I am Litterally Petrified of Death

Why would you be afraid of being gone? Never have understood? Dead is Dead....kind of a relief if you ask me...eternity would get tedious I would imagine...plus as long as thats your belief its not like you will know it? you wont care you wont be happy or scared you won't BE anything. Is it the thought of simply ending that scares you or the fear of not knowing what if anything comes next?

I mean no doubt someone will say you will go to heaven/hell/valhalla or whatever religious afterlife you happen to believe in. But why would you want to? Personally the idea of eternity in any of these sounds like 'hell' to me! dont know how long it would take but it would get boring! Only so many times you can have red hot pitchforks stabbed in your bum before it stops being fun! :P
 
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ChocolateStarfishRammer said:
Im not scared of dying. And it wont stop me doing dangerous things.. But Ill shiver into a nervous wreck at the thought of being dead.

Just Dead. Nothing Else. Nothing More. Never Again. Gone.

I hate the thought of it so much I just cant stand it if I think about it.

What are your own feelings on it? Anyone else like this?
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no - every soul shall taste death.
 
Inquizitor said:
Based on what evidence?
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Wishful thinking disguised as 'faith'. But let's not nitpick. If people get some sort of comfort out of needing to believe something like that, more power to them. I myself prefer to live in the real world.

As for death, I couldn't care less as I'll be dead. No consciousness, nothing. Just an eternity of nothingness. Like a deep sleep without the dreams. Not so bad is it?
 
mysticsniper said:
I am a christian and I have my faith :)
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If that provides comfort to people, then there's not much to say about it really without getting into a completely other debate.

regulus said:
Wishful thinking disguised as 'faith'. But let's not nitpick. If people get some sort of comfort out of needing to believe something like that, more power to them. I myself prefer to live in the real world.

As for death, I couldn't care less as I'll be dead. No consciousness, nothing. Just an eternity of nothingness. Like a deep sleep without the dreams. Not so bad is it?
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Yes indeed. As lovely as it would be to have an afterlife where there's eternal bliss and you're reunited with all your loved ones and squashed dogs and whatever, wishing doesn't make it any truer.

I also agree with your second point. All the rights and wrongs of your life returned to zero forever. All things washed away. Really nothing to be scared of.
 
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Inquizitor said:
Based on what evidence?
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I'd love to know if there was an afterlife or reincarnation. I've read a lot of books where people have died in operating theatres and have watched from out of their body the medical teams battle to bring them back to life.

If death really is the end, then i'm only worried about dying, not being dead.
 
Not scared of death, scared of how ugly the end will be. You know, am I gonna die painfully and over many months from a disease, or in a car molded to the metalwork, or die from a random stroke instantly, or in my sleep without feeling a thing.

If I'm dead I won't even know it, that does not scare me, that's for theists/ agnostics.
 
spankingtexan said:
I'd love to know if there was an afterlife or reincarnation. I've read a lot of books where people have died in operating theatres and have watched from out of their body the medical teams battle to bring them back to life.
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On QI they mentioned an experiment a doctor was doing where he had placed some pictures on shelves in the operating theater which could only be seen from above. He would then question anyone who claimed to have an OOBE to see if they could describe the pictures (and thus prove/disprove their claim). I don't know what the results were, so perhaps I will Google it.

Edit: Here is a link explaining it. I can't find the results yet though. bbc link
 
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well after 2 workmates dropping dead in the last 10 days this is something ive had to think about... the sooner i stop thinking about it the better
 
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