The life and death conundrum
Everything that has a beginning truly has an end. It is scary to think that one day my body will be eaten by maggots in the dirt and there is nothing I can do to prevent that from happening, some might say cremation is the answer. Technically speaking, it is. Although, the body has to be lifeless for cremation to happen. But what does it mean when the body is lifeless? Does that mean it is the end for that person, that there is nothing after their death? "Everything that has a beginning has an end." Biologically, life is a chance occurrence; one sperm cell fuses with an egg cell that then multiplies to become a human. That is how life begins, there is nothing before then. The Christian bible says there is life after death and it is categorized into two: heaven and hell. The good will go to heaven to reach nirvana and the bad will go to hell to suffer. This sounds like a fairytale to keep the masses in control so they live morally, which is brilliant. However, it is impossibl...