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Poll: Do you fear your own death?
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I believe in an afterlife, and am fearful over the idea of my own death.
0%
0 0%
I believe in an afterlife, and have no fear of my own death.
6.00%
3 6.00%
I do not believe in an afterlife, and am fearful over the idea of my own death.
18.00%
9 18.00%
I do not believe in an afterlife, and have no fear of my own death.
62.00%
31 62.00%
Other [please explain]
14.00%
7 14.00%
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Fear of death
#91
RE: Fear of death
"Our personal mortality is a subject that often causes a great deal of fear"

Not for me. I don't give a fuck how I die.

I'd like it to be sticking two fingers up, but hey, I'm realistic.
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#92
RE: Fear of death
I wanna be 100% certain that I am dead. Big Grin

One of the few good things about that concept. The next thing closest to unity is me and my Gwynnies, but that girl'll kill me. Closed timelike loop. Wink
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#93
RE: Fear of death
I think I actually had more fear of death as a theist. All that confusion about what I'd be punished for and what I wouldn't.......


Now I just look forward to the peace and quiet.
"No-one who decides that scientific evidence is not for him and that his own experience or the stories of others is the be all and end all of deciding what's true ever has the right to call people searching for reliable, repeatable evidence narrow-minded. That is hypocrisy of the most laughable kind." Derren Brown - Tricks of the Mind.
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#94
RE: Fear of death
(January 2, 2012 at 4:03 pm)Godschild Wrote: Says you,
Says me.


Quote:you are not the finial word on this subject God is.
You haven't demonstrated God exists GC.


Quote:Just because you can not believe does not in anyway prove there's no God or afterlife, nuff said about this.
And just because you believe does not mean there is actually a god or afterlife.

Prove they exist AND/OR quit wasting my time.
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#95
RE: Fear of death
The thought of not living, of not being aware of my existence (or rather, non-existence)... it's plain terrifying! Obviously it won't matter once I die because I won't be able to think, feel or basically do anything, but just because death is the inevitable end for me doesn't mean I have to like it.

Of course, I don't spend my days worrying about death. I have other things to think about, things that matter in the present, not the distant future when I'm old.
"There are two things that are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." ~Albert Einstein
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#96
RE: Fear of death
I only fear death, if I know that it will bring me nothing.
If I die, and people still utter my name, even though my body becomes dust, I become immortal as long as my name lives.
Yes, the spirit...I do not know what happens with my soul or spirit, but I think there just might be one.
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#97
RE: Fear of death
(January 4, 2012 at 7:57 pm)Atharonis Wrote: The thought of not living, of not being aware of my existence (or rather, non-existence)... it's plain terrifying! Obviously it won't matter once I die because I won't be able to think, feel or basically do anything, but just because death is the inevitable end for me doesn't mean I have to like it.

Of course, I don't spend my days worrying about death. I have other things to think about, things that matter in the present, not the distant future when I'm old.

When you're old, how do you know that you're going to get old, how do you know you will be alive a year from now? Death is waiting silently around the corner and no one knows when they will turn that corner and walk straight into deaths grip.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
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#98
RE: Fear of death
(January 5, 2012 at 5:20 am)Godschild Wrote:



When you're old, how do you know that you're going to get old, how do you know you will be alive a year from know? Death is waiting silently around the corner and no one knows when they will turn that corner and walk straight into deaths grip.

That's what makes living fun G-C... bit like riding a motorcycle

Tiger
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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#99
RE: Fear of death
(January 5, 2012 at 5:29 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote:
(January 5, 2012 at 5:20 am)Godschild Wrote:



When you're old, how do you know that you're going to get old, how do you know you will be alive a year from know? Death is waiting silently around the corner and no one knows when they will turn that corner and walk straight into deaths grip.

That's what makes living fun G-C... bit like riding a motorcycle

Tiger

I'm getting older and do not feel like that kind of excitement anymore, if I were to ride a bike now I probably would drive right into death's door.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
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RE: Fear of death
(January 5, 2012 at 5:47 am)Godschild Wrote: I'm getting older and do not feel like that kind of excitement anymore, if I were to ride a bike now I probably would drive right into death's door.

What is stopping you?? Afraid you may "meet your maker" ? I thought that would be on ALL xtians 'to do' list. Undecided

I may be gravid in decades but I am not "old"
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