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The hardest thing in life might be watching others decide to die. Some kill themselves slowly, maybe only holding on to life because of the care of others. Some people just end it. ... I'm really not sure which is worse.

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Depression is an unfortunate state of being, but I think it's par for the course when you unplug yourself from societal pressures and the distractions we're supposed to chase. When you can no longer take anything at face-value, it's easy to second-guess your own purpose and drive.

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Getting yourself out of the rat race that society has built for humanity is certainly a struggle, but I don't feel that there's any way to attain true happiness without doing it. One of the best and worst parts about everybody being different from one another is that there's no possible way that we can conform to the same standard, but once you stop trying to be the best Joe Blow out there and start trying to be the best Kyle, Dave, Josh, or whomever you are that you can be, much of the bullshit starts to fade. However, having realized this means that you are less impervious to perceiving just how terrible life truly is, as when you have your head up your ass and your biggest worry is about who will win American Idol, you are numb to both the good and the bad around you. There is certainly more good than bad, but I feel that the tradeoff is worth it for being able to experience things like true love, true happiness, and joy, no matter how fleeting. Still, I can feel myself being dragged down and depressed when there's a long stretch without something that I can truly enjoy, but I would never trade it to just be plugged back in to the sleep machine.

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and if you don't remember who you are in what sense is that really an "afterlife" it would be more like reincarnation you would be a totally different person. Unless you mean after death we become part of one greater consciousness in which case your continued existance is only as a small part of a larger entity and you would no longer be aware of yourself. To use a Doctor Who analogy this implies you would be like a Cyberman, completely non-descript with no gender, colour, religion, family or individuality of any kind you would all be as one.

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and if you don't remember who you are in what sense is that really an "afterlife"
That's exactly what I mean. Let's say that I find the idea of the constant existance of the soul to be believable, but put it in the world "afterlife" wouldn't do justice to an existance when you're not aware of your previous personnality.
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Well, Im not sure if i believe in a life after this. But It would be really boring if it wouldn't so I realize sometimes that Im trying to convince myself that there is. It would be great comfort to know such a thing so I understand religious people on this matter which are afraid of death for this reason. Im not saying that Im afraid there is no afterlife. Just that its a shame if its not, and really boring. Thats why i like fiction in books and games etc. It makes our grey life less boring.

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Life after death and the afterlife to me are two very different things. I believe the former is possible without the latter existing in as much as certain experiences I have had lead me to believe the human consciousness can remain after the death of the physical body but I have had no experiences in that regard which lead me to believe in an afterlife that is in a Heaven or a Hell.

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one of the reasons why I fail to believe in christianity is because I find the prospect of heaven and hell to be a way to calm people by convincing them that if they do good and they are harmed/hurt/betrayed all the time, after death they'll be rewarded. It just sounds so much as if you want to bribe a person to be good, and goodness should come from within and not from an external pressure. This makes the whole idea of heaven and hell to be something I can't believe in.

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Especially when the different sects of Christianity all preach that if you don't follow their specific teachings you go to hell. Therefore it implies that only one can be the true faith and entry into heaven is put down to nothing more then a lucky dip, stick your hand in the box and hope you pull out a winner.

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Sorry to hear about your grandfather, Dave.

Especially when the different sects of Christianity all preach that if you don't follow their specific teachings you go to hell. Therefore it implies that only one can be the true faith and entry into heaven is put down to nothing more then a lucky dip' date=' stick your hand in the box and hope you pull out a winner.[/quote'] There is a lot more to picking a faith than blind luck. Still, as you said there might be trouble for you down the line. There is a point at which human beings simply do not know - and it is there that faith comes in. After an examination, after researching and understanding the alternatives, then faith arrives as a kind of hypothesis.
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My grandad died last night' date=' :( I love him so much xx he was a great mate, he always used to say "were bezzy mates!" :D which definitley was true, as I loved his jokes an he was such a nice person bye Grandad i'll never forget you. Xxx[/quote'] sorry to hear that dave
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