The big advantage
that being alive has
over being dead
is that you can Do Things.
Dead people cannot speak for themselves,
and because the present moment (now)
[I mean this present moment (now)
not that present moment (now) i.e. then]
is in many ways unpredictable,
it is a real benefit to be able to act in this present moment (now)
rather than having to anticipate all future present moments (thence)
(when I will be dead)
and take action now
with respect to them.
For example this poem
may very well no longer be
something I would wish to have my name associated with
by the time You get around to reading it.
But despite this
I confidently predict:
readers will still be saying,
"ah, yes! Bonkers Bindon."
Strong Agnosticism
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Agnosticism tends to get characterized as a kind of shrugging your
shoulder's position. But strong agnosticism asserts much more than a shrug
of the should...
4 years ago
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