From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!sdcsvax!sdccsu3!iy47ab
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Title: Re: The Soul of the Matter
Article-I.D.: sdccsu3.287
Posted: Thu Feb 10 11:02:39 1983
Received: Sat Feb 12 06:26:49 1983
References: mhuxt.1116


And what if he does die, and that's it?  

That doesn't bother me.  I am curious why the idea bothers people in
the first place.  I tend to say; yes, I have a 'soul', but not an
eternal one.  When I die, it dies; that's it, kaput.  It seems to
me that it is a kind of insecurity, a kind of troubled-by-endingsness
that causes everyone to try to prove that there is an eternal soul.
After all, it shouldn't matter, right?  We'll all find out in time.
But if you are insecure; if being mortal is frightening to you; then
I think you would be seriously concerned.

Please don't flame at me, I'm often wrong!
       
Not afraid to admit flaming letters scare me more than eternal silence,
Lady Arwen of U.C.S.D.