Fear of death

[Welsh cake]

I do look forward to what comes next and wish I had a better idea of what it's going to be like.

Do you fear our take on death then?

I love my family, happily give up my one-and-only existence for them. But I have no desire to live again. I've put up with enough bullshit as it is and still there's more to come before I finally kick the bucket. The tranquillity of the void of nothingness, absolute zero, endless darkness is beyond compare to this mad world. Words fail to describe how peaceful this abyss of non-existence is considering all the chaos, insanity, wars, conflicts, horrors, terrors and anguish that has occurred in this one finite life alone. They say that life is short and yet ironically its the longest thing you'll ever do... but your concept of an afterlife, yet another burden, another prison within a prison sounds completely abhorrent to me. For sake of argument we say there is an afterlife, then it is that which I truly fear, much more than the extinction of my conscious.

I can endure one lifetime, but not another one, unless my memories are purged. Even then the thought of reincarnation horrifies me somewhat, because we'd still have to live through the same inevitable trials, stress and suffering that was in the last. Given the choice, I don't want to come back, ever. Its just too much of a hassle. Indeed the only legitimate question left is why were the damned forces of nature such that my life came into existence in the first place, which is also the pursuit of scientific investigation.

To quote Futurama -
Bender: "Afterlife? Pfft. If I'd thought I had to go through a whole 'nother life, I'd kill myself right now."
Leela: "Well rot in peace."

IF there is a God who dragged us crying into this pitiable state of mortal existence I'd gladly tell that fucker off for creating such a loathsome design and refuse to partake his in sick game any further:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYL28a0LM_A
Why is God Laurence Fishburne? Meh, it worked alright for Morgan Freeman.