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Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist. Epicurus, 341 - 271 BC Sure, this statement is valid only for agnostics as myself. But still, it is hardly arguable that something remains in memories of our friends and...

If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia. -- Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) I entirely agree with this quote - I myself am an agnostic, but I don't mind people being religious as far as they are not overzealous in this matter.

abe109, haven't you happened to read "On the Despisers of the Body" from Nietzsche's "Thus Spake Zarathustra"? Until recently, I used to think that complete segregation of mind (or whatever its name) and body is a kind of noble philosophical idea, but actually some ancient cultures (like Greek)...

A friend of mine used to say that after a certain age it is impossible to change your personality just as it is impossible to change your body constitution. Speaking thus metaphorically, although you might not be able to grow up, still you can be pretty capable of altering your figure. Adding...