Anyone here afraid of dying?

ive been thinking alot in the state i am in because it is 4 20 and ive come to the resolution that i am scared of dying someday whenever it is. Anyone out there scared of it also or are you imbracing death and looking forward to it because you believe in a god or spirt thingy of some sort

when i'm dying ill let you know

Death isn't scary to most people until they're facing it. Then you see that many of those who claim the idea of death doesn't bother them didn't understand just how powerful the human desire to exist is.

Nope. I look forward to it.

when i'm dying ill let you know

Masterx1220

You are dying. All of us are dying, because all of us are aging towards a point where we will die.

Death isn't scary to most people until they're facing it. Then you see that many of those who claim the idea of death doesn't bother them didn't understand just how powerful the human desire to exist is.

pianist

Why would I beafraid of dying... there are more important things to worry about than dying.

[QUOTE="pianist"]

Death isn't scary to most people until they're facing it. Then you see that many of those who claim the idea of death doesn't bother them didn't understand just how powerful the human desire to exist is.

WhiteSnake5000

Yep, this is true. If you die in a car accident, chances are you were only really terrified for a few seconds at most, and sometimes it happens so quickly that you don't even have time to see it coming. But in general, those who DO face death are frightened by it. Not all, but most. And many of those who aren't are those who quite simply haven't thought much about it, or who genuinely believe there is a favourable afterlife waiting for them. In the absence of such beliefs, when you do start to think about it, the prospect of not existing is certainly disturbing... if you like existing.

This doesn't mean that you'll fall into a fit of depression over the idea of death, though.

[QUOTE="WhiteSnake5000"][QUOTE="pianist"]

Death isn't scary to most people until they're facing it. Then you see that many of those who claim the idea of death doesn't bother them didn't understand just how powerful the human desire to exist is.

pianist

Yep, this is true. If you die in a car accident, chances are you were only really terrified for a few seconds at most, and sometimes it happens so quickly that you don't even have time to see it coming. But in general, those who DO face death are frightened by it. Not all, but most. And many of those who aren't are those who quite simply haven't thought much about it. When you do start to think about it, the prospect of not existing is certainly disturbing... if you like existing.

This doesn't mean that you'll fall into a fit of depression over the idea of death, though.

I'm not afraid of the act of dying (any pain/fear that goes with it, etc.), but I'm absolutely terrified of what the afterlife holds. I don't want to have an afterlife...even if it's "good." It scares and depresses me so much.t3hrubikscube

That's a large explanation of why theistic religions are so big. Once they induce fear and guilt that's when they sell you the snake oil. They can getthem to believe pretty much anything as long as they keep feedingthem fear.

I'm not knocking you for having the fear, because to some extent I also have it, but my point was that your postgot me thinking of why the belief in an afterlife is so popular. Perhaps I'm just thinking out loud, though.

It kinda freaks me out about what could happen after Death, yes. I don't tend to think about it often, though, as I like to have pleasant thoughts in my mind, thank you very much! :x

The thought of not living terrifies me, and I believe in God. It just freaks me out when I think about one day dying, not being here anymore.-Halftime-

I'm one of those people who is comforted by the thought of not existing. It's strange, I don't think about suicide ever, but I do like to think about never coming to be. That's why I'm a bit uncertain if I would be afraid. WhiteSnake5000

That's interesting. I'm quite the opposite. I'm a person who would eagerly choose to live for billions of years if given the chance, provided that it is in a healthy state and I'm not the only human in existence. In that respect I have every reason to hope for an afterlife, but no reason to believe in one. I wouldn't necessarily say I'm afraid of dying right now, because I'm young and healthy, and so the prospect of death is not something which occupies much of my thought. Faced with death, though, I think I would be uncomfortable, not because I was genuinely 'afraid' of not existing, but because I find the notion very unappealing.

This may change with age, though. I hear that many people look at death as a relief when they're much older, and that it becomes much easier to accept and embrace, because even non-existence is more appealing than a life of constant physical pain and emotional pain (caused mainly by losing so many people you care about to death and being unable to replace the relationships).

Death isn't scary to most people until they're facing it. Then you see that many of those who claim the idea of death doesn't bother them didn't understand just how powerful the human desire to exist is.

pianist

[QUOTE="WhiteSnake5000"]I'm one of those people who is comforted by the thought of not existing. It's strange, I don't think about suicide ever, but I do like to think about never coming to be. That's why I'm a bit uncertain if I would be afraid. pianist

I am not afraid of dying, I just really, really, hope there is no after life... I don't know why people want an afterlife so much, I find the thought depressing as hell, I want true peace. If Christianity is right... Man I'm not going to enjoy that.. I'm either going to get raped by satan for all eternity or I'm going to worship God for all eternity. Either way, I don't think I'm going to like it. WhiteSnake5000

I dont know why death you dont exist but im afraid of not being able to think or comprehend anymore just being nothing gone. Then I wonder why is life here so it can breed and die or is there a purpose if there isnt a purpose how did something come frome nothing. Why am I here.

[QUOTE="WhiteSnake5000"]I am not afraid of dying, I just really, really, hope there is no after life... I don't know why people want an afterlife so much, I find the thought depressing as hell, I want true peace. If Christianity is right... Man I'm not going to enjoy that.. I'm either going to get raped by satan for all eternity or I'm going to worship God for all eternity. Either way, I don't think I'm going to like it. kemar7856

beyond the realms of death my friend, it all fades to black, and then hallowed will be thy name.nimatoad2000

Most people get paranoid when they understand they have a little time left to meet the one, but it all ends when the ripper takes you away.

metal puns are easy to make o.o

But why white snake arent you curious of things to come or things to be all the technology or future discoveries or the fate of the human race whats the point of living if when you die all your knoledge everything you have ever done is just gone how do you just except that.

Im sorry to go OT but Pianist sticks out so much in these forums, he sounds like the smartest guy and always has a different opinion or view on something that actually makes sense. Bravo Pianist , bravosoulfood4

The guy won smartest OT user in the OTcars multiple times, what do you expect? :o

I'm not afraid, but I would like to stick around for a while more. Pianist brought up some great points on the subject. I can't say for sure I will be scared if I'm there, however, simply knowing that death is inevitable makes death less intimidating. Nobody is singled out from death, not even God's son.

Not to go all emo on OT, but I feel it's relevant to the discussion:

I've become borderline suicidal several times in my life. So while I've never gone out of my way to end my existence, I sure as hell wasn't going out of my way to preserve it either. Basically the thought process there is "if I live, that's cool. If I die, that's cool too". Seeing as how I'm currently like that thanks to recent events I can honestly say that no, I'm not really afraid of death.

But why white snake arent you curious of things to come or things to be all the technology or future discoveries or the fate of the human race whats the point of living if when you die all your knoledge everything you have ever done is just gone how do you just except that.

Bigboss232

I dont know how to get over this it just bugs me way too much than it should well thanks for the insight.

I dont know how to get over this it just bugs me way too much than it should well thanks for the insight.

Bigboss232

I cant dont really know why maybe I have nothing better to do I have no clue why I cant stop thinking about this.

[QUOTE="Bigboss232"]

But why white snake arent you curious of things to come or things to be all the technology or future discoveries or the fate of the human race whats the point of living if when you die all your knoledge everything you have ever done is just gone how do you just except that.

WhiteSnake5000

"My religion consist of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." -Albert Einstein

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."-Albert Einstein

I believe that your soul continues to live on. The mind however, I'm not too sure. Einstein is right. You can see God's subtleties here and there. It makes me smile when I do see them.:)

[QUOTE="WhiteSnake5000"][QUOTE="Bigboss232"]

But why white snake arent you curious of things to come or things to be all the technology or future discoveries or the fate of the human race whats the point of living if when you die all your knoledge everything you have ever done is just gone how do you just except that.

FFCYAN

"My religion consist of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." -Albert Einstein

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."-Albert Einstein

I believe that your soul continues to live on. The mind however, I'm not too sure. Einstein is right. You can see God's subtleties here and there. It makes me smile when I do see them.:)

The only thing that scares me about death is the realization that one day it will be just as real for me as sitting here typing this now is. Dying is what I'm scared of, not death.

I cant dont really know why maybe I have nothing better to do I have no clue why I cant stop thinking about this.

Bigboss232

[QUOTE="FFCYAN"]

[QUOTE="WhiteSnake5000"]Why do you assume that you're more than just a grain of sand? The point of living isn't necessarily to personally hold a certain knowledge for all eternity. It's simply what you make of it in your life. You are given a certain amount of time to live, what you do with that time is up to you. You are just an organism, and when what composes you decomposes and transforms into something else. Your brain is what holds all that knowledge, once your brain has become something else, then that is what you have become in the world. Your actions in life can live on. Take Einstein for example. He's dead. I think that everything he knew while he was himself, he no longer knows.As he no longer exists as the entity he once was. However, we know who he is. That's what I make of life. I have no reason to believe that my physical thoughts will carry into some afterlife, to me, it seems illogical. However, I can never deny the possibility that everything I have thought or believed is wrong. WhiteSnake5000

"My religion consist of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." -Albert Einstein

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."-Albert Einstein

I believe that your soul continues to live on. The mind however, I'm not too sure. Einstein is right. You can see God's subtleties here and there. It makes me smile when I do see them.:)

srry I have no religion im agnostic.

[QUOTE="WhiteSnake5000"][QUOTE="FFCYAN"]Einstein believed in God.

"My religion consist of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds." -Albert Einstein

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."-Albert Einstein

I believe that your soul continues to live on. The mind however, I'm not too sure. Einstein is right. You can see God's subtleties here and there. It makes me smile when I do see them.:)

FFCYAN

Nah, i'm not afraid. Death is a part of life.

[QUOTE="FFCYAN"]

[QUOTE="WhiteSnake5000"]Einstein was an agnostic. We know this. It has nothing to do with what I was saying. Or did you just want to throw that out? WhiteSnake5000

[QUOTE="WhiteSnake5000"][QUOTE="FFCYAN"]If God AND the afterlife did exist, the statements highlighted would be somewhat incorrect. Only if that were true of course.;)

FFCYAN

I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid of dying without living a good life.

[QUOTE="FFCYAN"]

[QUOTE="WhiteSnake5000"]Is it true? WhiteSnake5000