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SLC tries to be a big city but it will never be.
Bigger than 'Burque, I suspect.We're too small to accommodate anything but thrash bands, apparently. Reading Chris Hedges' 'What Every Person Should Know About War' will definitely get you thinking about death.
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Re: Death Death...Such a subject. Well I myself have come to terms with the fact that its is very definite so I learnt to not overly worry about this ending. I am all about being happy and just moving forward and when I end up on my death bed I'll look back a realize I had a great run despite the life flaws!

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Re: Death OK, not kidding on the "deep & meaningful" category! I find that I think about death a lot, and have come to a few guesses based o my own experiences. First off, all anyone personally knows is their own perception, all else is theory. When I was 4, I died for 2 minutes. It took my Mom many years to admit that that was what happened, I think she was trying to protect me from that knowledge for some reason. But I have vivid recollections from that experience that would not go away. It was grey, & there were many stairs in all directions, not following any logical line, like an MC Escher painting. After wandering for a bit, I ran into this guy with curly hair who told me, "What are you doing here? You're not even supposed to be alive to begin with, well, go back, I won't tell anyone." Did this actually happen? Was it just in my head? I am not completely sure either way, but it gives me pause. I do believe that there is something after this, but I am not sure if I even want to know what; I mean, what if my idea of what might be there changes my perception of what is there when I get there? Another way to look at it is this: if there is another plane with all these all-knowing entities, wouldn't existance for them be somewhat boring? The only way for there to be something new would be to take something away. This would explain our world: an experiment of existing without some of their knowledge & power, in order to have a little excitement. This would also explain why no one has ever come back to give us the answers, since the missing answers are the whole point! Believe it or not, I am actually being serious here.

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OK' date=' not kidding on the "deep & meaningful" category! I find that I think about death a lot, and have come to a few guesses based o my own experiences. First off, all anyone personally knows is their own perception, all else is theory. When I was 4, I died for 2 minutes. It took my Mom many years to admit that that was what happened, I think she was trying to protect me from that knowledge for some reason. But I have vivid recollections from that experience that would not go away. It was grey, & there were many stairs in all directions, not following any logical line, like an MC Escher painting. After wandering for a bit, I ran into this guy with curly hair who told me, "What are you doing here? You're not even supposed to be alive to begin with, well, go back, I won't tell anyone." Did this actually happen? Was it just in my head? I am not completely sure either way, but it gives me pause. I do believe that there is something after this, but I am not sure if I even want to know what; I mean, what if my idea of what might be there changes my perception of what is there when I get there? Another way to look at it is this: if there is another plane with all these all-knowing entities, wouldn't existance for them be somewhat boring? The only way for there to be something new would be to take something away. This would explain our world: an experiment of existing without some of their knowledge & power, in order to have a little excitement. This would also explain why no one has ever come back to give us the answers, since the missing answers are the whole point! Believe it or not, I am actually being serious here.[/quote'] After i re-read what i wrote, and when i now read this, im kinda sure tht something happens after death, maybe not what i wrote, but something, But still, the life after death thing is just a theory, and everything else to, heaven, hell, darkness, everything thts been said over the past thousand/million years is just theory thinking, still, i hope that at least something happens since i dun feel like we just were created to live x of years, but we don't know, yet
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Re: Death I'm convinced that death isn't the end of existance, but I don't believe that there is a "heaven" or a "hell" either. exactly what does happen after death is anybodies guess I suppose, I just want to be able to look back on my life, smile, and think to myself yeah I did it, I achieved all I wanted to with my life...and had a lot of fun doing it

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Re: Death I've always found the idea of death very attractive and inspiring, although I certainly don't have a death wish. I'm an agnostic, and while I certainly have no belief in the Christian afterlife, who knows? We really can't say what lies beyond. I do know that I intend to have as an enjoyable life as possible in case there does turn out to be nothing. I refuse to spend my life waiting.

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By the way' date=' suppose you know your death date - does that put your life at ease? Has any of you tried? I am going to find out. Here is a link to the site where I am thinking of taking this kind of test - http://yourdeathdate.info I am not sure though if it`s worth taking that test there.
That's ridiculous.
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Re: Death who knows what happens after death, I hope that after death there's a message that simply reads "insert coin to continue" lol seriously though why worry about what's going to happen after you die, I want to be able to look back on my life with pride and say "you know what I had one hell of a good time"

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Re: Death If I were to follow any type of beliefs I believe I'd follow Laveyan satanism. As to what happens after death, I'm not too sure. What I do know applies to me when I think of death and how I feel towards it is that I do not fear death. Living can scare the sh!t out of me, but not death. In the end though, I do hope to look back and know I had a great time living and hope to leave this life exhausted.

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