[LMB] conundrum

[Katrina Allis]

On 20/03/2008, Trialia Xua <trialia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >Lois:
> > So how come most people worry about not existing after they die, but
> > almost no one worries about not having existed before they were
> conceived?
> >
>
> Tria:
>
> I believe each of us exists before we are conceived, but not as an
> individual... complicated. <g> I don't _worry_ about it, though :)
>

Speaking for myself here only.

I think it also has something to do with our development as people
throughout our lives.  Before we're born, only God really knows who we are
and our potential - we're like the cat in the box, only with many more
possibilities than just alive or dead.  And we see that in children.  Going
backwards and looking into what happened before doesn't feel quite right.

So I think a great deal of it has something to do with curiousity, what
happens next?  And another great part of it has to do with not wanting to
surrender what we have made of ourselves over the time we've been alive.

We can measure the changes in pregnancy, and see the development of the baby
and speculate on what they will be like.  But physically, all death provides
is decay; the person who was there is no longer.  So, what happens then?

My flatmate adds that whether or not we existed before we conceived is
irrelevant.  It's previous.  We exist now, at least, so when we came into
existance before our memories begin is not important.  Whereas it feels like
we should be able to affect what happens after we die.

Katrina