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are you afraid to die (pg. 4)
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| Sunsnail |
| Maybe you convinced yourself that you are afraid to die? |
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| Simon |
| I try to put the thought of death to the back of my mind, but whenever I get thinking about it it scares the out of me. |
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| basd |
| I don't know. Never thought about it, I've got better things to do. |
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| Lunar Phase 7 |
| quote: | Originally posted by LiveTheDream
No, but the way i want to die, is at the age of 95, dew to having an hartattack after resiving the god damn best blowjob ever, by a blone 20 year old wile flying a plane. |
Watch Red Dwarf by anychance? |
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| ZeJayMan |
| I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens. |
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| astroboy |
| If there's an afterlife, then death is of no significance. If there isn't an afterlife then you won't be around to regret dying... so it's of no significance either. Spending your limited time here worrying about death is hence irrational. |
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| DJ Mikey Mike |
| I've stared death in the face more times than I can care to remember. It always backs down first. I am a ing rock. |
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| neovalkyr |
| Why do people cry when someone dies? because deep down they know they'll never see them again. If Aliens exist will we try to convert them to christianity? |
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| Marc Summers |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
I've stared death in the face more times than I can care to remember. It always backs down first. I am a ing rock. |
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| Halcyon+On+On |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sunsnail
Maybe you convinced yourself that you are afraid to die? |
It is not something that needs convincing. If you are born without an innate fear of death, you are not a human being, mortal in this state.
One of man's greatest fears is the unknown - when faced with such things he reverts to his most basic, animal state. There are some things, however, that are even worse than the unknown - like knowing what it is that lurks there. If you say you're not afraid of death, it's only because you've never actually seen it before and can only speculate with uncertainty on what lies beyond it.
Maybe it could be argued that humanity has an innate predisposition towards religious dogma, so it is possible for us to truly overcome the fear of death by belief in a benign afterlife? Yeah, because religious people aren't afraid of anything.
Maybe it could be argued that placid acceptance of one's own death is something that everybody comes to terms with at some point and that, as rational beings, we are able to overcome this fear of the unknown because fear is an irrational thing. Because human beings are really, really rational creatures. Yep, that's us. Rational as can be.
Let me try and clarify things though - "afraid to die" and "never falling asleep again because I'm petrified by the fear of death" are 2 very different things.
We are comfortable in our illusion of safety, some of us comfortable enough to taunt what it is that this illusion guards us from? |
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| DrunkenMaster16 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
It's about time somebody gave an honest ing answer. |
I've come close about 3 times now, closest was a coma for 5 days. Honestly death is inevitable. Accept your fate and live YOUR life, the way you think is right or atleast try to. When the day comes imagine it as your first birthday the 1st day you breathe air on your own thru your own means. |
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| D-res |
| Philosophically the idea of death to me is mystifying and almost scary, but at the same time I accept its finality. |
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