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[raskolnikov]

What are your thoughts about death? Are you scared of death? Do you think about it often? Without getting into a religious or philosophical argument what do you think happens after death? Heaven or hell? Reincarnation? Oblivion?
Recently death was a possibility for me. I was more philosophical and calm about it than I thought I would be. It's definitely made me much more aware of my mortality and want to make the most of the time I have left.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Heaven, or SOMETHING happens

not sure why you would want to believe anything different

 

[exe ex machina]

I am Death.
When you've gotten bored asking these mortals on a forum about death, you can ask Death himself what he thinks about it.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

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 gotta go some time.

 

[akkaps]

Once you lose someone, you realize how mortal you are. Ever since I lost my step-father when I was nine I have realized how final death is. This event has made me scared of death.

Religiously, I'm meant to believe in reincarnation, but it doesn't make sense to me. Once you're gone, you are gone; in my opinion

 

[Bomberboyokay]

There's nothing after death. You're finished when the body/brain is. It's a bit weird to comprehend not existing anymore but it's more logical and the evidence supports it over floating around magically doing **** knows what forvever.

 

[little graham]

The king is dead, long live the king!

You do face the music on the other side, when you die.

 

[exe ex machina]

There's nothing after death. You're finished when the body/brain is. It's a bit weird to comprehend not existing anymore but it's more logical and the evidence supports it over floating around magically doing **** knows what forvever.

We have a winner.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Religious posters should tell us their religions so I can ignore them in this thread.

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

Typical deadshit atheist attitude

 

[little graham]

Typical deadshit atheist attitude

Feeble dishonest sly creatures!

 

[little graham]

Religious posters should tell us their religions so I can ignore them in this thread.

You're so wet behind the ears you could supply half of Ethiopia water for a year.

 

[little graham]

This man for the win.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Typical deadshit atheist attitude

There are things we know we know and things we know we don't know. In the later cases, I like to not make shit up.

 

[exe ex machina]

Don't worry Bomberboyokay , you and me know

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

There are things we know we know and things we know we don't know. In the later cases, I like to not make shit up.

Well you just made shit up before when you said there's nothing after death

That is something we do not know

 

[little graham]

That is something we do not know

Nothing begins until it ends.

 

[exe ex machina]

anyway, **** you all for tonight. i need my beauty sleep.

 

[Sydney Bloods]

death is the end of life, it's inevitable, it is absolute, that is the definition.
many people confuse concept of death and the clinical death the name given to the state of a human body upon termination of life functions necessary for organic life to exist. Because to most rational people they are synonymous with one another. if you're dead, you're dead.

Many people however fear death and so they are attracted to lines of thought that argue one can live on past clinical death and avoid actual death. reincarnation, afterlifes, they are all represent the same thing, immortality. the hope that one can "cheat" death find a loophole a way out. there really is nothing more to it than that, the more fearful of actual death the more devoted to idea of defeating they become, until in a rather morbid irony they actually look forward to clinically dying as they believe that is the key to their immortality in the end they worship the very thing they fear.

personally i neither fear nor welcome death, one day i will die, i'm aware of that but i do not dwell upon it, i hope only that it delays its arrival for as long a possible, But when it does come knocking that things end as quickly and painlessly as possible.

i do wonder what will happen to people's views on death medicine develops further, with each generation we live longer and with the concept of death cast into the shadows, becoming a passing thought to anyone younger than 60, so what happens when we start routinely living to 120-130 years? will we reach a stage where the concept of death for most of us is so removed from our daily lives that people in general stop fearing it? and if so how will that affect society in general?

 

[TheWoodenSlug]

I'm not scared to die, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after.

 

[exe ex machina]

I'm not scared to die, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after.

 

[the_interloper]

I'm not scared to die, I'm a little bit scared of what comes after.

Hopefully it's cocaine and hookers.

 

[Gough]

I think about it more in context of my parents at the moment, who are pushing seventy now. Having seen a couple of friends bury their (very) old parents recently, and my own experience with my Gran who was well into here 90s when she died, I'm not sure I want them to go through what my friend's parents, and my Gran had to go through with the of ravages extreme aging, and selfishly I worry about how I would go if I had to be some sort of caregiver.

 

[little graham]

 

[little graham]

i do wonder what will happen to people's views on death medicine develops further, with each generation we live longer and with the concept of death cast into the shadows, becoming a passing thought to anyone younger than 60, so what happens when we start routinely living to 120-130 years? will we reach a stage where the concept of death for most of us is so removed from our daily lives that people in general stop fearing it? and if so how will that affect society in general?

I actually wonder about your absurd views as the current generation will only live to their 70 or so. The science is very clear, the ave life span is deteriorating rapidly.