Lasereth: fair enough. But I see the OP as being quite open to interpretation in its wording—that, and this is posted in philosophy.
But as for this:
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Originally Posted by Lasereth
once you die, your consciousness and self are gone like they never happened. You don't remember not existing, you won't experience anything after you existed, your existence itself from your point of view is totally erased when you die. There is no "well there goes my body, what now?"
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From the dying's own perspective this might be true. (But will we ever
know?) However, the effect of that death in what remains outside of the dying is what I'm more interested in. For the record, I voted "Other." I believe there is a transition of some remnants of the dead onto the living; much of this is done even while the dead was alive.
Otherwise we would not mourn the loss of loved ones.
The name of this thread is "Death: What is it?" ...not.... "Dying: What happens to you?"
Again...this is posted Tilted Philosophy, so I take some liberties in how I approach this question. So sue me.
