As someone who believes that souls are immortal (well I still haven't made a "regression" yet but I'm interested in it, even if it's just to laugh my ass off, to see what I've been doing these last few past lifes), I believe it's very unfortunate that our bodies have a timestamp on them (supposedly "good for 140 years" according to science, but in reality anything past 100 is pure luck, heck, getting there is luck as well!!).
But when I read about the title of the topic I was thinking rather that it was about the end of the world, something that's rather closer than farther away. Whilst I don't belong to those that say that the world will DEFINITELY end on December 21st, 2012, I've been hearing more and more scientists speak on how things will change in the world - and I'm not just talking about the weather, which could have far worse consequences than anybody might think - and therefore I'm wondering if modern society as a whole isn't on some "highway to hell", right now. The pace of life has never been quicker, and resources to sustain life as we know it are earmarked to be exhausted already in this century - that's not just fossil fuels, but even more basic things like drinkable water...
If that's the case I'm of the personal oppinion that it'd be better for all of humanity to be wiped out in some near-instantaneous apocalyptic event ("Knowing" comes to mind) rather than grinding down in suffering - either that or we get some sort of miraculous help from above or fate that'll change us so that humanity in itself will rise above itself and prove to the universe that it isn't some sort of failed experiment of evolution of life on this planet. Hopes for the latter aren't disparate and I must consider a book called "The God Formula" (a book of fiction based on real scientific data), by José Rodrigues dos Santos, quite inspirational.
I could nevertheless not write a post and not extend my condolences to those who've lost ones dear to them, but I cannot help but remind them that the pain always only belongs to those left behind - one WW2 quote from the manual of "Aces over Europe", that old ancient game, always comes to mind...
"Hold to your glasses steady, this world is a world of lies. There's a health for the dead already, hurray for the next man to die!"