Do you fear death?

No not death specifically, after all you won't be aware of anything. In the same way eons past without you knowing before you were born, so it will be after you cease to be aware. I think its the transition that people fear the most. Dieing in your sleep peacefully as apose to being slowly steamrolled feet first etc.
 
I don't fear the pain of dying but I do fear what happens afterwards. It's not like you're going to sleep into a dream. You're going to sleep into NOTHING. I'm not religious, but I would like to think that something must happen to your conciousness after death. Your body becomes worm food (or ashes). After the molecules on the planet have shuffled around a bit, your conciousness will manifest into a newborn with no recollection of your previous life.
 
I see death daily. I'm not scared of it but IF I could secure a quick and painless death I would definitely take that option. What scares me is the deaths of my nearest and dearest....Id miss them too much.
 
At the first sign of anything terminal or a condition that will have someone wiping my bum for me, I'm off to Dignitas. Best way to avoid suffering methinks.
 
Just saw the OP sig...

We aint ashamed, you can call us lame, but everybody gotta die and stand in front of the King.
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150,000 people die on average every day, there's only 24hrs in a day, god is a bit of a lazy sod too (doesn't do much to help mankind) so they probably only work a few of those hours, let's be kind and say 8hrs a day, then there's the lunch breaks (Not forgetting the time consuming saying of grace), toilet breaks (god's an old man by all accounts and will need frequent visits due to all the wine he likes to drink) he'll be a bit constipated due to all the flat bread so that will zap the time too, so lets be really thoughtful and give him the benefit of a 7hr working day.

150,000 people to judge for all eternity in 7hrs, actually that will be 175,000 because he doesn't do Sundays I'm being kind again and ignoring the various religious holidays, so it will be more than 175,000 (Major wars, natural disasters, famine and disease adjustable obviously..) Let's round it up to 200,000 (I mean with him being so busy judging people, he wont have time to stop that stuff, right? [explains a lot doesn't it!])

So we're at or near as damn it at 200,000 hapless souls per 7hrs, that's 28,571.4 an hour, that's 476 a minute or almost 8 a second, now it took several days just to pick a Pope IIRC, and even the Levenson enquiry dragged on for Months... So judging someone for all eternity I'd imagine will take some time, specially if you'd like a fair trial (I hear he can be a bit wrathful at times)... But it doesn't really matter because it's all a silly fairy story. But if you are silly enough to believe in it, enjoy your wait. ;)
 
Yes I fear death... I fear dying before I become the person I want to be.

Actually fear is probably too strong a word... but you know.
 
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I'm not scared as such, apart from perhaps a painful end. But I really don't want to die. It would be such a missed opportunity to achive more and to experience more. Life if soo short and it passes quickly. As some of you may have read in a thread I post in regularly I had a serious health scare last year and it makes it far more real.
 
robfosters said:
What I said is that it is the case for a lot of people. Many do genuinely disbelieve, particularly these hardened sceptics, but I feel a lot of people disbelieve through fear of the unknown.
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I'm sorry but I'm not really following that line of reasoning. If anything fear of the unknown, unwillingness to accept life simply ending is what spawns belief, superstition etc.. and not skepticism/disbelief. Buying into some story for what happens after death whether that be some form of afterlife or reincarnation would seem to be a good coping mechanism for people scared by the prospect of death. I don't quite see how people would disbelieve through fear.
 
At first, I was afraid, I was petrified, Kept thinking, I could never live without you by my side, But then I spent so many nights thinking, how you did me wrong, And I grew strong and I learned how to get along.......

Pretty much sums it up for me....
 
d_brennen said:
I don't fear death as such, I feel sad that one day I won't be around for my daughter. Also, there are so many things I won't have time to do and see :( Life is amazing
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More importantly you have the best sig of ocuk! Sonic and Knuckles is awesome :cool: (best distraction from death, though I don't fear it just not ready just yet, serious business to attend to first)
 
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I fear the death of people close to me more, but yes I do fear death a little myself.

I have strange times where I can let the thought of losing my Mum or my girlfriend really upset me. In fact, a couple of nights ago I couldn't sleep because of the thought of what life would be like if something happened to my girlfriend. I really don't like the feeling.
 
The fear or dying or the fear of being dead? These are two very different concepts. I do not fear being dead as I strongly believe there is no afterlife, spirit, or any other gobbledygook. I don't really fear the process of death either, it is a one time experience which none of us can truly relate to. I'll hopefully be that doped up I won't even realise I'm dying. My view just makes me appreciate how wonderful it is to be alive and spurs me on to achieve all I can.
 
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