Originally posted by piccola_nuvola
Death...hmm..If you say that death is when the heart stops for more than 3-5 minu
Ooops...sorry for this. I was really asleep last night and didn't notice what I had written. Anyway what I meant is:
Death...hmm..If you say that death is when the heart stops for more than 3-5 minutes in normal temperature (after that the brain cells die) or for more than at most 25-26 minutes (in hypothermy, when the temperature of the body is 18C...after that the brain cells eventually die) then it does exist, and it happens everyday.
If you say that death is 'disappearing' then I do think it does not exist. First of all because you continue existing in the material/physical form (decomposition! When I was little I used to think that because of decomposition when ppl die they turn into fruits and vegetables...lol 😛). And secondly, because I believe there is something more than merely the body, not really an 'attached' soul, but something formed with the body or developed with it, that continues to exist even after ppl change life. From my point of view, what we call death is just a change of state.
And after all it would be too sad to think that ppl disappear.
Re: Does death exist?
Originally posted by BlackC@t
We are entities inside a physical form. So therefore when we leave our bodies there is still life? Is that counted as death?Does death even exist?
You're assuming that we are entities inside a physical form. Also, assuming that this unproven "soul" leaves the body at death. Take away those two assumptions and death occurs when biological functions cease.
Death is a point of view. The physical vessel that carries your spirit dies. What happens to your spirit next is a point of debate in a different forum (religion). Merely being a point of view is enough to say something exists, however. So death exists. Just the word itself exists. So death exists. Any questions?