Thread: Do inanimate objects have a "life"?

Originally Posted by Noogah

I've been thinking lately. I've heard people say junk like "it lives in your heart" all my life, but just lately I started thinking about it. Although this seems like a common philosophy, does anyone here feel that it should be taken literally?

Do you mean "common expression"?

Originally Posted by Noogah

I wonder how many people actually dedicate their time to this show? I also have a character. Sort of an alter ego, which is very real to me. I've even gone so far as to have discussions with him.(I hope this doesn't make me crazy)

Talking to yourself make you crazy? Naahhh, everyone does that a little bit. I wouldn't worry about it. Now if you believed the earth was 6000 years old, thaaaat would make you crazy.

Originally Posted by Noogah

What I'm trying to say is, by dedicating part of our time, life, mind, and soul to an object, character, or even a plush toy, it seems that in a sense they have a kind of "life" inside of you. I mean, in a movie, when a character dies, you feel genuine emotion, as though part of you is gone. By hundreds of people lending a partition of their mind and soul to a character, or inanimate object, it seems to me that the object gains a sort of "life"

Anybody agree?

No but I really don't understand the question so if you rephrased it, I might. I think you're taking an analogy and arguing like it's real.