The Ultimate End

[sSsflamesSs]

Death. We all have to face it eventually. It is surrounded by such an unknown aura that most fear it. I'm taking a Philosophy class right now, the 2nd third of which covered the subject of death and why we fear it. Most of the challenges of why we fear death involved the logic that you cannot fear what you are not conscious of. Some also involved the "logic" of since we don't fear the time BEFORE life, then why do we fear the time AFTER life - it's the same type of dark void of nonexistence...a problem of symmetry. Personally, I don't think that there's anything symmetric about life.

People have different views of what happens to us after we die. Some believe in an after-life, while others think that death is the end - lights out, and that they do not exist after life, that they are merely a complex web of chemical, physical, and biological processes and nothing more, and that after death, they do not exist in any form, spiritual or whatnot. Do we have souls?

My paragraphs aren't quite organized...I'm merely writing as I go along. However, I would really like to get a discussion going surrounding death, the existence/nonexistence of a soul, and personal identity.

[Sirumemkez20]

I think we are afraid of death because we don't know when we are going to die and how. The only one that knows is God. Me personally yes, I am very afraid to die and hopefully when I die I will go in peace. I think I have been more afraid of death, since my brother passed away, him and I were very vey close, and sometimes at night when I'm sleep I can feel his presence. But I know when my time comes I will be with him again.

[sSsflamesSs]

Would you feel any better knowing when exactly you were going to die?

Personally, knowing the exact date would ruin my whole life. I would constantly be plagued by that knowledge. The days that I would have left would lose their meaning. I think not knowing is what keeps us going.

And I am very sorry to hear about your loss.

[Sirumemkez20]

I rather not know, because it would make me really sad

[jahannam]

The only reason I fear death is the fact that I'm gonna lose everyone and everything specially my life.
I remember when I was little, our teacher told us about mass distruction weapons and how if someone used them on us, we'd die and we wouldn't exist anymore. I remember not being able to sleep for days, thinking about how when I die, i'm never gonna go to school again, or see my friends, or wake up and sleep, or eat, or be around my mom. I remember it crystal clear. I even remember crying once, and my mom was pretty surprised when I told her why I was crying. hehe.
I think ultimately, that is THE reason we fear death.
LOSS.

[ckBejug]

Originally posted by jahannam The only reason I fear death is the fact that I'm gonna lose everyone and everything specially my life.
I remember when I was little, our teacher told us about mass distruction weapons and how if someone used them on us, we'd die and we wouldn't exist anymore. I remember not being able to sleep for days, thinking about how when I die, i'm never gonna go to school again, or see my friends, or wake up and sleep, or eat, or be around my mom. I remember it crystal clear. I even remember crying once, and my mom was pretty surprised when I told her why I was crying. hehe.
I think ultimately, that is THE reason we fear death.
LOSS.

But shouldn't that be the reason you fear losing someone. I mean, why should you be afraid of loss? when you die, that's it. You;re dead. there is no thought in your mind about how oh xxxx I'm dead and I miss everyone... You know? there is no missing anyone. you dead. fin, finished, finito. no more thoughts, worries, sadness. You know?

[Arvestaked]

My fear comes from not being able to conceptualize infinite nothingness.

[sSsflamesSs]

Originally posted by Arvestaked My fear comes from not being able to conceptualize infinite nothingness.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[SexyAries]

I am not afraid of death, if it was up to me i would already be dead but somehow it just never works out i dont understand why God wants me here.But i've accepted and am happy that i'm alive and if i die then i die if i dont then i dont i rather just not think about it, thinking about takes time away from actually living my life.

[sSsflamesSs]

So you never thought of how it is going to be after death?