When it comes down to it, I would rather live and continue doing good than die and rely on the echoes of my existance to continue on for me.
I bring this up because there's been some discussion of death and consciousness on ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small}
buddhists and there was also a discussion of religion at anyway some time back; both have left me wanting to clarify my position in reference to statements put forward by various folks and philosophies.
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"I still find it incredibly unfair, no, more than that, UNJUST that we are given such a precicious gift as the experience of life and then it gets cruelly snatched away."I agree with that, and more, the whole concept of death seems eminently wasteful to me. I mean, what a lousy design! You spend your entire life trying to get things figured out, and then you bite, and another person has to come along after you and do it all over again! Incredibly wasteful. Like reinventing the wheel.
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