Are you afraid of death?

@Robinn when I said it was convenient . I meant it gave purpose to our lives without which we are just accidental creations , and also I never said a word about obeying him or worshipping him or even fearing him , cause i'm an agnostic and i believe in god but i don't obey him , cause it's my life , not his.

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@Mystified-Soul I completely agree with that. although it might seem a li'l cold hearted at times ,, i sometimes think one of the best things about life is death.

That we have the luxury of the choice to end it or not, ( most of the times).

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@SilenceDogood Yeah, that's what I mean. It may be cold, we may not see our loved ones again but at least we don't see them suffering and they don't see us suffering. Plus, if I'm just dead, it's not like it can bother me.

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@BenjiHeartsYou That's kind of what I meant in my first post, I don't really know f I want that or not. But then, if you look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssf7P-Sgcrk it doesn't seem all to bad. I guess I don't really know at all. But check out the video, it's kind of long but I was really awed by it. Please watch and tell me what you think afterwards.

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@QuietlyAnonymous Alright, I'll check it out.

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I am not, because for me, there's nothing after death. Consciousness is for me in the brain, and when the brain stops working, so does consciousness.

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@TheLocalGuerilla Interesting take. I can understand that :)

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@Robinn its the whole idea how having something greater than ourselves to look out for us, protect us, love us, be there for us, it is all very convenient if you think about it that way

now me personally I have a ton of different theories, but I am pretty neutral when it comes to such matters

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I sort of am :P But I believe in heaven and hell,. A woman dreamt of my great grandmother in a beautiful garden with her name on it, a couple of days later my great grandmother passed away, the woman told my grandmother that she didn't know my great grandmother until she saw her name in the newspaper (section for deaths). I'm happy to know my great grandmother is in a better place, she was the kindest person I've ever known. A lot of people have dreamt about people (strangers and family)in heaven and hell after/before their death. @Mystified-Soul actually in my religion of you're in heaven, you can save a loved one with you.

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@cashmerepoison The idea of picking just one person seems more evil but then I guess it depends on your outlook. This is just how I think now. I'm pretty sure (but not 100%) that I think we'll just end but who knows, eh?

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@Mystified-Soul Umm no actually, it shows how important it is to have a loyal friend, which will pay off in the afterlife.

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@Robinn I'm agnostic, and I can tell you that death is least of my worries. Well, MY death, anyway. I don't think about afterlife, or whether I am heading to some magical, ideal palace in the sky or being burnt in another magical depth underneath the world.

And Rest in Peace? For me, it's more or less the respect of a human to someone who passed away. I mean, what should they say, after all? 'I hope you go to hell?' Most people love people more once they're dead. Take celebrities for an example. Winehouse and Whitney Houston. From being hated most of their lifetime, they get loved in the end.

So yeah. I don't think about what happens after death, but whatever happens, I'm open to it. It's something out of my control. Death is death. I can't force myself to be alive just because I don't want to die yet. Unexpected or not, I will accept death just as how I accepted life. It would be the fair thing to do.

But no one really knows. We don't know what will happen tomorrow, so how about after death?

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I am an Atheist. At first, due to my beliefs, I was petrified of death. The thought of not living with any of my family, friends or experiencing any thoughts just scared me to death. (no pun intended) I have learnt to accept it though as I have got older; helped by the fact that I have experienced deaths. I know that death is necessary, so enabling other people to get a life that may be better than the one I lived gives me a sense of calm. You know it is going to happen, but when, how and what it really truly means is all a mystery. I like that- the idea that something that never will be discovered hopefully. A place where there is nothing (if death/afterlife can be called a place at all) Very peaceful thinking to me.

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I am pretty sure that there is no 'afterlife' therefore I am not afraid of death because as soon as I die my thought processes will end and I will no longer be aware. I can't be afraid of something I'm not going to experience. It's like being afraid of the time before I was born.

But the physical process of dying is quite scary. I hope to pass peacefully surrounded by people who love me and not screaming as I plunge 5000ft from an aeroplane onto a rusty spike while terrorists pepper my falling body with machine gun bullets.

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@Count_Germain Wouldn't you be afraid of never being happy again?

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@Improbable_Heart I'd be afraid of not being happy if I was alive to experience not being happy, but I'll be dead. You don't experience peanuts when you're dead. Not even being dead.

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@Count_Germain Ok then aren't you afraid of being non existent? Of wiping off the face of the earth while love ones mourn a loss that will never know it was missed because it doesn't even exist anymore?

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I think we all are afraid of death!. No matter how much one denies. The sooner we die the less sin we earn and the more closer we are to our final destiny. We actually should not be afraid of death but it is the human tendency as we all are effortlessly and undeniably bound to the worldly deed that its hard not to be afraid of death.

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@shagsami You better not be telling me what I think.

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@shagsami respectfully, from the beginning of recorded history to our modern time historians have established that more than 75% of human deaths have been children between the ages of zero and thirteen years.

When I heard this statistic I realised that the idea of sin is somehow in error. For how can children be accused of sin? Sin, to me, is an adult concept while children are innocent until they enter adulthood.

Perhaps, at the earliest, the transitional period of puberty could be considered a form of adult, but I personally would not classify thirteen as puberty. And if children are saddled with original sin, then how does so early a death allow them to cleanse themselves in life through their deeds and actions?

Even if the ten to thirteen bracket were included as adulthood and capable of sin, this section of the greater proportion of mortality is still the minority.

I am sorry to be so contrite, but also I disagree that everybody fears death. If that were true we would all live our lives in a permanent state of terror and would never take risks. Clearly this is not true of everybody (though it may be true of the unfortunate few!)

Fear of death should neither be confused with the survival instinct which is very powerful (maybe the most powerful instinct we possess) and kicks in when death is an immediate concern. Faced with a gun man who wishes to kill us, we will do everything in our power to flee the gun man and survive. But is that a fear of death or a desire to continue living? I wonder if the two are mutually exclusive. Maybe not!

Shallom!

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@Improbable_Heart huh?

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@Count_Germain No if you the mental capability to differentiate right from wrong then you have the decision to sin or not. So to say only adults can sin is ridiculous. If a child cheated during his examinations and he knew he shouldn't have yet he still did it's a sin. If an adult committed adultery and he knew he shouldn't have it's STILL a sin. Only the severity of the sin has changed.

Again, if a child dies original sin cannot be held against him. It's not fair, God wouldn't allow it.

Everybody DOES fear the thought of dying. Not death exactly as it IS a part of life, but the how and what happens after death.

I'm in my room right now and I'm thinking about death and the aftermath. I'm still scared of it, although there is no car about to run over me. So to say that survival instinct is the cause of our fear of death is inaccurate. The real fear come's from not being prepared and facing the unknown.

Shallom to you too.

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@shagsami He meant when you said "I think we all are afraid of death!" that he doesn't want you to think for him. Although I have to agree with you.

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@shagsami Yes, Robbin explained what I meant. You shouldn't tell me what I think.

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@Count_Germain When did I tell that people die because of sins? Dude. You made no sense from my saying.

I just meant that if we by any chance die soon then that is nothing but a big advantage for us. Lets take your example. You said that a person who reaches puberty or is an adult is the one who sin not the innocent children. So if a person dies at the age of 6-7 then thats a bonus point for him/her to get to heaven!

And regarding fear of death. Thrust me. EVERYONE FEARS DEATH. No matter how much one denies they do fear. "

If you are crossing the road and a truck is about to hit. Wouldn't you panic? Wouldn't you at least shout or get angry at the driver???

Dude, All those emotions are nothing but the result of fear. Fear of Death. And definitely not the desire to continue to live. Desire to continue to live comes only when you know you are about to die. It may be hard to figure this out but think about it.

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