After Death

tgdrake10 · 2012-09-23T00:22:00+00:00

Am I the only atheist who fears death? I mean, you literally CEASE FUCKING EXISTING. That's some scary ass shit. And yeah, I know the argument of "Well, was it scary before you were born?" but fuck that shit. That's like saying "Well, you were fine with living at your parents when you were younger, why wouldn't you want to go back for all eternity?" NOOOOOOOOO, I WANNA LIVE!

sgtkang · 2012-09-22T21:52:43+00:00

Whelp, I've got my new background.

weshouldlove · 2012-09-23T00:16:15+00:00

My "Papa" died to today. And I can say he didn't fear death at all. He had brain cancer after getting his eye removed about a year back they thought they had removed it. But they hadn't and it eventually spread to his brain. I awoke this morning to a text from my mom (Whom is divorced from my father and keeps in contact randomly with family) to "Hey papa has passed away" I haven't spoken to my father in about 6 months since he showed up at my work wanted to talk and wanted me to come over that night (To tell me my Papa had cancer) but I went and hung out with friends instead. When I heard the news a few weeks later I didn't think much about it they said he had 3-6 months to live and he had refused chemotherapy. He wasn't the kind of man that prolonged life he dealt with it at every turn. No bullshit my Papa was a man, always. I never had much of a relationship with my fathers side of the family except going to the traditional holidays to spend a few hours. I didn't know him very well but I can assure you he didn't fear death had been accepted and friended a long time ago.

robi120i · 2012-09-22T20:59:17+00:00

But you:

A) See other people dying

B) Think about you dying

So death isn't nothing to us. When we die it's over, but still during our life we will fear death and feel sad for others.

Ogel6000 · 2012-09-22T20:40:56+00:00

multiple time repost but what the fuck have an upvote, that's my favourite philosopher.

SimilarImage · 2012-09-22T23:30:29+00:00

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Lutanist · 2012-09-22T22:33:26+00:00

Could somebody please tell me the font in the picture?

Please guys I think its rather neat!

Refilon · 2012-09-22T22:57:02+00:00

What's the font? I'd really like to know.

GoldBeerCap · 2012-09-22T23:38:32+00:00

This is really profound and I am too not high to fully appreciate this quote.

WhoIsWreckin · 2012-09-22T23:38:43+00:00

I have this tattooed on my ribs

[deleted] · 2012-09-22T23:58:48+00:00

I think that when we die, we 'wake up'.

b_turner · 2012-09-23T00:08:51+00:00

upvote for diablo font

codythomashunsberger · 2012-09-23T01:04:45+00:00

Repost, but I was trying to remember what this quote was the other day so there you go.

Hreinzi · 2012-09-23T01:07:30+00:00

but me sure to be scared of it, cause it makes you jump further

iralisegendary · 2012-09-23T02:08:39+00:00

Repost, but have an upvote anyway cos it's a freaking great quote.

LBORBAH · 2012-09-23T02:15:11+00:00

Epicurus was epic.

Kneefetish · 2012-09-23T02:21:08+00:00

Omg chills

DriveByStoning · 2012-09-23T02:32:20+00:00

This is what Coldhands looks like in my head, except he's riding a moose and there are crows instead of bats. So basically, nothing like Coldhands. Never mind.

Shadowstep33 · 2012-09-23T02:48:48+00:00

I had to log in just to upvote this. I too have a new background

lvlninepidgey · 2012-09-23T02:54:02+00:00

Am I the only one picking up a scent of diablo text?

fieroturbo · 2012-09-23T02:57:03+00:00

So if I read this right, I am immortal until I die.

That clarifies things alot... thanks.

Carg72 · 2012-09-23T03:15:41+00:00

Isn't this out of a 2nd Edition Dungeons and Dragons sourcebook? Planescape perhaps?

Nisas · 2012-09-23T03:39:26+00:00

I wonder if this qualifies as a Deepity as per Daniel Dennett.

A deepity being defined as a phrase such that to the extent that it's true, it's trivial, but contains a false component which would be earth shattering if true.

"Death is nothing to us." This is false. Death clearly isn't nothing to us. Death is the thing that ends us. It's not unimportant. However, it would be earth shattering if death really was nothing to us.

"When we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not." This is trivial. It's just a rundown of the definitions of life and death. While we are alive, we are not dead and vice-versa.

Vivipwns26 · 2012-09-23T03:40:09+00:00

But what do we say to Death?

PandaSex666 · 2012-09-23T03:52:41+00:00

This has actually been my background for months. Well done, easily one of my favorite quotes AND pictures!

Bruce-Lee-was-taken · 2012-09-23T04:01:19+00:00

Read this while listening to halogen by neon indian....awesome

Stackman32 · 2012-09-23T04:04:32+00:00

That's what's so illogical about atheism: the atheist can never be proven right, whereas those that believe in God can never be proven to be wrong. It is entirely nonsensical to proclaim atheism as a logical philosophy.

and_then__ · 2012-09-23T04:14:47+00:00

non fui fui non sum

yellowswitch · 2012-09-23T04:16:49+00:00

This, literally, has nothing to do with atheism.

ZaphodsOtherHead · 2012-09-23T04:17:49+00:00

It's a nice idea, but I think Philip Larkin was more correct when he wrote "Aubade". As Hitchens said about the poem "atheists ought not to be offering consolation either"

This is a special way of being afraid

No trick dispels. Religion used to try,

That vast, moth-eaten musical brocade

Created to pretend we never die,

And specious stuff that says No rational being

Can fear a thing it will not feel, not seeing

That this is what we fear - no sight, no sound,

No touch or taste or smell, nothing to think with,

Nothing to love or link with,

The anasthetic from which none come round.

source:http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/books/review/mortality-by-christopher-hitchens.html?pagewanted=all

BigEasyBobcat · 2012-09-23T04:22:06+00:00

This is like, really fucking deep.

Milkslinger · 2012-09-23T04:29:37+00:00

Upvote for Diablo font.

LycanMan · 2012-09-23T04:49:52+00:00

BUSTED

meh100 · 2012-09-23T05:28:05+00:00

That's what makes it so sad. Don't get it twisted. The reason that things like murder are so bad is because death is something to all of us, in that it is nothing to all of us in the sense Epicurus is speaking.

flamesflight · 2012-09-23T05:34:26+00:00

Coach roaches in their little styrofoam castles are all that will remain.

Lvl100WhiteKnight · 2012-09-23T06:34:59+00:00

The gloomy choice of picture and sinister font don't exactly help.

MicrowaveCola · 2012-09-23T07:09:53+00:00

I think this is false because it assumes our non-existence prior to our birth is somehow parallel to our non-existence after our death. This doesn't seem to be the case. After all, what makes death an evil isn't simply the quality of non-existence. It's the negation of life. Thus, it is still rational to be deeply concerned with death - once we've lived, most of us would rather not cease living.

OoogaOoogaYoink · 2012-09-23T07:41:53+00:00

Repost, but up vote anyway because it's awesome.

U2_is_gay · 2012-09-23T08:15:23+00:00

Eh. It's the anticipation more than anything. Like standing in line for a roller coaster.

Bcmonks · 2012-09-23T08:18:13+00:00

Am I the only one that thinks of Diablo when you see the lettering?

Secondsemblance · 2012-09-23T08:45:25+00:00

Yeah, death is pretty intense. I have no evidence to back this up, but it is commonly hypothesized that your brain floods with n,n DMT during death. The effects are very similar to reported near death experiences as well.

And I have a fair share of experience with DMT. It feels... significant. More important than anything you've ever felt before. It washes over you and makes you feel like a speck of sand tumbling through a roaring wave. But it's not a bad feeling. You know you can't fight back, so you accept it. And if you accept it and let it take you, then it comforts you and this incredible sense of peace closes over you.

If you fight it though, it becomes grotesquely terrifying. You see your body from above, twisting and contorting, with blood pouring everywhere and this deafening roar fills your ears... yeah, it's not very pleasant. Unfortunately though, I used to work in inland search and rescue, and we considered "the will to live" as the single most important vital sign in a person. Once you give up and accept death, you will die. So if you get badly injured and you want to live, you better be prepared for the most frightening fight of your life.

rareas · 2012-09-22T23:37:43+00:00

It's like saying it's not the fall that kills you but the sudden stop at the bottom.

It's not the un-being, we've all been un-beings before we were born. No biggy there. It's the transition that's got me worried.

ErechBelmont · 2012-09-22T22:13:10+00:00

Hopefully soon, science will advance to a point where death will no longer come. Science will defeat death. It's just a matter of time.

brutal_doodies · 2012-09-23T03:38:42+00:00

TIL Epicurious had shitty grammar.


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