To assume that you will still exist
As some kind of perfectly replicated soul
That will live on in tact
After your brain stops working
Is arrogance
The height of ego
Ignoring id
Sheer Fear
As an Atheist, realist
I am often branded with that word
Arrogance
Notice I said the very specific word branded
It is something you do to show control and ownership
Not so much to control the being that you brand
But to show OTHER beings
That you are willing to go to such lengths
I grew up with Cowboys
And they were all strangled with fear
Looking to the outside
To PROVE their control
Of the outside
They all called me arrogant
Because I would never submit
To being branded