Why do people try so hard to save their life?

Fight or flight. We all want control, and the ultimate loss of control is losing your life. Those who die for causes do so in full control, those who die from depression are not... Therefore an attempt to get better is always wanted, unless they refuse to admit to themselves that they are not in control. Even the worst of junkies have an innate want to live, and if not there's a good chance they're free-willed and under the illusion that they're in full control, so it's sort of like dying for a cause, the cause of freewill.

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I am grateful that I (my brain) has had a chance to live, I do not believe my life is meaningful to existence of everything in general, but I'll happily take advantage of it. Once I'm dead everything I have ever done is gone, no more marriage, no more children, no more love or video games... In a way it's depressing, but I also know that I won't be conscious as my brain will be "gone" so it will just be like a great, dark sleep, no reminiscing allowed :P.

I believe we're unique like an ipod is unique, there's millions that are used and then thrown away, each and every single one is different from the other even if only from a microscopic view, that doesn't mean that because of the volume of uniqueness that there needs to be a ipod heaven where they all go, they're just thrown away never to be operable again. Of course unlike ipods I believe humans developed naturally throughout the years.

If you have to ask this, you need help

wis3boi

Because I love my life. Sure, my life is far from perfect, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I love taking on new challenges, trying new things, meeting new people. If I was dead, all I could do is sit there and be dead. Boring...

It wouldn't be too bad to live another day.

Maybe because if we die... err uhhh... we die.

It is programmed in our DNA to fight for survival.

I guess it's easy to see all the countless things one might want to see and do and live through when you think your time is running out.

This thread has put The Fray in my head for some reason.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw0wRfHjF5M

[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]Because nobody likes uncertainty and the unknown. I don't care if you are the most religious person in the world, everyone is scared and has their doubts of what may happen after you die. It is better to do something you already know (live) that take a giant leap into the unknown.SaudiFury

Exisiting is all we have, brah. Can't not exist, now can we?

DigitalExile

The want to perpetuate life is pretty important, otherwise the the human race would have gone the way of the Panda before we'd even learnt to wipe our arses (or maybe make a flint axe or summat - I'm no expert and don't know which came first).

I heard people like being alive.

b/c why should death be any better than life? [QUOTE="DigitalExile"]

Exisiting is all we have, brah. Can't not exist, now can we?

fastesttruck

if you want to die get on with it then.UniverseIX

Because I have to see how mass effect ends.

In an atheistic world you would be correct. I'm not an atheist so I disagree. maheo30

i seek to save my life because it is the most valuable thing on this planet, where there are about 7 billion of you there is only one of me.

because life is pretty awesome, and you should get yourself as much of it as you can?

[QUOTE="whitetiger3521"]

What is so great about this world that makes people want to fight to live so badly?

metroidfood

Five Guys Burgers and Fries

The want to perpetuate life is pretty important, otherwise the the human race would have gone the way of the Panda before we'd even learnt to wipe our arses (or maybe make a flint axe or summat - I'm no expert and don't know which came first).

poptart

Gone the way of the panda? O.o

In an atheistic world you would be correct. I'm not an atheist so I disagree. maheo30

actually, you could not be more wrong. As atheists only believe in one life, life has infinitely more value to them than it does a religious/spiritual person who believes in a better afterlife that is awaiting them.

[QUOTE="metroidfood"]

[QUOTE="whitetiger3521"]

What is so great about this world that makes people want to fight to live so badly?

mmmwksil

Five Guys Burgers and Fries

I hear much about these Five Guys and their burgers :o Are they really that tasty?

They are pretty awesome. My only complaint is that when getting it to go they put your burger at the bottom of the bag and then pile the fries in on top of it so you either have to eat fries first or dig through them to get to the burger. Just a slight inconvenience but totally worth it.

[QUOTE="maheo30"]In an atheistic world you would be correct. I'm not an atheist so I disagree. mrbojangles25

actually, you could not be more wrong. As atheists only believe in one life, life has infinitely more value to them than it does a religious/spiritual person who believes in a better afterlife that is awaiting them.

[QUOTE="maheo30"]In an atheistic world you would be correct. I'm not an atheist so I disagree. mrbojangles25

actually, you could not be more wrong. As atheists only believe in one life, life has infinitely more value to them than it does a religious/spiritual person who believes in a better afterlife that is awaiting them.

Death is inevitable for all of us except for some creature known as a hydra it is imortal lucky bastards.

In an atheistic world you would be correct. I'm not an atheist so I disagree. maheo30

[QUOTE="maheo30"]In an atheistic world you would be correct. I'm not an atheist so I disagree. Stavrogin_

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"][QUOTE="maheo30"]In an atheistic world you would be correct. I'm not an atheist so I disagree. surrealnumber5

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[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"] Your opinion doesn't change reality. The fact that YOU think that you live a meaningful and purposeful life doesn't mean you really do. It's all in your head...Stavrogin_

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"][QUOTE="surrealnumber5"] wait, if perception is everything then him thinking he lives a meaningful and purposeful life does make it so. maybe not in your eyes but who are you to override his judgement with yours.

surrealnumber5

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"]No i'm not talking about that, in comparison with the universe we are pointless. Basically our lives can't be meaningful because even the Earth we live on is meaningless. If lets say the Earth were destroyed tomorrow nothing would change significantly. In my opinion the conclusion that our lives are pointless and without purpose is the only logical conclusion in this random and unconscious universe.Stavrogin_

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"]

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"] and you also conclude that you are the only one with any value system of worth, and based on that system you deem all worthless.... that is mighty arrogant of you

surrealnumber5

I'm not gonna die

It's all around us, people going to extreme measures to just save their life and for what? What is so great about this world that makes people want to fight to live so badly? We all know that we are gonna die eventually, so whats the point?

whitetiger3521

Linkin Park came to mind and I lol'd.

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"]No, not really... It's not my value system, it's just an objective observation.

Stavrogin_

[QUOTE="metroidfood"]

[QUOTE="whitetiger3521"]

What is so great about this world that makes people want to fight to live so badly?

mmmwksil

Five Guys Burgers and Fries

I hear much about these Five Guys and their burgers :o Are they really that tasty?

we dont postulate the same thingssurrealnumber5

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]we dont postulate the same thingsStavrogin_

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"][QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]we dont postulate the same thingssurrealnumber5

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

[QUOTE="maheo30"]In an atheistic world you would be correct. I'm not an atheist so I disagree. surrealnumber5

actually, you could not be more wrong. As atheists only believe in one life, life has infinitely more value to them than it does a religious/spiritual person who believes in a better afterlife that is awaiting them.

no, I am defending my opinion from someone telling me that, because I am an atheist, life doesnt mean much to me. Maheo made the rather rude and insulting assumption that because we dont believe in an afterlife, there is no point to this current one.

I don't think Maheo is of lesser worth to me, I just found his post a bit insulting and in need of a rebuttal.

I find it a bit odd you decided to jump down my throat, however, and not Maheo's. After all, he was the one implying that atheists don't find life worth living and prolonging.

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]

[QUOTE="Stavrogin_"]Well that's your problem isn't it? If you hold irrational beliefs such as that the judeo-christian god exists and don't believe that evolution is true, a sound theory that has been proven over and over again don't "blame me for it". You also made a mistake by saying i was suggesting that i was "the only one who can assign value".Stavrogin_

religion does not hold sway on me either way... i dont assume because there is no god life must be devoid of purpose... i dont assume because of god life is worth living. those are not the two views in this world, and many people dont even try to fit god into their equation. it is weird that a self described atheist would put so much weight in a god he does not believe could exist.

[QUOTE="surrealnumber5"]

[QUOTE="mrbojangles25"]

actually, you could not be more wrong. As atheists only believe in one life, life has infinitely more value to them than it does a religious/spiritual person who believes in a better afterlife that is awaiting them.

mrbojangles25

no, I am defending my opinion from someone telling me that, because I am an atheist, life doesnt mean much to me. Maheo made the rather rude and insulting assumption that because we dont believe in an afterlife, there is no point to this current one.

I don't think Maheo is of lesser worth to me, I just found his post a bit insulting and in need of a rebuttal.

I find it a bit odd you decided to jump down my throat, however, and not Maheo's. After all, he was the one implying that atheists don't find life worth living and prolonging.