Do Star Trek-esque Teleporters kill people?

[Avernus]

If your body dies but your consciousness lives on in a different location then it's not death as we know it.

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"It's death, Jim, but not as we know it."

 

[Valmond]

I mean, body dying and consciousness living on in a different location is pretty much death as quite a lot of people understand it.
It's just that in Star Trek, that different location is a bit more accessible without dying first.

 

[Avernus]

I mean, body dying and consciousness living on in a different location is pretty much death as quite a lot of people understand it.
It's just that in Star Trek, that different location is a bit more accessible without dying first.

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"I'm sorry Bobby, but your Daddy died and went to Heaven."

"Wahhh!"

"Oh, don't be so sad, we'll beam him back as soon as we can get a transporter lock."

 

[Mak Taru]

"I'm sorry Bobby, but your Daddy died and went to Heaven."

"Wahhh!"

"Oh, don't be so sad, we'll beam him back as soon as we can get a transporter lock."

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Sounds more like Dragonball verse, where Goku could just teleport back to Earth from the afterlife (provided certain conditions were met).