Maybe those are our souls!

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Maybe the "soul" is the biochemical energy that all living things possess, which is then recycled into more living things after they die and decompose?

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

I'd say that's extremely possible, but highly unlikely. The 33.3% chance of its occurrence isn't anything to committ belief toward.

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I don't get why people can't just live their lives however they want to while they can and not worry about what happens when you die

Be patient, you'll find out.

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

It's not exactly a leap to say that most religion is largely fixated on death.

And each of us tends to be here for a really long time - fucking 70 years! Maybe more, maybe less - it's not so much boredom as it is a preoccupation with devoting one's time to what are easily natural inclinations in the fantastic; Whether you think these complete fiction, or you realize that the spiritual experience and fabriction are essentially inseparable elements that compose the human experience, you're still a participant in man's elevation.

Loss is behind every great piece of art, every song, every prayer - our ability to grasp that we feel one way for others, that will some day go away, is the persisting element behind most every devotion, even if the loss is of ourselves. Perhaps especially so.

I don't believe the mere curiosity to see what's next is truly what's most important at the heart of it all.

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I feel like such a preoccupation with worrying about losing things tends to detract from what I believe to be the true nature of life, which is just to live and experience everything that you can while you still can.

You will lose everything in your life at some point, that's just part of life. Our natural inclination towards this might be fear, but I don't think one can truly enjoy life until they've accepted the undeniable fact that nothing is permanent.

People seeking some sort of divine entity is essentially them clinging to the idea that there is something that can save us from our impending doom. God, for me, is just man kind's avoidance of accepting the possibility that this is all there is. You're in it, right now, and this is your only time to experience it.

It's not necessary for people to use god to extract some kind of meaning out of life. We can create our own meaning through simply living. Our insignificance in the grand scheme of the universe may be our greatest asset.

I've always liked this quote a lot, even though it was from a shit movie:

"The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment may be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be more lovely than you are now. We will never be here again."

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

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Originally posted by srussell0018 I don't get why people can't just live their lives however they want to while they can and not worry about what happens when you die Be patient, you'll find out.

I'm not worried, just want to know if you a have a reasonable answer.

Reason has never been what it used to be.

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Originally posted by rdevito I'm not worried, just want to know if you a have a reasonable answer.

Okay, a reasonable answer. The soul is not the essence of life, and probably isn't even a real thing, so use that to answer all of your other questions.

Just because we have the capacity for thought, and are the only species that are aware of our own mortality doesn't really make us "special." The idea that we have these special souls just because we have the ability to think that we do is kind of circular.

All we have is energy. Since energy can't be created out of nothing (or at least to our current extent of knowledge it can't), our "soul" (energy) probably just gets recycled back into the vast pool of energy when we die, like I said before. So "you" cease to be "you" as you would identify yourself now, when you die. You're broken down into the basic building blocks of life, and it starts all over again.

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

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Originally posted by rdevito If you believe in God answer me: What is the essence of life: the soul? If it is the soul, every living has a soul? If every living has a soul, you agree that a tree, a plant, a roach and even a protozoan has a soul. So tell me, what happens to the souls of these lovely livings after death? I'm a curious guy

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSeS7vTEkHE

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