Are you afraid of death?
 

just a q

no.. no reason to be.

Im not afraid to die, i just don't want to :thumbsup



what where you doing in 1875 ? ;)

Nope.

Probably end up in a better place than here anyway...

You might say "no" now but it's very different when you think it's about to happen.

Two days ago I thought I was having a heart attack. I had chest pains, my left side went numb, I couldn't breathe, etc etc, so I went to the emergency room.

It turns out I had inflamed cartiledge in my chest and I was fine, but I thought I was going to die. And when you're sitting there in a hospital room having nurses look down on you, you're not so brave.

not afraid of death, but afraid of dying.

A man is not completely born until he is dead.
--Benjamin Franklin

I used to be afraid of death but now I understand if I'm taken there's nothing I can do about it, it's better there anyway. Life is good to have but we all end up dead in the end and we rest.

To be honest, i think about it alot and yes, it scares me....... total blackness, you stop existing, nothing anymore, you can't think, you can't love, it's just total and complete nothing. Yeah, it scares the hell out of me!

no fear whatsoever...it seems to me, that those that FEAR death the most are the ones that have been conditioned into fear by organized religions?

no way on earth that death is nothing..it must be something..you sleep and you wake up on a new place :Graucho

i understand where you're coming from.. but the way i see it, i wont care now i will i?

all those that said no I'm sure your feelings will change when you get to my age :)

I dunno if I am... I suppose I would be if I was gonna be killed or something but not too sure if I would be scared if it was from old age and I died peacefully.....

na, no fear here.. its gonna happen one day, and there isnt shit u can do to stop it

When your numbers up "ITS UP" ....

Only thing that is guranteed in this world after you are born is that your gonna die......

Been there to many times.......


RACEMAN :thumbsup

Well I am not a fan of dying, however, I tend to be more afraid on how it's going to happen....

Guess again. I may be a few years younger than you, but not that far off, and I have not feared death in years. Actually look forward to it just to see what is on the other side.

However, there are different attitudes about it for sure. For example:

I took my kids up north to say good-bye to their great-grandmother (97) who was on her way out. I talked to her, and she was completely comfortable with the idea that she was going to die, and said she would after she had finished praying for the people on her mental list. When she died a week or so later, I was sad that I no longer had a place to crash in San Francisco where no reservations were required, but I knew she was ready to go.

Last year my kids went to TX to say good-bye to their grandmother on their mother's side (80+/-). Now this lady was afraid to die, and it showed.

The point is, it probably has a lot to do with how you live your life here and now as to what your attitude towards death will be. I could die when I hit Submit Reply, and I would have no regrets or fears
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whew . . . .that was close

I am kind of hoping mine will be the "film at 11" variety. . . . lot's of smoke and broken stuff laying around

as each year passes, and the "possibility" becomes more "probable" I can't in all honesty say that I'm looking forward to it...

death is the only

certainty in life.

Nope, I use to be when I was 12. But now it's like, you could die anyday, why waste your days being afraid to die any minute now? Because you'll end up wasting the rest of your life worried!

jDoG

Actually you got that wrong :)

Death and Taxes are the only certainties in life - if you live in the US!

jDoG

Nope!

LOL you would drama queen ;)

Hahahahaha :1orglaugh

you cannot fear the inevitable. only stare at it in cautious awe and attempt to unravel it's mystery before it's too late.

I do not want to die when i'll be old and i would feel every minute that death is somewhere close to me. It would be great if i'll die fast, _very fast_ - a bullet shot, maybe, or something similar. i am afraid of the process of dying.

I am not afraid of dying. Just hope I am somewhere else when it happens...

nope i just hope it comes quick, and if not i can rise above the pain to enjoy it

I am not afraid of death

I am afraid of dying

Yup thats like me, I'm not afraid of being in blackness forever or going to hell, I just don't want to die certain ways

Nope.

Rather die than become all wrinkled and full of aches and pains.

well yeah, I don't think I would want to burn to deth, or drown

I'm pretty young, and I think we'll have the technology to keep me alive forever. :)

There's alot of hot young girls who still haven't gotten the hot and steamy grogan special, I musn't die.

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interesting topic....

I don't really have an answer yet though.... still thinking about it. But we're all going to die eventually. No matter who you are, it's inescapable. No one is exempt. Death is truly the great equalizer.

hmmm...

Grogan, in 50-60 years max, you are worm food.

Me, scared of death? Hell yea I am, I'd rather stop aging now and live forever. Only one thing scares me more than my death, thats the death of my loved ones.
Is there a life after death, shit who knows, I tend to believe there is, but don't really want to die to find out.

:angel

It's obvious once we are dead, there's nothing we can worry about. I am just afraid of life after death. Is there more? Do we have souls etc I like to believe we do, but if we do... will I go to a worse place? lol ...Life isn't perfect, but it sure beats the possibilities of "burning in hell". I don't believe there is a place like that... If I believe in anything, I believe in Sylvia Browne's theory <a href="http://www.sylvia.org/home/reasonsforlife.cfm">http://www.sylvia.org/home/reasonsforlife.cfm</a> I don't believe everything she says, but if I am going to believe in something, I like her theory the best :)

Even if science/medicine find ways to stop or slow down aging, we still have unexpected deaths to worry about, like being shot, run over by a bus, bitten by a poisonous snake etc.

Life is a series of challenges, obstacles, learning experiences... rewards are few and far between, so I like to believe there's a higher purpose to it all.

don't think about it and it won't happen anytime soon :thumbsup