Quote:How could you possibly know you haven't experienced it yet,I've been dead for billions of years. So have you. Hasn't bothered you at all though has it?
We already know what it's like to be dead. I can understand why people believe in some kind of afterlife. They've fallen in love with being alive. But I'm afraid it is temporary. It's entirely up to you whether you can accept that or not.
Quote:besides if it were what you believe death to be, then after your gone I would agree, no big deal, however it is getting to that point that brings the terrifying fear, I've experienced christians dying and seen peace and I've seen others who feared death with all their being, so maybe you might want to rethink death when it is the finial stage as you seem to believe.
What are you afraid of? Truthfully? You afraid you might end up in hell? You afraid of closing your eyes for the last time?
I do not fear such things. Death is a natural part of life. Death is simply the end of biological function. Take each day as it comes, do not dwell on your impending doom. For it is unavoidable.
When I'm good and old and my body tells me when it's nearly time. I shall embrace peace and allow death to take me without fear or pointless resistance. When I die, I will be beyond space and time. Billions of years would pass like seconds. Just as hours pass by when you sleep. Time will no longer have any meaning to you. Death is just the ending of life and ultimately, your conciousness. You won't even be aware that you're dead. Just as you were not aware of anything before birth. I find it interesting, not scary.
What are you afraid of?
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
