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Death seems to make everything meaningless. Religions provide relief through the Afterlife. However, even the scientific-minded often follow some kind of dogma

Death seems to make everything meaningless. Religions provide relief through the Afterlife. However, even the scientific-minded often follow some kind of dogma: the current models are misrepresented as reality itself. Many mathematicians don't regard math as mere language, but as the Truth. Many computer scientists think we live inside a computation. Illuminists thought the universe to be a giant clock. We also follow our own storytelling. Western culture describes life and the universe as a dramatic arch. We don't just learn from stories, we live them. Forget everything you know. Reality is not meaningful nor meaningless. Dualism is yet one of many fallacies we are intrinsically tied to. Every thought becomes dogma. to have, to be, not is dogma. There's no escape from our perceptual model. Reality is. or maybe isn't. The more you try to describe it, the more you get trapped into your own box. Enjoy the ride. Sarai un fiocco di neve che non cade in nessun posto. You will be a snowflake that does not fall anywhere.

pascalmemories 11y ago
> Religions provide relief through the Afterlife That perspective is normally a Christian influenced one. Not all religions offer an Afterlife (and in some, the one offered is just another repeat in a different form based on how well you did previously). Other comments make what I think is probably the best advice here. If you're finding thoughts of death (or anything) are causing you disturbance and anxiety, you need to consider professional support you feel is helpful. This can most certainly be religious but it is sensible to also find a good counseling service as, sometimes, these things are not so much a religious need but caused by something you need to work out in a manner distinct from religion. You are at an age when many people suffer from degrees of mental health episodes. It's relatively normal and not a big deal if you get some support. Almost all move on from it, perhaps a little wiser for the experience of knowing that life's not so black and white as it is as a child & adolescent.

pascalmemories 11y ago

> Religions provide relief through the Afterlife That perspective is normally a Christian influenced one. Not all religions offer an Afterlife (and in some, the one offered is just another repeat in a different form based on how well you did previously). Other comments make what I think is probably the best advice here. If you're finding thoughts of death (or anything) are causing you disturbance and anxiety, you need to consider professional support you feel is helpful. This can most certainly be religious but it is sensible to also find a good counseling service as, sometimes, these things are not so much a religious need but caused by something you need to work out in a manner distinct from religion. You are at an age when many people suffer from degrees of mental health episodes. It's relatively normal and not a big deal if you get some support. Almost all move on from it, perhaps a little wiser for the experience of knowing that life's not so black and white as it is as a child & adolescent.