Yeah, I suppose I am. Although I do hope that my death is either instantaneous (Not much to worry about then) or not permanent (IE cryonic storage).
Do you fear death?
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You're asking the wrong agegroup.
Younger generations aren't that afraid because they see it as a far off thing and usually say stuff like "Yea, it's inevitable, so I'm not afraid".
I was like that... until I was diagnosed with cancer, which put a whole new perspective on things. It's easy not to fear something far away, but it's something else to be looking down the barrel.
I still have issues even though I'm in remission, and the complications may have shortened my life a bit. I don't want to cease to exist. Though if you think about it. Time passes in an instant when you're not conscious, so if we die we might end up in another consciousness in some other time or universe... not so much "reincarnation", but hey, you sprung to life here, what's to stop it from happening again without realizing it?
Strangely the nerd in me has found some comfort in Eric Idle
Younger generations aren't that afraid because they see it as a far off thing and usually say stuff like "Yea, it's inevitable, so I'm not afraid".
I was like that... until I was diagnosed with cancer, which put a whole new perspective on things. It's easy not to fear something far away, but it's something else to be looking down the barrel.
I still have issues even though I'm in remission, and the complications may have shortened my life a bit. I don't want to cease to exist. Though if you think about it. Time passes in an instant when you're not conscious, so if we die we might end up in another consciousness in some other time or universe... not so much "reincarnation", but hey, you sprung to life here, what's to stop it from happening again without realizing it?
Strangely the nerd in me has found some comfort in Eric Idle
Yeah, not really. Mainly for two reasons:
A) Why fear the inevitable?
and
B) I'll just have my body preserved until such a time as I can be resurrected as an awesome kickass cyborg. Preferably with at least ONE laser eye and a built in jetpack/lasergun hand. Either's fine if they don't have one or the other at that point.
A) Why fear the inevitable?
and
B) I'll just have my body preserved until such a time as I can be resurrected as an awesome kickass cyborg. Preferably with at least ONE laser eye and a built in jetpack/lasergun hand. Either's fine if they don't have one or the other at that point.
I don't really know. I am curious as to what happens after. Like, if you do have any kind of conscience after, not in the form of an afterlife. The idea of your conscience just disappearing is something that I can't get my head around. I'd go into why but it's something I really, really can't explain at all.
Not that I don't mind the idea of dying. Dying would not be cool at all. Death itself is something I'm curious about though.
My lil' theory is that your life is sort of on 'loop'. Like, you live, then your life completely repeats itself, sort of thing. Maybe you're not actually living at this time, but it helps me get my head around the idea of completely ceasing to exist.
This kind of makes sense if the theory of Brane Universes is true. If the universe is on a loop, things could happen exactly the same as it did before, including your life, and you could be living it over and over again, like.
That was somewhat off-topic, but I just thought maybe some people might agree it's possible.
Not that I don't mind the idea of dying. Dying would not be cool at all. Death itself is something I'm curious about though.
My lil' theory is that your life is sort of on 'loop'. Like, you live, then your life completely repeats itself, sort of thing. Maybe you're not actually living at this time, but it helps me get my head around the idea of completely ceasing to exist.
This kind of makes sense if the theory of Brane Universes is true. If the universe is on a loop, things could happen exactly the same as it did before, including your life, and you could be living it over and over again, like.
That was somewhat off-topic, but I just thought maybe some people might agree it's possible.
I don't fear death. I fear dying. I dread the thought of seeing the people I love for the last time.
No. I'm completely indifferent towards it; I'm bored of living, so how could death be any worse?
Sure. I worry about it all the time. I fear I might die before I get to do something extraordinary. That isn't the only reason though. I wonder what'll happen when I close my eyes for the last time. Will I just pop up in another consciousness with no memory of my past life? Will I look at everything in 3rd Person like in some FPS games watching someone else? Or will I start completely over from the beginning and relive my life (again, no memories of past life)?
All I can say is that death sucks. No matter how ya look at it. Unless there was a New Game+ feature.
All I can say is that death sucks. No matter how ya look at it. Unless there was a New Game+ feature.
i seriously doubt it will happen in a few decades, we kind of have to solve alot of other problems first (aids/hiv,etc...), otherwise being old forever would just suck ballsmolesgallus said:
plus i don't want to be an old wrinkly fart who can barely move around for 100+ years, fuck that, i'd rather die at 60 then live to be 140-150 being some waste of fucking space/money/time.
Threads like this- that is one reason why I'm really glad that I'm religious. I do not fear death at all. It's merely a transitory moment to an even more wonderful life after this one- if you did well in this life, that is. That's the goal of religion.
I'm a fan of Paschal's Wager: (under the assumption that my religion is the correct one)
God exists + you living a faithful, good life= the eternal reward of your soul in heaven after death.
God exists + you living an unfaithful life= the eternal torment of your soul in hell after death.
God does not exist + you living a faithful, good life= Oblivion, a cessation of your identity after death.
God does not exist + you living an unfaithful life= Oblivion, a cessation of your identity after death.
Ergo, a faithful, good life either earns you heaven or oblivion, and an unfaithful one either earns you hell or oblivion.
One can consider living a good, faithful life to be paying for an insurance policy for the soul. To pre-empt the criticism of "What if your religion's wrong? You're going to hell anyway!": my own personal beliefs about the truth of my religion aside, you can't tell which religion is true either. I at least have a chance of being right by following this formula. And if I'm wrong, well I guess I'll see you in hell.
For those who are hoping that science can save them from death with either anti-aging pills or brains suspended in fluid w/ robot bodies:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html
Just ignore the points about you being invincible or the only one who is immortal.
I'm a fan of Paschal's Wager: (under the assumption that my religion is the correct one)
God exists + you living a faithful, good life= the eternal reward of your soul in heaven after death.
God exists + you living an unfaithful life= the eternal torment of your soul in hell after death.
God does not exist + you living a faithful, good life= Oblivion, a cessation of your identity after death.
God does not exist + you living an unfaithful life= Oblivion, a cessation of your identity after death.
Ergo, a faithful, good life either earns you heaven or oblivion, and an unfaithful one either earns you hell or oblivion.
One can consider living a good, faithful life to be paying for an insurance policy for the soul. To pre-empt the criticism of "What if your religion's wrong? You're going to hell anyway!": my own personal beliefs about the truth of my religion aside, you can't tell which religion is true either. I at least have a chance of being right by following this formula. And if I'm wrong, well I guess I'll see you in hell.
For those who are hoping that science can save them from death with either anti-aging pills or brains suspended in fluid w/ robot bodies:
http://www.cracked.com/article_18708_5-reasons-immortality-would-be-worse-than-death.html
Just ignore the points about you being invincible or the only one who is immortal.
Well, just as it will probably always be impossible to truly know whether God is real or not, or there is an afterlife or not, it really is impossible for me to know with 100% certainty whether my version of the afterlife is true, or if there is an afterlife at all. But suffice to say that the things that I have learned, observed, and experienced have been enough to convince me of my beliefs.curty129 said:
Not in the least. Theres nothing to fear because its a cold eventuality of the world.
Besides, once you have an experience with it, its a lot less scary to face it as a reality.
Besides, once you have an experience with it, its a lot less scary to face it as a reality.
yes, because I am sane.
If you don't fear death you're either deluded or an idiot, the way I see it.
If you don't fear death you're either deluded or an idiot, the way I see it.
I like to think I have some sort of Valhalla deal waiting for me after I croak. If this turns out to not be the case then I will be sorely disappointed. And dead. But mostly disappointed.
"I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."
― Mark Twain
pretty much sums it up.
As someone who doesn't particularly enjoy living, the thought of oblivion is a rather appealing and sometimes comforting notion.
― Mark Twain
pretty much sums it up.
As someone who doesn't particularly enjoy living, the thought of oblivion is a rather appealing and sometimes comforting notion.