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I'm not. I'm Christian.

Then aren't you afraid of going to hell?

Nope.

Because doing stuff is fun.
People want to keep doing stuff.
Death may or may not end the doing of stuff. (no know percentages)
Thus people are afraid of losing the ability of doing stuff.

Cheese Elemental wrote:I'm not. I'm Christian.

Worrying about dieing and worrying about the afterlife are two different things; the physical process of dieing still is a concern for many people. Regardless of faith drowning, burning alive, and many other various ways we expire will typically cause panic. Enough Christians have said "I don't want to die (yet)" or some variation that pretending that it somehow alleviates neuroses of the issue invalid. Even atheists can claim to not worry about it becuase it is a natural process and since they aren't worried about Hell/Heaven they aren't to concerened. Hindu's have the karmic wheel. Still everyone knows it is coming and their words they say to convince others is different than the reality of they actually feel; hiding behind a mask to appear unconcerned.

Now to actually answer the question asked, because someone should.

While you have to remember that there are varying degress of concern from mild to debilitating fear, I think there are three major causes that can be singularly applied or combined.

1. Finite time and infinite goals.
2. the Unknown
3. worry over pain

wow fifth post and it's already getting pretty deep. Keep it up!

I belive that the main reason people fear death is an inobility for them to truly grasp the concept of no longer existing,think about it,everyones views,perpectives etc,come from the fact they happen to be alive to have those views & perspectives,it's dificult to imagine a world in wich you no longer exist.
200 years ago,the world was populated by people who loved,created,etc...everyone of these people have now ceased to exist..and in all probability everyone reading this,every one doing anything at this moment will have ceased to exist with in 100 years.
This is why I personaly belive that accepting the fact that one day you won't be here is a good thing,you will perhaps relize that every day should be lived,not endured.
I enjoy every moment I can with my girlfriend,my children,my friends and family...because at some point,I'll be gone.

Yup. You should live everyday as if it were your last. Cause you don't what you got till your gone

penut the butter wrote:Yup. You should live everyday as if it were your last. Cause you don't what you got till your gone

I don't know about that... how about the day after you lived yesterday as your last?

People have always been afraid to die. It's just because we don't know what is really after death, if anything. Our fear has even lead us to make up some very elaborate stories to help us cope.

Typeline wrote:

penut the butter wrote:Yup. You should live everyday as if it were your last. Cause you don't what you got till your gone

I don't know about that... how about the day after you lived yesterday as your last?

People have always been afraid to die. It's just because we don't know what is really after death, if anything. Our fear has even lead us to make up some very elaborate stories to help us cope.

QFT, While I have no interest in turning this in to a "religion bashing" thread,I do belive that one of the main reasons religion seems to thrive is due to it's abilty to give people a glimmer of hope for somthing beyond mortality.
If one can belive that at the time of death,they will be wisked away to be with all their loved ones who have passed,then death seems alot less scary.

Ppl that are worried about death have to mean there is something good in their current life they would want to live for (hence they dont want it to end )

This is perfect , it serves as a reminder that while you are alive and have something to live for , treasure it.

Fear of the unknown and the "finality" of it all make people afraid of death.

I'd like to reply to the OP with a simple, ':?'

Whether you're deluded or not, self-preservation is a natural priority. What do religions and political groups do, as groups, before they do anything they claim to stand for?
They preserve themselves. They ensure their continuing existence, through themselves or fellow like-thinkers.

What do individuals do when faced with death, before they question any of their general personal values? They kick nut, scream, bite and cheat their way back into unopposed existence, at any cost. If you're deluded enough to do anything else, you're just one of those fascinating side-effects of sentience.

Turn the question around, OP.

Maybe I should elaborate a bit.

I believe that if I'm religious and I live a good life, and there's an afterlife waiting for me, then I'll be content, and I know I'll have contributed to the world.

If there's nothing but the void, I won't be conscious to know that I was wrong, and I'll still have had a good life.

But yes, self-preservation is an instict. I have no wish to die young. In fact, I'd like to live as long as I can. It's why I don't partake in stupid things that other teenagers here do, like drink, smoke, do drugs or drive too fast.

I fear death because it would separate me from my wife, at least for a time.

Would the process of dying fall under fear of death, or fear of pain? Don't get me wrong I'd rather not be burned alive, but how one dies seems secondary to the being dead issue.

i dont fear death i feel i have lived my life to full evan though im 17 iv still got alot to do but evan if i died tmorrow iv had a giggle for life that i have spent

also i dnt belive in heaven or hell but there is something after this life

The same reason people fear other things. It is unknown, and let's face it, if you die once, you tend to stay dead.
If I die right now, I won't exactly like it, but I'm dead. That's it. What comes after, now that, scares me.

I am death.

Cane: I am death.

If you change jobs you'll have more friends.
Have you ever thought about a career in plumbing?

Maybe people aren't afraid of death itself, but of the many different ways one can die. Some ways are fun and some not so much.

For the same reason people fear other things. It won't be perfect for them.



I've never been in love or been attached to anything, so it doesn't really faze me. Besides, I already know i'll be sitting at the right hand of Khorne in the afterlife

Everyone is afraid of dying.

If you claim that you arent, I ask you one thing...

"As a pedestrian, do you look both ways before crossing a busy road?"

Yea, thats what I thought.

Humans instinctively try to avoid death....I.E. at SOME level, you are "afraid" of dying. Death is something to be avoided.

If you're trying to tell me that plummeting 30 stories to your death wont so much as raise your blood pressure a single point...you're a friggin' liar.


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Cane wrote:I am the death of reason.

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Well deadshane those are all different ways of dying. I mean I wouldn't want to die by falling or getting hit by a vehicle. I would rather get shot in the head and get the whole thing over with.

Deadshane1 wrote:Everyone is afraid of dying.

If you claim that you arent, I ask you one thing...

"As a pedestrian, do you look both ways before crossing a busy road?"

Yea, thats what I thought..

yeh except being afraid to die and not wanting to die are not the same thing are they. For example I may not want something to eat when I walk past a resteraunt, however that doesn't make me cry with fear when I see one.

whatwhat wrote:

Deadshane1 wrote:Everyone is afraid of dying.

If you claim that you arent, I ask you one thing...

"As a pedestrian, do you look both ways before crossing a busy road?"

Yea, thats what I thought..

yeh except being afraid to die and not wanting to die are not the same thing are they. For example I may not want something to eat when I walk past a resteraunt, however that doesn't make me cry with fear when I see one.

....So when you're plummetting to your death, are you going to be quickly texting "goodbye" to a loved one on your cell phone?....or panicking?



Go ahead, lets continue this charade of "not being afraid of death".

I guess no one is ABSOLUTELY certain as to what waits them on the other side.

On the other hand, not looking both ways when crossing the road is just plain fekking dumb. Regardless of you being scared of death or not.

Here we go again

BTW, I'm certain there are people out there who are ready for death. (paraplegics who don't want to go on, old people etc.) But they will ALL still be little scared.