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does death scare you and why?
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 (October 31, 2014 at 7:42 pm)rasetsu Wrote: I don't really fear death. I just don't really think about it. I'd hate to die painfully, or nearly die and come back severely crippled, but then who wouldn't. I've tried to kill myself three times and none of those times was afraid of dying. Though I'm uncertain what happens after death, I guess I'll find out when I get there. (Or not.) Being crippled or disabled is one of my greatest fears too. Scares me much more than death. ![[Image: Bumper+Sticker+-+Asheville+-+Praise+Dog3.JPG]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-3rfdI7nG0%2FTerwtFyFXoI%2FAAAAAAAACak%2F7kFSmHeVrng%2Fs320%2FBumper%2BSticker%2B-%2BAsheville%2B-%2BPraise%2BDog3.JPG)
Afraid of death? No. Reluctant about going any time soon? Yep.
But I am resigned to it and at peace with. All and all, a very good deal this getting to be alive and sentient. 
Yes and no. The inconceivability of nothingness that will inevitably eclipse my existence and render the inner worth of all personal experiences for naught, forever and without relent, is both unnerving and depressing. I enjoy being, life, and once it's over, it's really finished. On the other hand, every moment is a death of sorts, and though memories sometimes fill me with a sense of loss, I don't lose a whole lot of sleep over the past--so why do so over the future?
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
 RE: does death scare you and why?
October 31, 2014 at 8:22 pm
(This post was last modified: October 31, 2014 at 8:24 pm by paulpablo.)
(October 30, 2014 at 2:52 pm)dyresand Wrote: i'm actually interested in what you have to say. I love life, so yeh death fuckin terrifies me, I plan to not think about it as much as possible though up until a few minutes before I actually die then hopefully I'll be too drugged up or demented to care anyway. (October 31, 2014 at 7:46 pm)abaris Wrote:(October 31, 2014 at 7:42 pm)rasetsu Wrote: I don't really fear death. I just don't really think about it. I'd hate to die painfully, or nearly die and come back severely crippled, but then who wouldn't. I've tried to kill myself three times and none of those times was afraid of dying. Though I'm uncertain what happens after death, I guess I'll find out when I get there. (Or not.) I think death is a bit of a disability, not as much now I guess as it was in the old days when being dead really had some big disadvantages. Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them. Impersonation is treason.  (October 31, 2014 at 7:42 pm)rasetsu Wrote: I don't really fear death. I just don't really think about it. I'd hate to die painfully, or nearly die and come back severely crippled, but then who wouldn't. I've tried to kill myself three times and none of those times was afraid of dying. Though I'm uncertain what happens after death, I guess I'll find out when I get there. (Or not.) This for me too, even down to trying to kill myself three times.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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Why should I fear death, for where I am death is not, and where death is I am not.
- Epicurus.
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. (October 31, 2014 at 9:16 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(October 31, 2014 at 7:42 pm)rasetsu Wrote: I don't really fear death. I just don't really think about it. I'd hate to die painfully, or nearly die and come back severely crippled, but then who wouldn't. I've tried to kill myself three times and none of those times was afraid of dying. Though I'm uncertain what happens after death, I guess I'll find out when I get there. (Or not.) Damn. Why do so many likable, smart, witty -even admirable- people step over the edge? Please don't make it four. (October 31, 2014 at 9:16 pm)Stimbo Wrote:(October 31, 2014 at 7:42 pm)rasetsu Wrote: I don't really fear death. I just don't really think about it. I'd hate to die painfully, or nearly die and come back severely crippled, but then who wouldn't. I've tried to kill myself three times and none of those times was afraid of dying. Though I'm uncertain what happens after death, I guess I'll find out when I get there. (Or not.) 
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
 RE: does death scare you and why?
November 1, 2014 at 2:16 am
(This post was last modified: November 1, 2014 at 2:18 am by Jackalope.)
(November 1, 2014 at 1:18 am)whateverist Wrote:(October 31, 2014 at 9:16 pm)Stimbo Wrote: This for me too, even down to trying to kill myself three times. Because the abyss beckons us like a siren's song. ...not to imply that I'm likable, smart, witty, or *shudder* admirable. But I know of what Stimbo speaks. (November 1, 2014 at 2:16 am)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:Can someone explain this seduction of eternal oblivion for us lovers of life?(November 1, 2014 at 1:18 am)whateverist Wrote: Damn. Why do so many likable, smart, witty -even admirable- people step over the edge? Please don't make it four.
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
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