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Being born is not optional, and dying may not be mandatory one day

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Being born is not optional. Nobody chooses if they are born or not.

I see where you’re going with this in that you could have an abortion or die due to some other reason pre-birth, but the more you think about this, the less of a profound shower thought it is

so babies that die in the womb are committing suicide?

Is abortion a suicide?

no, unless the baby is telepathicly controlling their parents to abort theirself

Nah, being born is not a choice an individual can make for themself. It can be a choice others make...

That aside, everything in between is a choice.

Technically, the universe will have run out of energy in a few bagillion years, and the exponential expansion of the universe will stretch even protons to the point where existence itself is unfeasible.

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But if the child dies in the womb it was never born in the first place right?

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Optional does not mean it's a choice. At least that's how I understand this showerthought

Now thats a showerthought!!!

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