Comments on: Starry Night: My Thoughts on Death http://www.floridafreethinkers.com/799/starry-night-my-thoughts-on-death/ Secular Floridians Speaking Out Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:50:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: the chaplain http://www.floridafreethinkers.com/799/starry-night-my-thoughts-on-death/comment-page-1/#comment-144 the chaplain Sun, 02 Aug 2009 22:51:04 +0000 http://www.floridafreethinkers.com/?p=799#comment-144 Very nice post. I like to think I'd be like the third person on the Titanic, but suspect I'd probably be more like the first one - But, I'm not ready to quit yet! Very nice post. I like to think I’d be like the third person on the Titanic, but suspect I’d probably be more like the first one – But, I’m not ready to quit yet!

]]> By: PhillyChief http://www.floridafreethinkers.com/799/starry-night-my-thoughts-on-death/comment-page-1/#comment-138 PhillyChief Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:35:29 +0000 http://www.floridafreethinkers.com/?p=799#comment-138 <i>"Sometimes, when envisioning my last moments, I think it would be nice to have a little bit o’ religion"</i> I'll opt for morphine. “Sometimes, when envisioning my last moments, I think it would be nice to have a little bit o’ religion”

I’ll opt for morphine.

]]> By: Ted Marrero http://www.floridafreethinkers.com/799/starry-night-my-thoughts-on-death/comment-page-1/#comment-131 Ted Marrero Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:28:14 +0000 http://www.floridafreethinkers.com/?p=799#comment-131 A couple of thoughts... If brevity is the soul of wit, then Joel must be the wittiest guy in the bunch! On the relative meaningless of this life if there is another... I've come to believe that is a very strong argument against a god who would send people to hell. How can one person do enough evil in one short life to merit eternal torture? Even if Hitler burned for a hundred years for each life he is responsible for ending, let's say, 100 million (to be generous) X 100 = 10 billion years of suffering. Insignificant compared to eternity. And finite. If god wanted to, supposedly he could just snuff you out of existence at some point and end your suffering. But the christians and muslims say he will not do that. He would prefer to see you suffer long after any reasonable punishment had expired. With gods like that, who needs satan? Could satan come up with a more horrifying plan? Read Robert Green Ingersoll's speech, The Devil (or listen to the podcast). Brilliant. On death itself... More and more I feel we are all spending a little time in death every night while we sleep, like having one foot in the grave. Unconcious, unfeeling and unafraid. Not knowing if we will awake and unable to care about it. As I drift off each night (and afternoon when I can get it!), I welcome the peace and don't mind if this is the last one I'll take. Not that my life is not great; it is. Yet I welcome the silence and the rest. My father had a seizure some years ago which left him unconcious for about 24 hours. When to his great surprise he awoke in the hospital, he fearlessly pronounced: "Well, I've been to the other side and there is nothing there." He died four years ago with same confidence. A couple of thoughts…
If brevity is the soul of wit, then Joel must be the wittiest guy in the bunch!
On the relative meaningless of this life if there is another…
I’ve come to believe that is a very strong argument against a god who would send people to hell. How can one person do enough evil in one short life to merit eternal torture? Even if Hitler burned for a hundred years for each life he is responsible for ending, let’s say, 100 million (to be generous) X 100 = 10 billion years of suffering. Insignificant compared to eternity. And finite. If god wanted to, supposedly he could just snuff you out of existence at some point and end your suffering. But the christians and muslims say he will not do that. He would prefer to see you suffer long after any reasonable punishment had expired. With gods like that, who needs satan? Could satan come up with a more horrifying plan? Read Robert Green Ingersoll’s speech, The Devil (or listen to the podcast). Brilliant.
On death itself…
More and more I feel we are all spending a little time in death every night while we sleep, like having one foot in the grave. Unconcious, unfeeling and unafraid. Not knowing if we will awake and unable to care about it. As I drift off each night (and afternoon when I can get it!), I welcome the peace and don’t mind if this is the last one I’ll take. Not that my life is not great; it is. Yet I welcome the silence and the rest.
My father had a seizure some years ago which left him unconcious for about 24 hours. When to his great surprise he awoke in the hospital, he fearlessly pronounced: “Well, I’ve been to the other side and there is nothing there.” He died four years ago with same confidence.

]]> By: Joel http://www.floridafreethinkers.com/799/starry-night-my-thoughts-on-death/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Joel Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:38:41 +0000 http://www.floridafreethinkers.com/?p=799#comment-126 I love this painting... I love this painting…

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