Death/Dying

[flame696]

Not scared of dying, as soon as you are born then one thing guaranteed is death so why be scared of it.
All i say is death is always watching you so all is you do is stare back and smile!

 

[ivrytwr3]

For me, there is something. Nothingness is for atheists.

yes you've got an eternity of hell-fire to enjoy because you're an evil sinner right?

I hope I'm wrong, but i believe there is nothing after death. As for the no conscious before argument, that really doesn't hold water. Yes, you were not aware of anything, but then you came to be and were aware of everything. Therefore you are now aware of your impending death.

To quote a great philosopher:

Human Heaven? Goodness me! Humans don't go to Heaven! No, someone made that up to prevent you from going nuts!

 

[Mynight]

I hope we never crack the ageing issue imagine how overcrowded earth will become at that point.

Personally I'm not sure on the "nothingness" although I'm agnostic I'd like to believe we still continue to exist as energy which we release back into the environment. Absolutely no basis in science for this belief as once the brains gone then the energy that makes us who we are is no longer functional so although we'd continue we'd have no idea.

It seems weird to suddenly cease to exist but then again it's the most logical concept. Just like formatting a hard drive.

Very morbidly I have considered ending myself in order to find out. However being a one way trip put me off.

 

[Tosno]

There is no need to fear death, JC will hook us up in heaven, if you believe in nothing after death, that's probably what you will get, self fulfilling prophecy and all that.

 

[GTanny]

I've always been a very mobid person and I don't think that will ever change, I know and accept that everything and everyone will die and it was always just the end of life.

Having said that, after my wife lost her dad to lung cancer in have a different outlook, yes it is still the same but seeing very closely the effect it has on those close to the dead person its a different outlook, having 2 daughters and a wife the thought of losing any of them worries me greatly, I hope I never need to see it, but seeing my mother in law and wife after losing their dad I don't want to cause that to anyone.

Or the man answer - Me man, me laugh at death!!!

 

[Participant]

As long as death doesn't involve weeks of pain and someone wiping my arse for me for weeks, then I'm fairly comfortable with the concept.

 

[coutinho]

Once we hit the singularity technology will increase so fast we can just populate the whole universe and stay in our physical prime forever with zero suffering just bliss.

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

As long as death doesn't involve weeks of pain and someone wiping my arse for me for weeks, then I'm fairly comfortable with the concept.

Pretty much this.
I can't avoid it, so better just hope it's not a horrendous death.

I've always thought that carbon monoxide would be the best way to go.

 

[flame696]

Everyone is entitled to a belief as its a way of coping with life, i myself am a Muslim and i believe we do have life after death. Thats my opinion and no matter what anyone tells me it will always be that. The issue is unless you die you will not know what happens and when you know what happens you won't be able to tell anyone about it

 

[Em3bbs]

Hate the idea, as you get older the mind focuses on it more for most.

How old are you out of interest? I'm finding the opposite (I'm 41). The older I get, the less worries I have in my barren field of worries.

 

[sigma]

I hope we never crack the ageing issue imagine how overcrowded earth will become at that point.

Why would we have to stay on Earth? One of the biggest issues with space exploration is the time taken to get anywhere...

 

[FloppyPoppy]

I think death for me summarises humans as a species through our life cycle. We fear the unknown and have boundless curiositys surrounding these fears! death is the one mystery that nobody has the answers to. Whilst I am a firm believer in some form of afterlife I can't say why or what. I would trust in the science but how many people can say they have been dead for a amount of time and recall it vivid enough for science!

 

[MadMouse101]

Not scared of dying, just hope it's over and done with and not weeks of pain.

 

[Pestilence]

You know, I'd like to say that I'm not scared of death at all. It's inevitable, it can't be avoided, and honestly... when I'm gone, I won't care.

But I also can't deny the fact that in my final moments, I'll biologically be doing and thinking everything I can to avoid shuffling off the mortal coil. It's just natural.

So as a concept -- no. When it happens? Yeah, I'll probably be terrified.

 

[Raymond Lin]

death, no, but old and useless, yes.

 

[itchy]

Death is just the beginning of the end.

Am totally none spiritual by the way.

 

[chaparral]

So who is scared of death/dying?

It easy to think your not afraid now..

But I bet if a doctor told you only have a few months left to live I bet many would be afraid.

 

[darkgen]

I’ve seen my mother riddled with cancer and die. I’ve seen my father reduced to nothing through dementia and die.

I did have inklings in my teens to depart much sooner than either of those two clowns ever did, but the biological tether was strong; I mean truly would a man take a son from a mother…
Personally no. Life is just as irrelevant as death. Two states joined in perpetual laughter.

Trust me, in fact don’t. Levity wins.

 

[DR_Pingu]

The only death I'm scared of are those regarding my family & close friends, of course. My own not so much, but that is dependent on how it's done.

 

[JohnnyG]

I'm not bothered about dying at all but I do care about leaving my loved ones and family, that includes my dog.
We all have a great life in comparison to many others and that could well change once I'm not around.