(April 18, 2011 at 1:15 am)sacrilicious Wrote: I remember reading a comment once that stated that death is as eventful as your existence before birth. I don't want to cease to exist at this time, but I think death is the end of experience. Why fear what I can't experience?
That's not "not fearing death" but "ignoring death". Think about this: if you knew that after exactly 12 hours you would certainly die (inevitably - you cannot do anything about it), would you not fear it?
I believe that most people (90% or more) do fear death on the deathbed, whether they are atheists, deists, christians, muslims, etc. Until then, they can dream of a beautiful afterlife or just label it a "cease of existence". But, on the deathbed, most surely anything you were certain about becomes a "complete uncertainty" (and that's scary).
Anyway, I'm certain that most people, if not all, that attempt a suicide, also fear death - they're more convinced of its reality than a happy man that is in the middle of a party. Consider: why do you fear to throw yourself from the top of a high building? that you would survive?? You will not feel anything when you hit the ground! (well, if the building is high enough). If a man decides to commit suicide by throwing himself from the top of the building, but before he is ready to throw himself, you push him towards the edge, won't he fear that he would fall?? Why does he need to "be ready"?
So this "I don't fear death" I cannot believe. That's just ignoring the subject, stepping over it.
