The worst thing in life?

Capt Lightning said:
There is no God, no heaven,no hell. When you're dead, you're dead and I find that infinitely more comforting than the thought of an eternal life.
The worst thing would be watching any of my loved ones suffer.
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I totally agree. My idea of being "aware" of death is the same as being "aware" of life before my birth. How did I feel about WW2 ? No feeling or thought what-so-ever.
I, personally, have no desire or hope or awareness of any "life after death" I've had quite enough, thank you.
 
senior chef said:
That, my friend, is NOT how homeless people live. At best, they sleep in the back seat of an old car.
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Please don't take it seriously, it wasn't meant to mock those who really have but the back seat of an abandoned car for their bed at night, more, a poke of fun at those for whom spending vast sums of money at festivals and other functions where they have to "rough" it.
 
horseless carriage said:
Please don't take it seriously, it wasn't meant to mock those who really have but the back seat of an abandoned car for their bed at night, more, a poke of fun at those for whom spending vast sums of money at festivals and other functions where they have to "rough" it.
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oh, ok. i didn't understand it was meant as a joke.
PS: I used to go RV'ing, with a 30' travel trailer, and I never though of it as "roughing it".
 
Gaer said:
@chic, About death:
There is a powerful beginning and ending to human life.
What is referred to as death is a much desired beginning to the real life ahead.
A sorrowful and fearful end of life is not a weakness. it's a real feeling of those
not prepared for death of the body.
This is a natural movement of the soul to change and renew.
The life's ending is only a passage from your mortal body into a renewal
of light and love.
You are you, now and after death.
Your love and your life will go on forever.
Don't worry about "after this life".
You will be cradled in God's arms.
The soul is set free. It's more bliss than you could ever experience on Earth.
The intense beauty and life in the heavens is impossible to describe.
It's going to be INCREDIBLE!
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The problem is Gaer, I really would love that scenario to be true, insomuch that it could be proved. My Catholic upbringing portrayed the Good Lord as a wonderful, all seeing, all loving deity. They also focused heavily on the opposite, meaning that the grim reaper takes most souls to hell.

That Catholic teaching forbade me from questioning the Lord's intentions for mankind, but I just can't help myself asking, when in the generation before me, witnessed eleven million murdered just because they were Jewish. When I ask, "Where was God?" I don't get answers, I get vitriol.
 
horseless carriage said:
The problem is Gaer, I really would love that scenario to be true, insomuch that it could be proved. My Catholic upbringing portrayed the Good Lord as a wonderful, all seeing, all loving deity.[B/]They also focused heavily on the opposite, meaning that the grim reaper takes most souls to hell.

That Catholic teaching forbade me from questioning the Lord's intentions for mankind, but I just can't help myself asking, when in the generation before me, witnessed eleven million murdered just because they were Jewish. When I ask, "Where was God?" I don't get answers, I get vitriol.
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A loving God? Please, give me a break. If we don't obey him/her/it, we will be sent to the fires of hell forever. I could do without that kind of "love".
 
Interesting to read all the variations of the 'worst' thing.
How could there be only one when there are so many areas in our lives where the 'worst' thing could happen?

Well the worst thing that can happen to me right now is that I may have let my soup boil over while typing this
so I am off...
ttfn
tpfn
 
horseless carriage said:
The problem is Gaer, I really would love that scenario to be true, insomuch that it could be proved. My Catholic upbringing portrayed the Good Lord as a wonderful, all seeing, all loving deity. They also focused heavily on the opposite, meaning that the grim reaper takes most souls to hell.

That Catholic teaching forbade me from questioning the Lord's intentions for mankind, but I just can't help myself asking, when in the generation before me, witnessed eleven million murdered just because they were Jewish. When I ask, "Where was God?" I don't get answers, I get vitriol.
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You are blaming God. Karmic influence comes from unimaginable lengths of time and from inummerable strata of nature.
Rather than trying to explain it here, I've started a thread called, "Words of Angels". If you like, I'll explain with angel's words about Heaven and Hell. (Give me a few days because I'm working on my art right now)
Our limited view is from the perspective of a human on Earth. Maybe we can look at life through the eyes of angels.
Heaven, even the lowest heaven, is a bzillion times more wonderful than Earth. When the physical body falls away,
this world will seem like a foggy dream. ALL souls lift to the heavens! ALL! Leaving this life will be glorious!
I cannot change the religion ingrained in you and won't even try.
 
horseless carriage said:
The problem is Gaer, I really would love that scenario to be true, insomuch that it could be proved. My Catholic upbringing portrayed the Good Lord as a wonderful, all seeing, all loving deity. They also focused heavily on the opposite, meaning that the grim reaper takes most souls to hell.

That Catholic teaching forbade me from questioning the Lord's intentions for mankind, but I just can't help myself asking, when in the generation before me, witnessed eleven million murdered just because they were Jewish. When I ask, "Where was God?" I don't get answers, I get vitriol.
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I have problems with that also.
 
Mizmo said:
I do wish we could have serious discussion threads without bringing religion into it.
It can be worse than politics sometimes:rolleyes:
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Please don't. If the mods censor us anymore all we'll be able to talk about is the weather. Anyway, I'm the O P and this was not a religious question. :giggle:
 
chic said:
Please don't. If the mods censor us anymore all we'll be able to talk about is the weather. Anyway, I'm the O P and this was not a religious question. :giggle:
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Please don't what ?
I didn't say it was a religious question ...it is what it has become.
We are not all believers
There are other posts where you can discuss religion and where it is the subject matter.
Time for me to exit this one.
 
chic said:
No I have not lived a "blessed" life. The Santa bit was just lighthearted and something of a joke.

I have watched loved ones and close friends die, some died quickly, some violently, others lingered in pain and helplessness. One of my favorite family members disappeared in 1969 and was never seen or or heard from again. I was the last family member to talk to this person, and I know that, and it rips me in two whenever I think of it but I was still so young myself back then. Loss without closure leaves you with a wound that never heals, not ever. And I'm sorry for your loss. Death of a child is pretty terrible.

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I apologize. I didn't mean to rain on your parade. I tend to take some things too seriously.
 
Worst thing in my life by far has been death of parents and my only sister I loved to the greatest depth of my being.

Worst thing about life as loving intelligent entities is that we are mortal.

As a logical science person, I do have enough hope despite improbabilities, that there is a race of UIE's or "god", that can capture my electromagnetic essence, such that I am willing to live a moral enough life that if such is true, I hope to be so saved. I can argue that within our vast galaxy and universe given the incredibly fine tuned for organic life we find ourselves in, given how even we nascent humans are already on the threshold of creating AI intelligence with a singularity level just decades away, that such a race of ancient AI's have already come to exist. And if so, possibly the most important thing they could do would be to create non-organic containers to contain the electromagnetic essence of the few they choose to. Additionally, I could argue that Jesus might have been one of them with DNA similar to that developed for Adam & Eve, and since he clearly touted eternal life, I'll choose with hope and faith to believe him regardless of improbabilities.
 
OK, worst thing in my life was watching my mother be beaten by my father..all my and her life...

Getting beaten myself by my father..all my childhood..

Watching my mother kill herself..due to the aforesaid violence

Losing my second child at birth

Losing my nephew my sisters' first son to sudden infant death syndrome at just 4 months

Losing my niece to a road traffic accident.. where she was killed outright at age 15..

Losing my daughters' half brother to suicide.. age just early 20's..

I could go on with plenty more..... but I just want to point out that many of us have horrific and heartbreaking things actually happen to us.. but we don't necessarily want to dwell on them..
 
hollydolly said:
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I could go on with plenty more..... but I just want to point out that many of us have horrific and heartbreaking things actually happen to us.. but we don't necessarily want to dwell on them..
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Yes...while I've been thru some tough things, always was aware that most everyone suffers in the course of life. It is how we deal the experiences, who we become in spite or perhaps because of what we go through that matters.
 

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