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Are You Afraid Of Death ?
2004-07-03, 8:23 AM #1
Strange out-of-the-blue question!!

Y'see. I'm not really anymore. For 2 reasons:

I do believe in an afterlife. Modern science doesnt discredit such things, in fact, recently an experiment actually gave it credit!! I believe some of my essence or spirit would remain in tact and remain on earth.

And secondly, the 1st 20 years of my life have been awful. Kinda a bad upbringing, neglected somewhat, never social until 19 or so. ANd even then I got used abused to such an extent my friends still joke I am the unlukiest guy ever. I seem to constantly battle sadness and a broken heart, so dying would simply be a release from this endless s***.

How do you see it?

D.i.s.c.u.s.s

this is serious


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2004-07-03, 8:26 AM #2
Yes.

Why?

Because I believe it's impossible to be totally unafraid of death.
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2004-07-03, 8:27 AM #3
Dying can be scary. Death itself isn't really a frightening thing. But I sure don't want to dye at this particular point in my life, when I've accomplished nothing of value.

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2004-07-03, 8:29 AM #4
It's not the fear of death itself that bugs people, it's mostly dying when you don't feel it's your time. dying too soon and leaving stuff incomplete.

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2004-07-03, 8:31 AM #5
"Life is pleasant, and death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome."

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2004-07-03, 8:31 AM #6
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2004-07-03, 8:37 AM #7
Then are you afraid of yourself?

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2004-07-03, 8:37 AM #8
Not really.

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2004-07-03, 8:38 AM #9
Yeah... My death would cause a lot of grief to people I love. I think that's reason enough to fear death.

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2004-07-03, 8:48 AM #10
Meh, it happens, nothing you can do about it. Being afraid only makes it worse.

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2004-07-03, 9:01 AM #11
Something along the lines of what SAJN said.

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2004-07-03, 9:06 AM #12
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DogSRoOL:
Dying can be scary. Death itself isn't really a frightening thing. But I sure don't want to dye at this particular point in my life, when I've accomplished nothing of value.

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I know! It's really annoying when you get split ends and the result isn't even close to the shade you were going for.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2004-07-03, 9:06 AM #13
Do I fear death... hmmm no. It's more... well I don't want to die, and it would be horrible, but I'm not really... afraid of it. You see where I'm going?


I've got so much that I would lose, and I hope that losing me would be losing so much to <certain people> so Death would suck... but there's really no fear....? Maybe I'd be afraid if I was close to death...


hmm

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2004-07-03, 9:17 AM #14
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Krokodile:
I know! It's really annoying when you get split ends and the result isn't even close to the shade you were going for.</font>


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Apparently, I was thinking about my hair, which coincidentally needs a touch-up.

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2004-07-03, 9:36 AM #15
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by saberopus:
Do I fear death... hmmm no. It's more... well I don't want to die, and it would be horrible, but I'm not really... afraid of it. You see where I'm going?


I've got so much that I would lose, and I hope that losing me would be losing so much to <certain people> so Death would suck... but there's really no fear....? Maybe I'd be afraid if I was close to death...


hmm

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2004-07-03, 9:40 AM #16
I'm not afraid of death, but dying at the moment is not part of my schedule.

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2004-07-03, 10:41 AM #17
Hell yes, I'm afraid of death. I don't want to die until I'm at least 30.
2004-07-03, 10:45 AM #18
Heh.. I've been around death all my life.

For those who don't know, my mother is a licensed Funeral Director in the wondrously boring state of Pennsylvania. She's a third-generation mortician. So yeah, death is a common part of my daily life.

That said, no I'm honestly not afraid of death, or of dead people, etc. Maybe I'm just numb to it after all these years, but whatever. Everyone dies, so why bother living life fearing the inevitable?

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2004-07-03, 10:52 AM #19
I'm not afraid of dying. I'm only afraid of dying without having done anything meaningful in my life.

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2004-07-03, 11:35 AM #20
Im not afraid of death.

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2004-07-03, 11:44 AM #21
I agree with most people here about the transition being the worst part. I've never really been confronted with death though, so I don't know yet.

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2004-07-03, 11:47 AM #22
I see it this way. If I think about death now, I think "Bring it on, I'm not afraid!" But, I only think that because I'm not in a threatening situation that could involve death. Now, if I were to be at point blank with somebody holding a gun to my face, I wouldn't be standing still embracing it. Pain is another factor. If you are afraid to get hurt, say somebody punches you joking around, and you said you didn't want to, it is also somewhat linked in that although you won't die, it's a route to it and you don't want him to punch you, making you fear pain, but also fearing death. In simpliar terms, if you fear pain, you fear death.

^The last bit is kind of confusing.

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2004-07-03, 11:50 AM #23
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Roach:
Something along the lines of what SAJN said.

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2004-07-03, 3:26 PM #24
Like Dogbert says, "You eat, sleep, work, and try not to die. Unless of cource, you find religon in which case you eat sleep, work, and look foreward to dieing." [http://forums.massassi.net/html/tongue.gif]
I'm not afraid of Death, cause I'll be going ot heven. Then we start over with a perfect world.
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2004-07-03, 3:42 PM #25
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Obi_Kwiet:
I'm not afraid of Death, cause I'll be going ot heven.</font>
*cough*

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2004-07-03, 3:44 PM #26
i want my death to wait until after my 100th birthday so i can die of a drug overdose

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2004-07-03, 4:08 PM #27
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To answer the question, no, I'm not afraid of death. Everyone dies at some point, so what's the use in trying to run from it?



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2004-07-03, 4:24 PM #28
The same way someone that believes in an afterlife sees death, I see it. I find death a comfortable reality, where I know that there's an end, and because I know that there's an end, and I don't know when my ends will come, I make every day my last, every moment importent, and every action unregretable. At least, I try to live this way.

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2004-07-03, 4:29 PM #29
What do you mean *cough*? You don't even know me? If your an athiest you must just be trying to start a flame war so I'll ignore that. *Stands by to recive brownie points from admins* [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]
2004-07-03, 4:33 PM #30
No I'm not.
I'm a Christian. I know where I'll be.

and mostly, I hate myself more than anything. I wish I was dead. I wish I could kill myself a thousand times. I want this lonely dark tormented hell to end.

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2004-07-03, 4:55 PM #31
Well, as long as your with God, God will see you throuhg it. I bet hell will be an eternity of being alone, with nothing and no-one but yourself. That's the worst possible fate I can think of.
2004-07-03, 6:04 PM #32
Ever thought about the fact that an eternity of anything would end up being the worst possible eternity? Burning or vasting in a paradise, it's forever. I'd think that just as we want to be in heven, someone in the situation of heven would want to be lacking in exsistance.

JediKirby

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2004-07-03, 6:17 PM #33
I'm sure God will find something to keep us preoccupied. Just like on a Cruise, there's always something do because there's always several events to choose from.

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2004-07-03, 6:23 PM #34
I really don't have a religion, so yes, I know I'm screwed. Anyway, I've had a theory, that Heaven and Hell are only what we make them seem. If you think Heaven is a paradise in the sky with angels and treasure, then so be it, that's what you'll see if you go to Heaven. But, if you go to Hell, and you're whole life you thought of Hell as an endless pit full of fire and demons, then that's what you shall see. It could vary aswell. If you don't care, and really don't believe in either place, then when you die you'll just see your house, your life, and what you had in your living form for Heaven or Hell.

In a way, it's deciding how you want to live your after-life.

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2004-07-04, 1:08 AM #35
If you die, you die. But the actual knowing you're about to die is probably the scary bit.

For the record, I'm strongly atheist, so when you die, sure, you're gone... but look on the bright side! It's party time for all the little worms!

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2004-07-04, 1:22 AM #36
I'm not afraid of death.

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2004-07-04, 1:53 AM #37
I'm gave up being afraid of death a long time ago. No point in worrying about the inevitable.

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2004-07-04, 4:57 AM #38
I'm not really afraid of death, just the excruciating pain that usually goes along with it.

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2004-07-04, 5:16 AM #39
I'm trying to figure out how I can contribute to this whole "forum" thing without either spurting random babble, relating semi-incriminating tales or just plain old getting myself banned.

Note, I picked your thread at random clan whasyerame.

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2004-07-04, 5:30 AM #40
I'm not too fussed by the death of anyone, its just the next phase of life... might be fun.

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