@gojo1978,
gojo1978;95907 wrote:Being alive now, conscious and capable of thought, all things considered, would you rather never have been born?
Discuss...
If I had never been born I wouldnt regret it, so I guess yes. I believe in afterlife, so, tragically, being born is irreversible. No use thinking about it, then =)
richrf;95936 wrote:Seeing as I am not committing suicide, this would be strongly confirming that I am glad I decided to be born.
How would you take a decision winhout first existing?
jeeprs;95978 wrote:One perspective would be, life itself, all living things, seem to show a great zest to live. I think if one is fortunate enough to be born healthy and one lives healthily, the organism itself will continue to demonstrate this attribute. As to whether one pre-exists this life, one does in the abstract sense of one's cultural, genetic, and physical inheritance, combined with this kind of impersonal life-force. And actually, in this day and age, it is a serious question, because there are too many people who decide in balance that it does have no purpose, which is obviously tragic for those who love them.
Ya, I believe that if we are condemned to an eternal meaningless existance, we may very well spend it doing funny things, such as living.
kennethamy;97882 wrote:Not necessarily. But he'll give them a choice whether to be born or not.
A twitch leftyards means yes, a twitch rightyards means no =)
Shostakovich;98023 wrote:You've got it. There's no way I'll be party to contributing to the mess which is the world's bludgeoning population.
The tricky thing is that if you dont have children, people like you, who are willing to not have children for the sake of not over-populating the world, will be less present, so, at the same time, you are etically enticed to both have and do not have children.
I mean, part of the world's problems probally comes from the fact that the poor have lots of children while the rich have few, meaning that richness and knowledge remain undivided.
Off course, you could instead just try to spread your ideas, like you are doing now =)
gojo1978;98048 wrote:Bludgeoning, haha?
But I salute your attitude, to my mind, this is the correct way of thinking. There's enough suffering in the world, why add to it?
Because living winhout a purpose is boring. Living with a purpose, such as, lets saying, leaving descendents in the world, is fun.