Sex??? Death???

I am about to philosophize a lot about death, even idealize it, but I don't want to be labeled as emo, even though I had the haircut depicted to the left for two days in high school.

This is a pretty popular topic on the blog right now, so whatever, I'll give it a shot. I'll preface this by saying that I know nothing about either. But this leaves me a lot of time to speculate on both. My general concept of both, were I not to use words or images to define either, would be flashes of light. Let me throw out another life event with a different a-literal a-pictorial depiction, birth, which is a gradually expanding ray of light, rather than a burst. This may or may not make a lot of sense, but to me, light is the origin of all things, so it is the perfect place to begin. This is also not meant to be conclusive about anything,

The main comparison between sex and death in class was that they are both limits. Even though my argument here is that they are similar, I'm not sure about this point. I would say that they are both ends... sex is an end to youth and death is an end to earthly life, however, as limits, I feel that the limit of sex varies among people and has been attained many times, whereas death is a universal limit that no one can possibly conceptualize indisputably. I suppose, though, after writing that, one can never be positive that they have attained their own sexual limitations, and so there is a shared murky uncertainty with death.

I'm not associated with a specific religion, but I would define myself as religious. I believe in a nonspecific afterlife and such. I guess the proper term for it is that I have no unwavering beliefs, but I have faith. With the uncertainty of higher powers, absolutely no belief system can be proven as false. So, even if someone were to make up a position on the spot, somewhere in the millionths or trillionths of probability, there is a chance that it's true. Maybe the God in their madeup system implanted the story to be told as a joke, knowing that with every joke there's a hint of truth. I hold God as the greatest of writers, which is why so much symbolism exists in the world, and why writing was even able to come into fruition as a thing. I AM SO FAR OFF TRACK.

So, here are possibilities to argue with some of the points made already on this blog. The goal is not to find a definitive answer, but to point out that nothing can be known as fact.

• How can one say you can't feel death at all? What is "you"? If you continue after death, then it's possible that death and everything thereafter feel more incredible than absolutely anything in life. In saying this it's important to distinguish between 'dying' (being shot, motorcycle accident, being hit by lightning), and 'death' (a soul or spirit leaving the body).
• Death very well may not rip you away from your loved ones. In the case of wandering spirits, maybe you can actually be with your loved ones all day. On the reverse, you being ripped away from them, some people may not appreciate a loved one until they die, thus bringing that loved one effectively closer. Emotions of the survivors in regards to you are likely heightened (from another blog: sex = emotion), so this keeps you even closer.
• More on that, it's possible that in the afterlife, after your loved ones have also died, given the unknown physiology of spirits, that you and your spouse could actually occupy the same space. Sex is the zenith of pleasure on earth because it is the ultimate form of closeness, but it does not equate to a literal chemical bond.
• Sex for creation, death for death, is true unless human life is a sort of larval stage to the afterlife, in which death is a cocoon and afterlife is the most enjoyable stage.
  
• Sex may create life, but the creation of life is also, in effect, creating more eventual death.
• "Everybody wants to die but no one wants to." Instead of speaking ambiguously and situationally on this, I'll just quote Whitman: "Has any one supposed it lucky to be born?
  I hasten to inform him or her it is just as lucky to die, and I know it."
• In regards to the statement about the movie couple having sex in the face of looming death, this is explained by the uncertain nature of death. It is equally possible to aforementioned views that after human life there is great unfathomable nothingness (one cannot imagine nothing, the best attempt is an image of solid black). So, yes, not knowing what will happen, they choose to at the very least having the best thing life has to offer again one last time. If there is to be no afterlife, then the best thing in life is also the best thing there is at all.
• If feeling nothing is terrible, it is so only when one knows the concept of feeling. If death is a complete departure from life in which earthly joys are forgotten, the absence of feeling wouldn't be noticeable. I can't go without television, but if television had never been, I wouldn't notice its absence.
• I believe the reason sex and death are taboo topics is not because of inappropriateness, but rather a lack of appropriate language to describe them. A man who describes sex saying nothing more than "Yeah dude, I banged her for like 4 hours" probably has no problem talking about sex (in fact, he will start the conversation). However, to people who truly appreciate the emotional experience of sex, there is no way to vocalize what has occurred, and therefore they'd rather not discuss it. I don't foresee death and sex having a departure from taboo, save the invention of a machine linking minds to share concepts.
• Not all other mammals view sex as strictly physical. Dolphins also mate for pleasure. *FUN NATURE FACT*
• To Glo's post: If there is any such thing as predetermined fate, then such an "accident" may not be vested with the undefinable characteristics that constitute life. Such an "accident" may be a solely physical birth, implanted solely to teach a lesson to the sinners. In regards to sinning in general, I try to avoid it as well, except that I like to drink.... I like to drink a lot. But premarital sex and drugs I personally view as acts that bring one closer to God in a sort of "cheating" way (See "Closer" - Nine Inch Nails) ... postmarital sex, on the other hand, I view as an act to bring life into a safe environment.
• To Alex: I have nothing really to dispute in your post, but I love love LOVED the typo where instead of "first sexual exchange" you said "fist sexual exchange". I'm sure everyone does remember a fist sexual exchange. I'm hard-pressed to recall a typo I have enjoyed more thoroughly.

So, I'm an RTF major, and the way I theorize the entire process works with the basic three-act narrative structure. Plot point 1 is birth, then there's youth, then plot point 2: sex, adulthood, then the climax of death (an intensified plot point two), and then the beautiful afterlife denouement. I believe also in reincarnation, not because it's exceptionally feasible, but because it's a dreamy possibility. So, the denouement doesn't go forever, and the transition of afterlife to rebirth can equate to the loading of a new film, while the audience sits and applauds if they like Coca-Cola. IT'S A MOVIE MARATHON!

I'm going to conclude with the two songs I believe perfectly depict sex and death. They're by the same band, a band which I'm extremely biased toward, so it's likely that other people would have other songs they believe represent these concepts. However, I contest that other music about the topics is far too explicit, and does not attack the subjects in as near a primal way. The fact is, this band does a lot of LSD, which I've already stated as a way to cheat to get an early glimpse of God. So, I let them do the drugs for me, and then acts as prophets to me. Note how much longer death is than sex:

Sex- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqvBoFpgXQA
Death- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rvPX8UlQ78