DISQUS

Sorry, you lost me with all those... words. What did you say your sign was again?

I think Nyssa23 answered much how I would have. Don't misunderstand me, I'm not saying I would love if that's what would happen when I die. I’m just saying I would probably prefer that over being worm food. If I truly did have full consciousness after I died then I could simply just think about things… remember all the good times I had hanging out with fake friends. Or better yet, I could spend my time hating this supreme being who made life suck so bad. Maybe this is just my survival instinct speaking for me, but I would be more scared of never being consciousness again.

Yea that would suck if that were the case, but I would rather know. And it beats the idea referenced in other books like burning in hell forever. The idea of being completely alone doesn’t sound fun. And I’m sure at first I would reject and ignore all forms of social contact considering that they wouldn’t be real. But that would get boring fast. More likely than not, most people in that situation would delude themselves or just accept simulated social contact as a better alternative than none. It’s not as much about what you know but about what you do with the information. It’s similar to religion. Since there isn’t just one, it’s safe to assume that at some point along the way people started picking and choosing what particular aspects of religion they wanted to believe. And most of those teachings, much like this book we’re talking about, were stated as truth. Not to say I desire that scenario to be true, but I think I might kind of prefer that version of life after death instead of just becoming worm food.

I would read it without hesitation. No matter what information the book revealed, it couldn't make life any worse. Even if we found out something that we didn't want to know, we (or maybe just I) could easily ignore it and go on with life just like we do everyday when we ignore a bum on the street.
And what do you mean by "drive you insane?" If the information is too complex then most people just get confused and bored. And if the information is understandable, again, people are really good at ignoring the unpleasant.
I guess what I’m asking is, what scenario are you envisioning where this book holds information that somebody would not want to know and where it has insanity inducing properties?

The only book I'm scared of is The Big Book of British Smiles.

Does it have large talons?

Talk to your neighbor? Didn't you recently by a BB gun?