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46. You sound awfully sure about this

Tue Mar 12, 2013, 12:05 PM

Mar 2013

It isn't that the thought is scary, it's that it doesn't make sense. From everything we know about the universe, things don't cease to exist, they just change form. Matter/energy can neither be created nor destroyed. So thinking that we don't cease to exist is actually logical.

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If not Heaven and not Hell... [View all] sheshe2 Mar 2013 OP

I think our "energy" floats around in the universe. femmocrat Mar 2013 #1

Energy and matter are interchangeable and indestructible... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #3

You know what, femmocrat. sheshe2 Mar 2013 #4

Works for me. too. Except I'm bit troubled by that at times. freshwest Mar 2013 #68

No, freshwest. I doubt those will be your last words. sheshe2 Mar 2013 #71

It will be a couple billion years for that to happen... snooper2 Mar 2013 #39

I believe that also. Works for me too. n/t RebelOne Mar 2013 #60

Neiman Marcus.... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #2

With a heavenly credit card no doubt! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #5

But of course! Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #10

Sekhmets Daughter sheshe2 Mar 2013 #13

sheshe...I'm in love! Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #15

about that credit card In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #18

Duplicates! Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #20

however ... that bit of platinum will bite you in the ass In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #21

Nah...I better not say it... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #22

ok ... so In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #23

OMG... Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #25

a little In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #26

It's fun when women get freaky with each other... Aristus Mar 2013 #36

sometimes friends help without realizing it ... ... ... In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #43

So glad you qualified that statement SD! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #38

Don't want to confuse my friends! Sekhmets Daughter Mar 2013 #64

LOL sheshe2 Mar 2013 #66

Very good! Heh. Moondog Mar 2013 #7

Shop til you drop, Moondog! nt sheshe2 Mar 2013 #9

into the recycling bin In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #6

Also a good option. Moondog Mar 2013 #8

From my point of view : that is all that is... In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #14

Damn! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #11

It is what I truly believe. In_The_Wind Mar 2013 #17

~~~ sheshe2 Mar 2013 #24

You go nowhere. You're dead. You don't exist. HERVEPA Mar 2013 #12

damned if I know -- Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #31

Very well said.. HERVEPA Mar 2013 #45

credit goes to Tecumseh - of the Shawnee Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #47

Thanks Ms. Afternoon HERVEPA Mar 2013 #48

yw - should have given him credit and thanks for asking so that I could rectify. peace. Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #50

Well, he's no longer around to receive and you are. :-) HERVEPA Mar 2013 #51

the whole "poem" Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #52

Wow. Thanks muchly to both of you on this Tuesday Afternoon. HERVEPA Mar 2013 #54

yw, my pleasure - Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #56

Yo! Stop! Don't need more places to have to visit when I retire in a couple years. :-) HERVEPA Mar 2013 #58

Yes. cliffordu Mar 2013 #72

Some people are afraid of going to hell. zanana1 Mar 2013 #44

You sound awfully sure about this Duer 157099 Mar 2013 #46

OK. But thinking we exist in any form where we'd have any knowledge of a prior existence... HERVEPA Mar 2013 #49

It's not scary Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #61

Can I disageree with the statement that you agree with me? :-) (nt) HERVEPA Mar 2013 #62

Absolutley!!! Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #63

It's scary to me because I long easttexaslefty Mar 2013 #78

I understand. I'm sorry. As a father, it's a hard thing for me to imagine happening. HERVEPA Mar 2013 #79

Thank you. n/t easttexaslefty Mar 2013 #81

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You know those reports of monsters in closets? Lady Freedom Returns Mar 2013 #19

Ha! Tuesday Afternoon Mar 2013 #29

. Son of Gob Mar 2013 #33

I hope it's like anesthesia NightWatcher Mar 2013 #27

Floating Unaware. Sweet! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #28

Yep, just turned off NightWatcher Mar 2013 #30

Well, that's a good question. Newest Reality Mar 2013 #32

To be honest sheshe2 Mar 2013 #35

Ah! Newest Reality Mar 2013 #37

You become unstuck in time. Like Billy Pilgrim. Taverner Mar 2013 #34

Hopefully I'll spend eternity spooning my partner in a drowsy half-sleep...its my "heaven" now Rowdyboy Mar 2013 #40

What a beautiful eternity you describe, sheshe2 Mar 2013 #41

I've often thought that's when I'm happiest and most content. Rowdyboy Mar 2013 #42

Into the thoughts of those we leave behind. nt rrneck Mar 2013 #53

Sweet! nt sheshe2 Mar 2013 #55

Same place before we were conceived. nt valerief Mar 2013 #57

Reincarnation Puzzledtraveller Mar 2013 #59

I think I'll go out for dinner struggle4progress Mar 2013 #65

6ft underground Major Nikon Mar 2013 #67

For me..... sheshe2 Mar 2013 #69

If we could be free from our lives, and it were possible, Dash87 Mar 2013 #70

K&R. cliffordu Mar 2013 #73

Just out there into the cosmos. Bake Mar 2013 #74

Will do, Bake! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #77

I enjoyed this one. Xyzse Mar 2013 #75

Wow! sheshe2 Mar 2013 #76

I know... Xyzse Mar 2013 #82

No only read the write up. sheshe2 Mar 2013 #83

My pleasure... Xyzse Mar 2013 #84

I thought about this alot a few months ago olddots Mar 2013 #80

Hell is real. The locals call it Paramus. name not needed Mar 2013 #85