Are you afraid of Death?

You afraid of death? I dunno why Im asking, just kinda a random thought that popped into my head.

As far as I go, I dont really fear death. Ive definitely been afraid of death before, and the thought of the word "forever." But Im not really afraid. I figure, we all gotta die, its jsut a part of this cycle, whatever the cycle is. I dont really have beliefs as to what happens or whatever, I find it hard to have a certain belief about it...because theres so many interesting ideas out there.

But one thing I believe is that "it" doesnt just end when you die. I dunno, that just somehow seems logical to me. Why WOULD it just end?

 

If I live my life in an honest way I have notthing to worry about in my opinion. I feel that you reap what you sow. I just hope its quick and painless.

 

i use to not be afraid of death.. now its not that i am it more of how i die.. i wana go fast not slow an i wana have it be painless... so i guess life at this time is just a party an u should have as much fun as u can

 

the scariest part about dying is the thought of leaving everyone i love behind. It might sound cheesy, but thinking of leaving them and knowing that they would suffer and i wouldnt be able to be there for them bothers me so much. I don't like to think about it at all.

maybe i have a bigger fear of dying than i thought. Its just so uncertain... and i hate not knowing whats going to happen... like not knowing what i'll be doing a year from now bothers me, so not knowing if ill ever see my friends and family again after i die scares the shit out of me.

and the possibility that i might not even be here a year from now.... shit...

 

That's weird that you ask because I was thinking about this the other day.

I tried to imagine myself having a fatal illness and how I'd feel if I were to die right now, and I realized that at this point in my life I'd be afraid of death. I don't feel like I'm truly living my life, I don't feel like anything is being accomplished, I haven't yet done the things I want and my life is just beginning. I think a lot of people would be afraid at the thought of dying within a month though, so I'm not really alone there.

As for dying of old age, then I'm not sure. It's not so much death that scares me, but that it'll happen so abruptly.

I've been debating the afterlife for a while and sure, it'd be nice if it existed, but the concept seems so illogical to me. I fail to see how it's possible to live on after death when all conscious parts of my being are diminished. I can't exist (in life or death) without some form of conscioussness. I've been really cynical the past year about the whole thing, general religion included, and I'm about to change the agnostic in my profile to atheist.

I've been brought up to believe in the afterlife and to suddenly think it doesn't exist does make the concept of death frightening. I'm just pretty confused about the whole thing and can't begin to grasp it.

 

I am only afraid of dying young. I have so many things I want to do before I die, and if I die young, I wouldn't be able to do those things..

But as far as death when I'm older, I'm not afraid. Everyone dies sometime, and I will be happy to be reunited with the people who I lost, and will lose before I die.

 

Nope.

Death is inevitable, so why be afraid of it? You can't stop it.

I wouldn't want immortality anyway.

 

yeah immortality woudl suck big time.

beeecccaa:
you say you find it illogical that an afterlife could exist, but I also find the idea of everything just ending completely illogical as well. I mean, what make you think it does end? Because the physical mass of skin and organs taht we inhabit decays and stops functioning? so waht? thats how I think.

yeah, I wouldnt wanna die young either, as I also, like everyone, have many aspirations, and dont want to die before I have the chance to live all my dreams out.

 

Don't fear the reaper!

 

Indeed, don't worry about your death. Take it as it comes.

 

I believe in reincarnation. No worries with that.

Though I'm scared of people I love dying. But its just cause I want to keep knowing them as the them they are now.

 

Wouldn't you be scared of reincarnating as a child in a starving poor part of the world and being forced to live that life only to work your ass off for the rest of your days, proceeding to die miserably?

 

I'm going to be a social worker when I'm done with school, trying to make that less likely a life for anyone.


And no, cause thats just a new path to face. The things you're most scared of (besides dying), are usually the most rewarding to do. I'm sure I'd learn a lot about the world.
It'd be worse to come back as Paris Hilton.

 

i dont think about death, caues i know its coming. but if i dwell on it then it will get in the way of enjoying life. I havent even lived half my life, and it feels like i have been around a looong ass time, so im not worried

 

i find an afterlife illogical too. i think people make up places that our soul will live forever after life ends for comfort.. or to scare you into being a good person.

i believe our bodies shut down and then there is no more.
but im not scared, to answer the question.

 

Do you believe in science?

You're forgetting a little rule of physics, there.

Also, laws of karma... can be seen in my eyes, in some way, as a type of physics.

People overthink science and get so far ahead of themselves.

The same can be said for religion, no disrespect to any religions, but the problem doesn't lie in the object (blaming inanimate objects/religion?), it lies in the people (also the solution), which kinda balances itself out on its own.

Which is a thing I notice often... especially in the workplace and little situations like that.

And I feel if I don't harm others and nobody harms me (or do my best), then even if I find out I've wronged, at least I did what I could... though we don't always make the right decisions, those are there for learning and that is what history and evolution are comprised of.

 

I believe in WIIIIERD science.

Karma is silly, yet a prettier concept of controlling the masses than "sin".

 

It's just that I don't see it as controlling the masses.

Rather, it's what people, themselves, turn it into or use it for...

It's like... yeah, coniine can kill humans or at the least screw up someone's CNS... if we ingest it (active toxin in coniums/poisonous hemlock, rather), but hemlock can be used for other things.

Same way with Cannabis.

 

The concept of karma was made for controlling the masses... how else do you control such huge asian populations who are just dying to murder each other?

Today, Karma is treated differently, just like Christianity has progressed into more liberal and less literal notions.

Yet it still maintains its roots.

 

It's still what you personally make it.