite the individual, I have cultured a persona that I think of as quite unique. But as wee know be it tomorrow or 1000 yrs from now there will be no trace of me. Everything that I have ever said, done , or thought will just ... *Poof*
So... does it ever bother you?
2007-12-01 22:35:12 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know I wont miss me when I'm gone but... If I were still here after Iwas gone I would miss me to be sure...
*blinks*
What?
2007-12-01 22:40:01 · update #1
Its not so much death I fear as it is... well... the fact that it will eventually seem as though I were never here at all.
2007-12-01 22:54:13 · update #2
(((Hugs))) back... I think that was the first hug I've yet to give....
2007-12-01 22:58:23 · update #3
(((Hugs))) back... I think that was the first hug I've yet to give....
2007-12-01 22:58:24 · update #4
Isn't that what religious folks do? They can't face their mortality so they reach out for religion.
I'll remember you :)
((((HUGS))))
2007-12-01 22:42:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Fear of death is natural, but after a certain point it's not healthy. Enjoy life for what it is, live in the moment, and you won't go wrong. Waiting for death just seems like an incredible waste of life. Everyone thinks about their own mortality at times, but to dwell on it is just a drain on yourself.
Also there seems to be an element of feeling significant. If you're worried you won't be remembered then just do whatever you can to make the world a better place and help others. You don't need religion for that. And you don't need an afterlife if you live your actual life the way that you really want to.
2007-12-01 22:52:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose it must have been a difficult concept to process, 'way back when I was young. But no, the thought of oblivion no longer bothers me.
And btw, it's not necessarily true that no trace of us will survive. Our local public TV station is doing its annual membership campaign and they ran a wonderful program last evening about an American geneticist whose hypothesis was: If a certain DNA marker found on the Y chromosome can be traced back through the human lineage to the most ancient peoples of the world, then that would be evidence to support the theory that all of humanity is descended from an original group in Africa.
To find out if he was right, he travelled all over the world. He followed in the footsteps of the first humans who migrated out of south Africa through modern Indonesia to become the aborigines of Australia; then he changed course and headed east through central Asia, then Siberia, Alaska and North America.
And he found what he was looking for. The marker is indeed present, all the way back to the oldest surviving human family, the Xan tribe of Africa (better known as the Bushmen).
Think of it. One man whose name will never be known left a genetic legacy that persists to this day.
There's really no such thing as oblivion.
2007-12-02 01:37:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes. I want to exist and to be remembered for as long as possible.
Unfortunately, reality doesn't work alongside human expectations. I have a billion ancestors that I can't even remember. Anyone from more than four generations back is either in a history book or forgotten.
2007-12-01 22:45:24 · answer #4 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Billions of people have lived and died, without making a mark on anyone but the small circle that surrounds them. Some do not even do that.
I am one that will fade fairy quickly too, and having never really thought about it, I will now.
2007-12-02 00:00:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a strange thought, I admit, to be obvliated. But I'm resigned to it, and it makes me grateful for my glimpse of eternity.
2007-12-02 00:01:47 · answer #6 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Life is only worth while if it leads to annihilation.
If life lasts forever, it's completely worthless.
2007-12-01 22:40:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't see your 'annihilation'.... I have kids.... therefore, a part of me, my genetic contributions will go on long after I"m dust...my blue eyes will show up again and again..... my intellect might surface once or twice... and my 'me-ness' might pop up in any of the future little boogers.............so I'll never 'die'...............they are my immortality, my eternal life....
2007-12-02 00:54:41 · answer #8 · answered by meanolmaw 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No
I don't dwell on things I have no control over
2007-12-02 00:37:06 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Just because I die doesn't mean the universe comes to a screeching halt.
2007-12-01 22:45:09 · answer #10 · answered by Jack Flanders 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋