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Originally Posted by Sliver
IDK, photon. I think your perspective of eternity is absolutely tainted by your religious upbringing. The thought of existing forever - and the quality of that eternal, infinite existence being completely dependent on how I conduct myself in my 75 years on earth - sounds like a great premise for a horror movie. It's a terrifying thought. Why would anybody want to live forever? Imagine 17 million years from now still "paying" for that time you were 23 and sinned in some way like by - IDK - being envious of someone. Or being gluttonous at an all-you-can-eat buffet. I don't get how that's appealing or desirable.
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Yeah, aside from the obvious immorality of an infinite punishment for a finite crime my perspective probably is skewed by my upbringing.
The less existential dread assumes that one is going to the non-eternal suffering place, if I thought I was going to get the infinite punishment for being overweight that would definitely be a lot more existential dread than facing my own mortality.
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Originally Posted by Sliver
I'm way more at peace with the idea of just going to sleep one day and not waking up. A lifespan sounds very nice and reasonable to me. No dread whatsoever is associated with that in my mind and I can't relate to even wanting to live forever.
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At the reasoning level in my brain I agree. My emotions haven't caught up yet though, maybe they never will.