Do you fear death?

[Grand_Arcana]

No. Death is something that we must face relatively soon. It's a silly thing to fear something that cannot be conquered.

 

[Randomperson9999999]

i fear dying early

 

[chuckman1]

Somewhat, I'd like to live but death is inevitable so i don't care.

 

[The Hero Killer]

Its not the dying part I'm afraid of its not knowing what will come afterwards. If I have some kind of conscience after I'm gone whether its a state of eternal dreaming or some kind of afterlife I dont care as long as I am somewhat aware and not just cut off like a light switch. I get sick to my stomach and weak in the head when I think about things like this. That someday I'll be gone. I wont be able to move, see, or feel, that everything I know will be over.

 

[IamLEAM1983]

How come I'm the first one to use this?


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Alright, someone else was chewing at the bit to post that scene! Woohoo!

Hurray for small pleasures, I guess.

Seriously, though, I'm not so much afraid of death as I'm afraid of fading away in the memories and overall consciousness of my friends and loved ones. I'd like to think I'll have at least achieved a few things in life, before taking a bow.

As for what I factually believe... I honestly don't know. Spiritually, I'm absolutely fucking confused. I've got my long moments of convinced atheism, with occasional shifts towards agnosticism. I just don't think about it, most of the time. What's really put a dent in my atheism is my dog's death. I loved him so much. He's the first person (yes, person), which I've ever seriously grieved for. I'm not saying I'm a Rainbow Bridge subscriber, but I do like to think that somehow, somewhere, someday - I'll get to see Whiskey again. Or, well, that's when my bouts of agnosticism are pretty strong.

Then my mind kicks in and reminds me of how absolutely irrational all of this is. I then grudgingly shift back to atheism and a general disavowal of spiritual or Afterlife-related concepts, seeing as there's 99% chances that all of us will just turn to worm food.

 

[Rnr1224]

im not necessarily afraid. i just dont want to die before im ready. but in the end i think it is natural and its bound to happen to me sooner or later.

 

[Gwright9001]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJdzn6yOr-8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8MIULx7WSc

yep

 

[StereoMike]

If you actually answer "no" to this question you either:

A: Don't actually have any real concept of death,

B: Are lying,

C: Aren't actually taking the time to think about it or,

D: Are completely insane

Seriously, death is frigging terrifying. Everything that is, disappears. At least from your point of view. Also, a fear of death is genetically hardwired into you no matter what you say. There's no denying your evolutionary programming.

 

[LadyMint]

I do not fear death, but I am slightly wary of the various ways in which you can die.

 

[kouriichi]

I dont fear death.

But i fear a bad death. Like on the toilet or something. Or getting my arm slowly demeated through a snow plow, and then bleeding to death.

 

[Omega 380]

Death? Not really no. The act that may cause said death? Yeah, thats something I try to avoid. I don't fear death, I fear getting run over by a semi crossing the street causing my death.

I dont fear death.

But i fear a bad death. Like on the toilet or something. Or getting my arm slowly demeated through a snow plow, and then bleeding to death.

Basically the same as them. To me, being afraid to die makes as much sense as being afraid to sleep. Being afraid of the way you will die is something different and makes a lot of sense.

If you actually answer "no" to this question you either:

A: Don't actually have any real concept of death,

B: Are lying,

C: Aren't actually taking the time to think about it or,

D: Are completely insane

Seriously, death is frigging terrifying. Everything that is, disappears. At least from your point of view. Also, a fear of death is genetically hardwired into you no matter what you say. There's no denying your evolutionary programming.

I'll take option D.

 

[Psychedelic Spartan]

Same here bro. pop tarts are a neccesity.

 

[Smeggs]

Do you fear death? It's a question that has been asked many times. I myself am more worried about what happens afterwards. The idea of endlessly being in the dark void of nothingness, for all eternity makes me feel unnerved. I know I'll be dead, but still..

I look at it like this: If I don't see it coming and it happened without any time to know that I'd die, it gives me no time to worry.

I do not constantly think about death.

If there is an afterlife, cool beans.

If there isn't, what is there to fear? You would be NOTHING. You would have no fear, there would be no endless void because there would be nothing left of you to float there. You would just be a lifeless husk buried in the ground.

Basically, if you die, it's not like you could care, because you're DEAD.

I guess what I'm trying to say is I'm not so afraid of death as I am about my presence being snuffed out. I like me, I don't want me to die anytime soon, I still have a lot of stuff I hope to one day do and accomplish.

 

[Icehearted]

I've actually had the experience. It feels weird being alive after you die, but while you are dead you don't really know you're dead. It's not as bad as people assume it is because all awareness is gone. I'm a christian, I believe in life after death, but what I experienced was a dark emptiness that would be really hard to describe.

I don't fear being dead, I know that once we die we don't know it. Dying isn't fun though.

 

[ShadowsofHope]

Do you fear death? It's a question that has been asked many times. I myself am more worried about what happens afterwards. The idea of endlessly being in the dark void of nothingness, for all eternity makes me feel unnerved. I know I'll be dead, but still..

Except for the fact that, if such is eventually the outcome, you won't have a conscienceness to perceive such "emptiness". It would be the same as before you ever came into existence. You weren't anything.

OT: I do not fear death, no. Perhaps the uncertainty of it, to some extent. Otherwise, only the pain of dying, knowing that at that point, your life as you know it is coming to an end - anything else you wanted to do is forever denied to you. And, no less, I like the sensation of breathing..

 

[Fieldy409_v1legacy]

If death means going to heaven, no. If death means my mind no longer exists, well that's a horrifyingly alien concept.

 

[dorkette1990]

I'm surprisingly not scared. The thing I really worry about is who will take care of my animals? Isn't it a shame I won't see my family's face when they go through my room and find my collection of kinky things? Will any of the girls I went out with show up to my funeral, and once again, will my family be surprised considering that to them I'm dating, and have been dating, the same guy for 5 years?
I'm more interested in the effect my death would have on the living. I'm vaguely Buddhist, so I kinda believe in reincarnation.

 

[PanicStricken]

no i do not. ever since i was a little kid, my dad always told me, "dont be afraid, dont be sad. its something everyone has to do. i may not be here tomorrow so i enjoy everyday with you to the fullest extent. and when i do go, dont worry about it. it happens to all of us." i plan on passing that off to my own kids. i am not afraid of it because i know that it is something that will eventually happen no matter what. what i AM afraid of, though, is dying alone.

 

[acturisme]

No. For I shall be in the same state upon my death as I was millions of years before my conception, nonexistent. Never had I suffered whilst in this form.

 

[Trippy Turtle]

[sub]I've come to settle jack sparrows debt.[/sub]
Yeah I would hate dying. Not sure how I feel about the whole immortality thing either though.