Zone1 The Factor that Few Consider

[DGS49]

Every boy child eventually comes to wondering how it is that big, heavy, steel boats can float. It makes no sense. Steel is heavier than water, blah, blah, blah.

Understanding the phenomenon requires that someone point out to them a fact of which they are aware, but never consider: There are, depending on definitions, about six thousand miles of atmosphere pressing down on the surface of the water, and anything placed on the water has to overcome that pressure. If the combined weight of the steel vessel, its contents, and the air within is greater than the same volume of water, then the boat will sink, otherwise it will float.

The same sort of thing is apropos when considering "tragic" and early deaths, and how "we" react to them. They are only tragic if you believe that our entire existence is confined to the time between conception and natural death. If that is the case then those deaths are indeed tragic and we are rightly devastated by them.

On the other hand, if we, as religious people, believe that there is life after death, that a virtuous life is rewarded and an evil life is punished, then those deaths are unfortunate and disappointing, but not tragic.

So going bat-shit crazy when someone dies "before their time," is really an indication of a lack of faith.

Sorry.

 

[Meriweather]

So going bat-shit crazy when someone dies "before their time," is really an indication of a lack of faith.

No matter how great one's faith, the undeniable factor in death is, "How does this death affect me?" Death is also a marker of time, and all the time one share with the deceased. What were the joys, and even heavier, What are the regrets? How could our relation with the deceased been different, been improved. How will life change now.

 

[sparky]

nobody gets out of here alive........~S~

 

[jackflash]

Every boy child eventually comes to wondering how it is that big, heavy, steel boats can float. It makes no sense. Steel is heavier than water, blah, blah, blah.

Understanding the phenomenon requires that someone point out to them a fact of which they are aware, but never consider: There are, depending on definitions, about six thousand miles of atmosphere pressing down on the surface of the water, and anything placed on the water has to overcome that pressure. If the combined weight of the steel vessel, its contents, and the air within is greater than the same volume of water, then the boat will sink, otherwise it will float.

The same sort of thing is apropos when considering "tragic" and early deaths, and how "we" react to them. They are only tragic if you believe that our entire existence is confined to the time between conception and natural death. If that is the case then those deaths are indeed tragic and we are rightly devastated by them.

On the other hand, if we, as religious people, believe that there is life after death, that a virtuous life is rewarded and an evil life is punished, then those deaths are unfortunate and disappointing, but not tragic.

So going bat-shit crazy when someone dies "before their time," is really an indication of a lack of faith.

Sorry.

U R correct about faith/lack of faith. Many people of faith mourn the loss of their loved ones as they cannot stand to be separated from them for any length of time. Other believers fear that their lost loved ones did not cut the mustard with our Boss meaning there will not be a reunion with their lost loved one(s) in the heavens. I share that same fear regarding both humans & also the creatures that I have loved & still love with all my heart even to this very day. Eternity is just a roll of the dice as once our spirit vacates the flesh there is zero control we have over our destiny. To lose a loved one even for a short time is bad enough, but to lose a loved one for eternity is among the worst case nightmares imaginable.

 

[1srelluc]

I've never pondered on the religious side of the death of a loved one or friend much less blamed God or the Devil. Death settles all accounts.

 

[Darkwind]

Every boy child eventually comes to wondering how it is that big, heavy, steel boats can float. It makes no sense. Steel is heavier than water, blah, blah, blah.

Understanding the phenomenon requires that someone point out to them a fact of which they are aware, but never consider: There are, depending on definitions, about six thousand miles of atmosphere pressing down on the surface of the water, and anything placed on the water has to overcome that pressure. If the combined weight of the steel vessel, its contents, and the air within is greater than the same volume of water, then the boat will sink, otherwise it will float.

The same sort of thing is apropos when considering "tragic" and early deaths, and how "we" react to them. They are only tragic if you believe that our entire existence is confined to the time between conception and natural death. If that is the case then those deaths are indeed tragic and we are rightly devastated by them.

On the other hand, if we, as religious people, believe that there is life after death, that a virtuous life is rewarded and an evil life is punished, then those deaths are unfortunate and disappointing, but not tragic.

So going bat-shit crazy when someone dies "before their time," is really an indication of a lack of faith.

Sorry.

The tragedy of a death is not for the persons who died. It is for ourselves. Regardless of your belief in faith and an afterlife, the truth is that you will not be seeing that person again in this life. That is where the tragedy is.

BTW, a boat floats because it is lighter the total amount of water it diplaces.