And as more old people die, the old world that they knew slips further away. So the most fearful ones think change means the world is ending, when really it is only ending for them.
"It will happen to all of us, that at some point you get tapped on the shoulder and told, not just that the party’s over, but slightly worse: the party’s going on — but you have to leave. And it’s going on without you. That’s the reflection that I think most upsets people about their demise.
All right, then, because it might make us feel better, let’s pretend the opposite. Instead, you’ll get tapped on the shoulder and told, Great news: this party’s going on forever – and you can’t leave. You’ve got to stay; the boss says so. And he also insists that you have a good time."
Lil' solstice solipsism there Mudede. Death isn't the end of the world, or even my world. I've loved too many people and planted too many trees for that to die with me. But I probably will be struck with the parting thought that I wasted a lot of money on tattoos.
Fortune cookies with messages have more thought than this. "Jesus, what if there's another dimension when I walk through a sliding glass door . . . . "
Merry Christmas anyway.
http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/philosophy.p…
All right, then, because it might make us feel better, let’s pretend the opposite. Instead, you’ll get tapped on the shoulder and told, Great news: this party’s going on forever – and you can’t leave. You’ve got to stay; the boss says so. And he also insists that you have a good time."
-Christopher Hitchens
Depends on what you think the world is. If you reject the idea of metaphysical, transcendent truth, then it seems to me Charles is basically right.
The Mayans had no concept of "end of time." It was all about cycles.