User Name:   FAQ Donate Join  General Discussion children, life
and death, the universe and intelligent life  Dear all,  The
following question has been on my mind for a long time ever
since my own parents told me that life is finite. I'm not sure
how old I was when that happened (perhaps five years old) and I
also don't remember what started that discussion but I remember
that I cried afterwards, because I was scared. I didn't want to
die or see my relatives die.  Now many years later I'm beginning
to wonder whether I want to have children myself. I'm not
married yet nor did I have any "real" contact with the opposite
sex so far (only business relations) but in the case I find
someone, I want to hear your opinion about having children,
because I don't feel like I could discuss this "thoughts" with
someone directly. The internet on the other hand allows mostly
anonymous communication.  So my thoughts are actually rather
simple. If I participate in the construction of another being
with an intelligence compara