afraid to die?

[RobH4413]

Originally Posted by NM Redskin

What about looking at this from a physics point of view. I could be wrong here, but isnt it a rule of physics that energy can neither be created or destoryed. So if our brain is full of electrical impluses, when we die that energy must go somewhere right? Like an after life or reincarnation.

Yes, then you get to the conundrum of where did this initial energy come from?

If it can't be created or destroyed, why is it here? Was it not created?

You have to either make a leap of faith, and believe that there always had and always will be, or just deny your very existence.

I think reason isn't on our side with this one. My basic assumption is that reason is a tool we have, that complicates our perception of existence. Reason is flawed; according to reason, effect has a cause. You were born because of your parents, your parents because of theirs, and so on.

If you break down enough causes, you get to the big bang, and your stuck again. What's the "first cause". Why was there a big bang.

There is a flaw in reason, because it doesn't work by it's own definition. You either believe something, or don't... but it's hard to argue that it's ever based on reason.