Fear of death

[Godscreated]

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?

Yes I have a fear of the way you look at death, but I do not have a fear of the death you see, that death will never be a part of my life and death.

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.

The next life I will have is one of no pain, trouble, fear, sickness or anything bad. It's promised to be full and wonderful, one of eternal wonders and a place of no worries, full of adventure and joy, worship and thanksgiving for the One who will give me that life. I surely see no way to fear that life and actually can see something to look forward to and excited about.

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.

Before I responded to this post I read all the post, I'm sorry that you suffer the way you do, it must be difficult, since you do not want to hear me preach all I know to say is try and look at the best things in your life (family and ect.) and focus on them and the great wonders and joy in them, if you find happiness difficult to come by try enjoying the happiness of the ones you love, I guess you probably do that now and if so that's good. I would also have a fear of reincarnation if it were true, I sure would not want to return as a dung beetle, that would be hell rolling poop around all day. As I said above my life after death of this mortal body will be wonderful and so for all believers in Christ.


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