How do you feel about Death? Does it scare you? What feelings do you get when you think about it?

I personally dont mind the thought, I dont think I have anything to be afraid of and Im kinda looking forward to learning my lesson and finding out my next one. The only thing that bothers me is what I leave behind....fanily, friends, etc.

I know people can be afraid and I want to know why they are? I think people only cease to exsist if we forget them....or is it they think there will be nothingness, and they cant deal with that??

What do you guys think?

Rayne

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"When Im good, im very very good, but when Im bad Im better" Mae West

"Why would we be looking at that weird eye?" Garth Algar

I dont fear death itself at all, though id prefer to die quickley and relatively painlessly. I do have an accute fear of being maimed and/or crippled though which prevents me from being reckless.

It seems to me silly to fear death, infact im very glad death exists. I find the ability to kill myself very comforting because I know that if it ever gets too bad i always have a way out.

As far as people left behind and unfinished business, i dont dwell on it because when you're dead you're dead.

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"He could not plead want of employment, nor incapacity of getting his bread in an honest way, but frankly own'd it was to get rid of the disagreeable superiority of some masters he was acquainted with and the love of novelty and change."

William Defoe on Bartholomew Roberts career of piracy

[This message has been edited by CodyChaos (edited 10-21-2001).]

I do not fear it because it is inevitable. I think the only people affected by death are those who are alive. I think the afterlife is a continuous stream of energy, where everything combines. Time is only in the physical world, those who are dead do not miss us, because they have not lived years without seeing us.

If this is not the case, and there is no afterlife, I would dislike that. But I do not fear that either, because I have no choice, every life must end at some point.

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Death does not scare me....I know where I am going, and look forward to the day. The way I may die, can bother me a little.....obviously I don't want to suffer, or be a burden on my family.

I know God will take me when he is ready....but there is still a lot on this earth that I want to experiance, and I hope I get the chance. Of coarse I would worry about the people I would leave behind....but due to the wonders of life insurance, there will be no financial strain on my family what so ever.

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I do what ever my Rice Krispys tell me to...

Uh, let's not kid ourselves. Who here wouldn't move out of the way of the oncoming train. Hey, if you're not scared of it, why move? All death is is a *insert your explanation here*.

I'll be the first to say it: death scares me. It scares the HELL out of me. I don't want to die. I have no intentions of going "gently into that dark night". Screw death. My body is going to be dead MUCH longer than it will be alive, so, if it's all the same to death, he can wait as long as I can ignore him at the door.

I'm Christian, and I believe in the Christian version of death/life. HOWEVER, I don't KNOW what's going to happen nor do I KNOW how I'm going to be judged. I have FAITH, but I do not KNOW. If you KNEW, you would have no faith . . . http://discussanything.com/Ubb/wink.gif Besides, there's know way to know, anyway.

I value life VERY highly . . . especially mine. Granted, my views on life and what is REALLY important have changed a bit since becoming a father (basically, my life is 2nd priority now), but the basics are still the same.

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Minister of Spanking

"I AM the lyrical Jesse James."

I'll admit it, death, and everything associated with it really scares me. It's not my own mortality that's really the issue (that's something I can't even think about, much less comprehend) -- it's the mortality of my loved ones that frightens me. I don't like the idea that someday I'll never be able to speak to them, or see and hold them. I guess I sort of believe in an afterlife -- a sort of heaven where all my friends and family go to wait for me. I also believe in ghosts...but I would never want to be visited by one -- even a friend or relative coming back to comfort me would scare me to death.

Originally posted by D Durden:
Uh, let's not kid ourselves. Who here wouldn't move out of the way of the oncoming train. Hey, if you're not scared of it, why move? All death is is a *insert your explanation here*.




There is a difference between wanting to die and not fearing the inevitable. I wouldnt want to be hit by a train, but i dont worry bout not waking up tomorrow.

If you are so sure god is waiting for you in heaven wouldnt you want to vacate this measly earthly existance in order to commune with the great one more rapidly? I imagine most christians fear death despite what they blab about their faith, after all they find death so mystifing as to necessitate joining a cult to exhort it and pat themselves on the back.



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"He could not plead want of employment, nor incapacity of getting his bread in an honest way, but frankly own'd it was to get rid of the disagreeable superiority of some masters he was acquainted with and the love of novelty and change."

William Defoe on Bartholomew Roberts career of piracy

Ah Cody, you never miss a chance to jab at Christians. That's okay . . . we forgive you.

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Minister of Spanking

"I AM the lyrical Jesse James."

Originally posted by D Durden:
Ah Cody, you never miss a chance to jab at Christians. That's okay . . . we forgive you.



I just think its glaringly hypocritical of religious people to lambast earthly existence and then try to prolong their lives.



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"He could not plead want of employment, nor incapacity of getting his bread in an honest way, but frankly own'd it was to get rid of the disagreeable superiority of some masters he was acquainted with and the love of novelty and change."

William Defoe on Bartholomew Roberts career of piracy

Well, we need to stay alive as long as we can to save as many lost souls like yours as possible . . . what's so bad about that?

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Minister of Spanking

"I AM the lyrical Jesse James."