Do you fear death?

[michaels]

I admit I do, I can mentally picture being old and close to death and imagining how scary it must be. have you ever been at someone's side when they died?

 

[AUMM]

i fear death of my loved ones, not my own though...the only thing i fear about my own death is that it would cause sorrow to people i love....

 

[manlymatt83]

Yes. I was just thinking about this half hour ago. Odd you created a thread.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: AUMM
i fear death of my loved ones, not my own though...the only thing i fear about my own death is that it would cause sorrow to people i love....

Good attitude to have.

 

[purbeast0]

yes I do and I really am not that great at saying the right things when someone close to a friend dies.

i have never had anyone close to me really die and I'm really scared of how it will feel and how I will react when it eventually does.

 

[FoBoT]

i don't think about it
my kids/wife would be sad, otherwise i accept that it will happen one day

 

[michaels]

I had a good friend die and I didn't go to the funeral, I just hate it and I wish I had went now.

 

[Mxylplyx]

Originally posted by: michaels
I admit I do, I can mentally picture being old and close to death and imagining how scary it must be. have you ever been at someone's side when they died?

I imagine old people have lived long enough to accept their own mortality. I, at age 26, do fear death, though I would gladly put myself before my wife or child.

 

[IAteYourMother]

im afraid of the 15 seconds before I die.

 

[Darthvoy]

Originally posted by: AUMM
i fear death of my loved ones, not my own though...the only thing i fear about my own death is that it would cause sorrow to people i love....

thats pretty much how I feel, except I am not necessarily afraid of death, but I afraid am of dying before knowing how it feels to have kids and a wife...etc.

 

[MrWizzard]

Death/ being dead, no.

The whole dying part is what I am not looking forward too. If I go in my sleep that would be ok with me.

I am religious though so some people might say I have a bizarre view of death.

 

[Alone]

I fear the death of others, but sometimes welcome my own.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Not really. I've personally seen multiple friends and their parents die and really did not feel grief, just felt sad I wouldn't see them again.

I really don't think death is that bad. I heard a great quote once regarding this topic.

?Life is like a B Rated Movie, you don't want to leave in the middle of it, but you don't want to see it again."

 

[Darthvoy]

whoops

 

[michaels]

I also fear what's after death.

 

[TravisT]

I'm like AUMM, I don't really fear death at all. I really hope that I grow old wtih my wife, but sometimes I start thinking and hope that I die before my wife does because I'm not sure if I could handle her dying. Especially if we get up around 70, our kids will be gone, it will just be us two and my computer.

 

[RapidSnail]

So many death threads...

No I don't fear death. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

 

[DarkThinker]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother
im afraid of the 15 seconds before I die.

That's strange, I am afraid of the 15 seconds after I die.

 

[michaels]

Just imagine being able to upload your brain and downloading it in a new body.

 

[D1gger]

No, I do not. I am prepared to go at any time, but I do not welcome it.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: AUMM
i fear death of my loved ones, not my own though...the only thing i fear about my own death is that it would cause sorrow to people i love....

exactly.

I'm not the most healthy person around anymore. I know the odds of me dieing before my wife are high. the only thing that scares me is what it would do to my family.

 

[Newfie]

When I was 13 I began questioning my faith and my belief in god that I was told when growing up existed. I started to wonder if there was really a god at all, then I began to realize that there might be nothing after death. That FREAKED me out and for a long while I was scared out of my wits. After a few months of constant fear, I began to accept the fact and learned to grow with it. Does the aspect of death scare me? A bit, but it's mostly the process of dieing that gives me the creeps.

Do I think about it? Yep. Does it affect my daily life? Nope.

 

[michaels]

Originally posted by: RapidSnail
So many death threads...

No I don't fear death. To be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

But I don't get why everyone seems to think if you die you are in Heaven or hell, I thought the Bible says that the dead will rise to be judge don Judgement day, if so wouldn't that mean no one is in heaven or hell?

 

[nakedfrog]

And I am not frightened of dying, any time will do I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying, there's no reason for it you've got to go some time

 

[AlienCraft]

I fear illness in ld age, with no social safety net.
And the abject poverty that illness can leave one who is childless.
That's why I'm saving one bullet.