+1 and any sane person who doesn't have a belief system to give them hope of a cloudy afterlife with singing angels and stuff will quite likely fear it too.Sixcess said:The prospect of nothingness, of ceasing to exist, just terrifies me.
Question: Have you ever almost died?AverageJoe said:For an atheist, death shouldn't be something to be scared of, at all. Any atheist who is afraid of death doesn't understand what "ceasing to exist" really means.
So yeah, I'm not afraid of death at all. I'm afraid of dying painfully though. But it's not the death itself, its what comes before it. I imagine if I'm in agony I'll want death to hurry the fuck up.
I spent a fair moment where I knew I was gonna die, I was supposed to die but I survived, in that moment I found a faint acceptance of what was coming, and this is where I felt most people take it, and well that's it really.Mournful Crow said:Should we fear death? Should we embrace it? Should we do something else with it? Does it need to be done off with? What are your thoughts on it in general?
well, as Morrie would say: "When you learn how to die, you learn how live..."M-E-D The Poet said:I spent a fair moment where I knew I was gonna die, I was supposed to die but I survived, in that moment I found a faint acceptance of what was coming, and this is where I felt most people take it, and well that's it really.Mournful Crow said:Should we fear death? Should we embrace it? Should we do something else with it? Does it need to be done off with? What are your thoughts on it in general?
Because everything that has a beginning has an end. Simple as that. Sure, technology might be able to keep you alive for millions of years or more. Would you really want to? Immortality might be more of a curse than a blessing.Frozen Donkey Wheel2 said:I think we should look at death as just another problem that needs to be solved. Preferably before it happens to me.
Why people think of death as inevitable is beyond me. What, because everything else has died before, that means that NOT dying is impossible? What do you people think technology is FOR?
it's very true, and I can explain it only like this :Mournful Crow said:well, as Morrie would say: "When you learn how to die, you learn how live..."M-E-D The Poet said:I spent a fair moment where I knew I was gonna die, I was supposed to die but I survived, in that moment I found a faint acceptance of what was coming, and this is where I felt most people take it, and well that's it really.Mournful Crow said:Should we fear death? Should we embrace it? Should we do something else with it? Does it need to be done off with? What are your thoughts on it in general?
that's an enviable trait for some... Do you mind if i were to ask as to what happened?...M-E-D The Poet said:it's very true, and I can explain it only like this :Mournful Crow said:well, as Morrie would say: "When you learn how to die, you learn how live..."M-E-D The Poet said:I spent a fair moment where I knew I was gonna die, I was supposed to die but I survived, in that moment I found a faint acceptance of what was coming, and this is where I felt most people take it, and well that's it really.Mournful Crow said:Should we fear death? Should we embrace it? Should we do something else with it? Does it need to be done off with? What are your thoughts on it in general?
Before this moment happened,I used to be damn scared of death, my body would literally jolt at the thought of there being no afterlife, after what happened back then that fear, that jolt that I used to get with the mere thought of death, it dissapeared and I've come to look at life a whole lot differently.
I believe it's something that should be accepted. Why would anyone worry about death in the first place?Mournful Crow said:Should we fear death? Should we embrace it? Should we do something else with it? Does it need to be done off with? What are your thoughts on it in general?
eh, good point...samaugsch said:I believe it's something that should be accepted. Why would anyone worry about death in the first place?Mournful Crow said:Should we fear death? Should we embrace it? Should we do something else with it? Does it need to be done off with? What are your thoughts on it in general?
it was -20 degrees celsius, I went out cold with such an extent of alcohol poisoning you could have knocked out 2 people with it (the big brunt was 2 bottles of whiskey swigged in 15 minutes on an empty stomach, no sleep and a stressed out body+brain)Mournful Crow said:that's an enviable trait for some... Do you mind if i were to ask as to what happened?...M-E-D The Poet said:it's very true, and I can explain it only like this :Mournful Crow said:well, as Morrie would say: "When you learn how to die, you learn how live..."M-E-D The Poet said:I spent a fair moment where I knew I was gonna die, I was supposed to die but I survived, in that moment I found a faint acceptance of what was coming, and this is where I felt most people take it, and well that's it really.Mournful Crow said:Should we fear death? Should we embrace it? Should we do something else with it? Does it need to be done off with? What are your thoughts on it in general?
Before this moment happened,I used to be damn scared of death, my body would literally jolt at the thought of there being no afterlife, after what happened back then that fear, that jolt that I used to get with the mere thought of death, it dissapeared and I've come to look at life a whole lot differently.
well.... that's a.... that's a hell of a story... Well, at least you lived to learn and tell the experience to others who may fear just as you did....M-E-D The Poet said:it was -20 degrees celsius, I went out cold with such an extent of alcohol poisoning you could have knocked out 2 people with it (the big brunt was 2 bottles of whiskey swigged in 15 minutes on an empty stomach, no sleep and a stressed out body+brain)Mournful Crow said:that's an enviable trait for some... Do you mind if i were to ask as to what happened?...M-E-D The Poet said:it's very true, and I can explain it only like this :Mournful Crow said:well, as Morrie would say: "When you learn how to die, you learn how live..."M-E-D The Poet said:I spent a fair moment where I knew I was gonna die, I was supposed to die but I survived, in that moment I found a faint acceptance of what was coming, and this is where I felt most people take it, and well that's it really.Mournful Crow said:Should we fear death? Should we embrace it? Should we do something else with it? Does it need to be done off with? What are your thoughts on it in general?
Before this moment happened,I used to be damn scared of death, my body would literally jolt at the thought of there being no afterlife, after what happened back then that fear, that jolt that I used to get with the mere thought of death, it dissapeared and I've come to look at life a whole lot differently.
I had about 2 flashes in which I realised what I'd done and what was happening and I slowly accepted it and on the last flash I didn't try to stay awake , people were hitting me in the face trying to wake me but I had accepted it and dropped.
I had been out cold 2 hours with only pants and a t-shirt in freezing weather so I had severe hypothermia, the only thing that my body could do was throw up cause someone had tried to make me eat before I passed out and that's what saved my life.
In the end I got into the hospital with very severe alcohol poisoning and hypothermia, apparently the one cancelled the other out because I suffered no lasting damages that I can really notice
This about sums up my attitude. It scares the hell out of me, nothingness.Sixcess said:I absolutely dread it, more than anything. The prospect of nothingness, of ceasing to exist, just terrifies me. I fully expect my last words to be "Is that it?"
Haha! The fear of there being nothing after death scares the hell out of you! Just found that to be somewhat funny. Maybe it's just me... ...Sorry, I'll go now.0z0wen said:This about sums up my attitude. It scares the hell out of me, nothingness.Sixcess said:I absolutely dread it, more than anything. The prospect of nothingness, of ceasing to exist, just terrifies me. I fully expect my last words to be "Is that it?"