You basically answered the question in the thread title.
It is unavoidable. So, why worry about it?
It is unavoidable. So, why worry about it?
"Am I afraid of death? Of course not, I spent billions of years being dead before I was born and I wasn't inconvenienced by it in the slightest..."Code Monkey said:I here all these people saying things like "Don't waste your life worrying about death, it's going to happen no matter what, etc", and I think they're right, but I still can't make peace with the fact that sooner or later I'll be permanently wiped from existence. I guess I still have some maturing to do.
Already have. I've actually used that quote when debating religion with some family members. I can accept the fact that, at death, consciousness vanishes forever. But I still don't like it. I fear my own death more than anything else.Raven said:"Am I afraid of death? Of course not, I spent billions of years being dead before I was born and I wasn't inconvenienced by it in the slightest..."Code Monkey said:I here all these people saying things like "Don't waste your life worrying about death, it's going to happen no matter what, etc", and I think they're right, but I still can't make peace with the fact that sooner or later I'll be permanently wiped from existence. I guess I still have some maturing to do.
Let your mind ponder this for a while