A very frightening possibility
Aragorn
Death has been on my mind a lot lately. No, I'm not clinically depressed, and no I'm not
suicidal. Don't plan to be either any times soon. Also no one close to me has died
recently. But either way it seems as though everyone around me has had someone who
died recently, that and I've seen a lot of it lately up close and personal. A few nights ago
I was walking home one night and I saw the remains of a terrible car accident, and of
course two bodies laid out on the pavement. That also reminded me of a random
cremation I witnessed in India. It's kind of funny cause you see enough of this stuff, you
begin to wonder what it's all about.
In india the soul is everything, and the body is nothing. So basically as I watched men
where poking long sticks into the fire trying to tear limbs off so it would burn faster. I
really respect that actually.
But back to the point, I've had a lot of god related experiences in my life, meaning that I
meditated in india, prayed, etc etc, though i don't follow religion.
Now anyways before I go off track too much, I had a thought. What is religion? In my
own opinion religion is spawned from fear. The fear of burning in hell. The fear of things
you don't know. And most importantly: the fear of possibly having no self worth.
Which is my ultimate point. It dawned on me that possibly since religion for so many is
fear based, that it was established to keep us from thinking of the concept that maybe
there is no god. Maybe that we exist only cause we live in a universe with infinite
possibilities. that when we die, our actions on a cosmic scale are inconsiquential, and
quite possibly, that along iwth our bodies, our conscienceness dies.
Frightening thought, isn't it? I'm don't necissarily believe it, but I can't deny that it's not
possible.
Most "god fairing" people usually tell me "then why don't you go out and kill a bunch of
people then?" (lets all roll our eyes in tandum :rolleyes . Basically I see this possibility
as the ultimate form of motivation. No matter what you believe you cannot deny that
this is possible. And if anything it's a reason to try to live a happy life, because in the
end, our lives are all we own, and possibly all we will ever have. And it could be the only
one we get....
Mae
Yes, Aragorn. I know what you're talking about. That IS a possibility. And I have thought
about that many times. I guess I try to get together with the group that believes what
makes them happier, and makes me happier too...you know, maybe I'm doing it "just in
case".
Aragorn
............what kind of group is this again?
*waves hand quickly over head*
I guess figuring out how to be happy is kind of the tricky part
