RE: Fear of death
December 17, 2011 at 11:14 pm
(This post was last modified: December 17, 2011 at 11:14 pm by J.D..)
I don't believe in an afterlife and I do not fear death right now. However, I am sure that when the time comes that I will experience fear, followed by acceptance.
I was with my father when he died from an unexpected illness. He was the bravest man I ever knew, and yet I saw the fear in his eyes when he realized that he was dying. He fought death off as hard as he could for three days, but when the time came, it was almost like nature made it easy for him to accept. There was actually some feeling of relief. We said good bye to each other, I told him that I loved him, he told me that he loved me and then he left us peacefully.
I think that's the way it will be, nature has a way of making death a relief. I believe that we will ultimately accept it, if not embrace it.
It is only recently that I have become comfortable as an atheist. It has always been difficult for me to believe and I have never been religious. I do think that I liked to take comfort in an afterlife, but deep down I always knew that it was bunk and the lie of the hereafter probably made me fear death more.
However, I look at it differently now. Knowing that I am not immortal that this is all that I have, makes this life so much sweeter. This is a precious thing life, and we should enjoy it as much as possible and make the most of it.
When I die, I will simply pass into nothingness from where I came and that is as it should be.
I was with my father when he died from an unexpected illness. He was the bravest man I ever knew, and yet I saw the fear in his eyes when he realized that he was dying. He fought death off as hard as he could for three days, but when the time came, it was almost like nature made it easy for him to accept. There was actually some feeling of relief. We said good bye to each other, I told him that I loved him, he told me that he loved me and then he left us peacefully.
I think that's the way it will be, nature has a way of making death a relief. I believe that we will ultimately accept it, if not embrace it.
It is only recently that I have become comfortable as an atheist. It has always been difficult for me to believe and I have never been religious. I do think that I liked to take comfort in an afterlife, but deep down I always knew that it was bunk and the lie of the hereafter probably made me fear death more.
However, I look at it differently now. Knowing that I am not immortal that this is all that I have, makes this life so much sweeter. This is a precious thing life, and we should enjoy it as much as possible and make the most of it.
When I die, I will simply pass into nothingness from where I came and that is as it should be.
