I Lied When I Said We Did Everything We Could

Post by someguydave » Mon, Apr 08, 2019, 2:34 AM UTC

LargeWu wrote: post #204

adriand wrote: post #109

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I grew up in a conservative, Protestant family and I might be able to shed a little bit of light on this. A few points, simply based on the environment I grew up in, which means of course this is just one perspective on just one religious denomination - I won't provide more caveats than that: - Christians take the afterlife very seriously. One must be judged by God. Regardless of how confident you are in your final d…

To your second bullet, I think those beliefs are much more prevalent in so-called Evangelical denominations, and less so in mainline Protestant denominations. As a Lutheran, for example, the notion that any Christian would be relegated to hell is basically unthinkable, and there's very little emphasis placed on it otherwise.

Post by BigJono » Mon, Apr 08, 2019, 2:43 AM UTC

learc83 wrote: post #203

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>American scientific optimism of the 50s and 60s Sam Altman says he “fully expects” his brain to be uploaded to the cloud someday[0]. Is it any different this time, or do humans always delude ourselves about our mortality? [0] https://www.technologyreview.com/s/610456/a-startup-is-pitch...

I think it's cyclical, and it's a matter of degree. I don't think very many people today believe that they will be able to upload their brains.

Post by asveikau » Mon, Apr 08, 2019, 2:59 AM UTC

jdietrich wrote: post #242

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If you down voted this please explain your position to enlighten others. Otherwise I am just going to assume you did so out of poor life experience. Suicidal people often need and can use help, after which they can return to not being suicidal. Gp's 9/11 reference was also kind of nonsensical, and I say that as someone who was in the DC area at that time.

The North Tower of the World Trade Center was engulfed in flames above the 93rd floor and suffered severe structural damage, cutting off all possible routes of escape. At least 1,300 people were trapped above this point; none of them survived. Even if the towers had not collapsed, these people would almost certainly have died from smoke inhalation due to the difficulty of firefighting and the impossibility of rescue.…

Post by bg24 » Mon, Apr 08, 2019, 3:14 AM UTC

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A very close relative of mine got a similar massive stroke when he was around 60 that also hit the language center. Even if I was quite young I remember that moment of frustration in the hospital when when he could not talk with either of us. The doctor explained he would unlikely survive the night, and even if he did he would not be able to leave the hospital bed. His daughter did the same however what the person in…

My father had a massive stroke one morning in 2002 as he was getting ready to go play tennis. In the hospital he had severe brain swelling and was clearly in tremendous pain. His wife — his second wife, not my mother, and roughly a dozen years younger than he was — was not ready to let him go, despite his pleas that he be allowed to die. She fought heroically with the hospital staff, getting them to do various things…

Post by toomanybeersies » Mon, Apr 08, 2019, 3:36 AM UTC

nlh wrote: post #142

I lost my dad recently (he was 84 and lived a wonderful and healthy life, which I consider a huge win for him). He had a terribly bad stroke that left him very much alive, but without the ability to speak, read, or write. He was a professional book reviewer and writer for much of his life, and continued to read, write, and think with voracity up until the minute before his stroke (he was setting up his Series 4 Apple…