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Old 03-23-2012, 10:02 AM   #431 (permalink)
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Conversely it seems to me that belief in an afterlife kind of devalues our time on Earth. It's only value is to prove your worth for eternal life? I mean if one can't find meaning in 80 odd years what use would infinity be?
I would think that dying and becoming nothing devalues your time on Earth pretty good too. I have no desire to follow the arbitrary rules of some deity, whether he exists or not, but transhumanism seems a perfectly acceptable alternative. Go cyborg!
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