Do you fear death?

[averydeeadaccount]

?We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.? - Chuck Palahniuk

i disagree, i have full intention of obtaining immortality, just don`t know where to get started.

 

[Wolfwind]

I don't fear death nearly as much as I fear what I'll miss out on in life.

However, I do fear HOW I'll die. Being killed naturally, or in an accident (although it would still suck) doesn't really scare me as much of the thought of having my life TAKEN from me. For example, being killed by some two bit selfish prick on the streets who only knows power at the end of a gun. The idea of it is detestable, and I'd hate to go like that.

I think the "do you fear death" question in itself is difficult to answer truthfully though, cause you have to think about if you see it coming. Day to day, death doesn't really scare me. It's not on my mind, and I accept it as a natural and necessary part of our existence. However, if I was staring it in the face, the thought of losing my life would be frightening.

 

[Sum1else]

Of course i fear death... I want to live forever...

so does everyone who isn't in horrible pain, because you want to live another 24 hours, right? and after that you will still want to live another 24 hours? just take that pattern out to infinity...

and so death would take away infinity desired lifespan, so its infinity scary... so yeah, as much fear as my brain can compute, it has for death, and that's not even a fraction of the fear i would feel if i could and its a good thing i cant because i don't think i could stay sane through all of that...

anyone who still doesn't fear death, get a piece of paper, with a number of squares on it equal to your average lifespan in days... fill it in until your age, and then another box each day... to see the time passing away each day makes it more real, you will fear soon...

you can even plot things on your diagram, if it takes a week to play a game, then you can find out how many more you can play... EVER...

if it takes a month or 2 to learn a skill you can see how much you can know how to do... EVER...

and unless something changes soon (safe to bet it probably won't) there's nothing you can do about that... all you can do is look at the chart and want more time...

AND THAT IS SCARY, THAT IS THE MOST SCARY THING EVER

 

[xochiquetzal]

I'm not scared of dying, I just don't want to

 

[StormShaun]

Everyone fears death, it just that some people may hide it, while other will not.

But I know ima going to Heaven!

 

[triggrhappy94]

I haven't feared death since my suicide attempt--I've changed since then, so don't worry.
Dying is abit of a different story, but I'm confident in my resistance to pain.

 

[Wushu Panda]

I've already had several near death experiences (early 20s). It's part of life, it's natural. Even so, if you're good enough, you can avoid it.

Syrio Forrel: What do we say to Death? Not today!

 

[Bravo 21]

Not so much with death, as with the problems of dying, plus that it would majorly inconvenience everyone else. But life is to good right now to want to die, so i guess yess, i do, just a healthy fear, but fear nonetheless

 

[Snoody]

Not really.

 

[lilmizzazle]

Death is facinatining! it's one of the few natural things that we still don't have any answers for. and the way everything is built in mind that people will die (Monuments, religions, ideologies etc), it's just so "wired" that there is no way to find out.

Do i fear death? i don't know yet. I don't think too much about it. i'm 50/50 curious/scared. But one thing is for sure, i hope i live a long life and die before any of my brothers and sisters does, cus i don't know how badly i would react to that.

 

[yopomo]

no its a natural thing, its going to happen so why not live it up why you still can, you only have one chance to do it!

 

[NoOne852]

I sorta do. But it's more fear that nothing waits for me afterward, that losing everything I learned and cared for will just end. Either way, I've already braced myself to die for any close friend at any given time.

 

[Berk]

Isn't worth the effort. Why worry about something you can't do anything about? Life is ment to be enjoyed, as it should be. We really dont have that much time on this rock.

 

[AviaJiutai]

I've only read the first page of comments, and since I need to be up, I can't read the other six. But why hasn't anyone mentioned the quantum suicide theory? (If that's what it's called, I forget.) It basically means that some part of your mind will live on elsewhere. Probably some strange dimension where people have faces made of bee's. (Sounds like hell, but eh, you get to keep on livin'.)

Short answer; No, not really, as I believe that some part of my mind, or all of it, will simply move on elsewhere, possibly to someplace better than here, or someplace worse, I don't know. But, for me, it certainly beats this black void of nothingness people keep going on about with such certainty.

 

[Womplord]

I don't fear death in the least. I am an atheist and thus I believe that the concious mind won't even exist when I am dead. I won't be in pain at all my mind will simply not be there. Incidentally, I think the thing that keeps people going is the sense of future.

 

[tseroff]

In Soviet Russia, death fears you!

 

[ZeroMachine]

I fear dying, not death. Whatever happens after is 100% beyond my control. I'm just curious about that. Don't want to know how I'll get there, though...

 

[Nouw]

No. Why fear the inevitable? It's going to happen someday, why fear it? Learn to accept it. Besides, there's always a next-life .

 

[Azurian]

I'm not sure yet I do wonder what happens to us past this life. But mostly I just don't want to suffer when I'm going to die. I just want it to be quick and painless and maybe an open casket funeral. I remember seeing my grandmother's body when I went to hers -shivers-

 

[KefkaCultist]

Death i'm not in the least bit bothered about it's the dying part that concerns me.

I can cope with going in my sleep or even going painfully if I have all my wits about me.

Can't stand the thought of going senile and leaving this mortal coil mewling like a stuck pig.

Yep, there's my answer in a nutshell. I don't fear death in the slightest. In fact I kinda look forward to seeing if there is anything after, but I want to retain some dignity if/when it happens.