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Author: ErrolErrol Date: Jul 23, 2008 06:01
On Jul 23, 3:54Â am, "Mark Earnest" yahoo.com> wrote:
> "Jack" yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> news:r_Odne-3o660jBvVnZ2dnUVZ_j-dnZ2d@posted.echolabs...
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>> Suppose you didn't have to eat or sleep or excrete anything, etc. Â Now
>> suppose you were locked in a small closet with no light and nothing in it.
>> Now suppose you suspended in this locked closet for one billion years with
>> nothing to do but sit there. Â What would that be like? Â As a child I used
>> to scare myself on purpose by thinking about that.
>
> I suppose we could imagine worse hells.
yes! I could add; imagine this happens while you are living a rich and
full life and you retain perfect memory of that life, so that your
time is spent yearning for lost loved ones and the experience of life
itself. I would choose oblivion anytime in that case.
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