I'm tired. I just want to lie down in a comfy spot and never wake up again. But 1) I have a responsibility to someone I care about 2) years of religious indoctrination as a kid have left a primal fear in the back of my mind that there is no end - no relief in death. I hate that they took that away from me.
I'm tired. I just want to lie down in a comfy spot and never wake up again...
Anthony Ward
Owen Thompson
Wouldn't religious beliefs ease your mind about death?
I'd rather burn in hell than stop existing.
John Adams
Sorry you feel like shit. Things can get better
Wyatt Jones
>hey, champ, don't worry about adopting the ethical framework that's guided the West for the past 2,000 years leading up to one of the greatest civilizations to ever exist, make up whatever you feel like, it'll be fine!
John White
>I'd rather burn in hell than stop existing.
You realize that's an eternity of non-stop torture and pain, right? You would really prefer that over sweet oblivion?
Jonathan Clark
These examples don't have anything to do with each other, and getting vague noncommittal answers from your parents causes a LOT of anxiety in young children. It's better to tell them that you will explain when they're old enough to understand than to admit you don't know what you're talking about.
Connor Brooks
Riiiiiight. Without Christianity, we'd all be living in mud huts and eating pine cones.
Sebastian Perez
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Eastern ethical frameworks seem to be able to work, too.
Cooper Nguyen
Yeah. I like thinking. If I'm burning alive I'm still feeling, I'm still there. Oblivion is no comfort.
Zachary Foster
friendly reminder that non psychopaths can be good people without fear of punishment.
the idea that any faith is ethical laughs in the face of history