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Originally Posted by mykockle
I grew up in the Church of England, and while there have been moments in my life that I had hoped for an afterlife to be with those I've lost, my instincts, overwhelming need for proof and an inability to believe in an imaginary man in the sky leads me to believe death is the ultimate end.
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That is a solid perspective.
I attempted suicide in 2008 via massive Motrin OD (50,000 mg, or 50 grams), and was put on life support for several days. My heart had stopped. I recall being carried out of the building, barely conscious, and feeling absolutely euphoric. Then came a long period of blackness, and the slow, callous regain of consciousness in the ICU with a respirator in my esophagus. I was in the Marine Corps at the time, but my reasons were not related to being in the Corps; it was rather a frustration with the tediousness of life.
If I can truthfully say that I've felt anything since that day, it's that I've felt
dead. The fact that I emerged from this experience with absolutely no long-term damage has led me to believe that my current existence is a complete fabrication of a brief and meaningless life. Thus, I have no perspective of death. I think death is as insignificant as anything else we experience. I am a little curious, though, as to how people feel about death.