Why are Christians scared to die?

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I agree. Instinctive is the key word. We all want to avoid pain, and with death there will be pain no matter what. No one really knows exactly what will happen, no matter what anyone says or thinks. Some think nothing will happen and it will just be the end of thinking and consciousness. We are all humans, even Christians, Jews, Muslims, Atheists all have an idea or faith in what they think will happen, but who really knows, that's what makes it scary. The closer you are to death, the more real it becomes. Why would an atheist who believes nothing will happen be afraid to die? Even they would fear the unknown, or not being able to be in this existence.

How many people here have been close to being killed for example? I have. I worked at a fast food restaurant, and after closing one night, two guys broke in to rob the place, with one holding a gun to my head threatening to kill me repeatedly, while the other broke into the safe. I knew of near death experiences, but at that moment it all became real where I really thought this could be it, I actually might die, and I wasn't prepared for it.

That's crazy. What did that feel like? Some people say they feel very calm when they think they are about to die suddenly like that. I don't understand how.

It was a strange experience to be sure, something that is traumatic and never leaves you. I've actually had guns pulled on me a few times, but this one was serious. I thought it was my friend knocking on the door so I opened the back door, and suddenly two guys wear balaclavas over their face burst in, one with a bat and the other with a gun. The guy with the bat threatened to bash my head in, and then went around breaking the security cameras, while the other guy held me at gun point. It didn't last long, but time seemed to slow down. It was surreal in that I had to actually come to the conclusion that what I waas experiencing, was actually happening, and then deal with the reality that was there. While I had the gun pointed at me I was up against the wall, afraid to move, and I looked him in the eyes, and then he put the barrel to my temple and told me not to move, and threatened to kill me a couple of times. I remember how hard the barrel felt against my head, and thinking oh my god, could I actually die in a Subway restaurant? I remember thinking about what I learned through near death experiences, and thinking I wasn't ready to die yet. Since I've learned from NDEs, I didn't feel like I had done enough in my life yet, and possibly end up in the void which I didn't want to go into, since I had looked into that when I had planned my suicide a few years earlier. I remember thinking what would my parents and brothers think. It was a freaky experience.