The concept of death

[Deej]

How much does the thought of dieing scare you, out of ten?

Just wondering if it depresses people much?

People are gonna call me a freak for asking this.

 

[Lethal]

You're a freak.
Nah, I've never really thought of it at all. It's gunna happen one day, live with it.

 

[grimlock]

I'm actually more terrified about the way I'll go than the actual conecept of it.

 

[mellowyellow]

In the words of woody allen .........Im not afraid of death.I just dont want to be there when it happens.

 

[lioness]

It doesn't really scare me at all. And it's not something I spend too much time thinking about.

 

[SonOfScray]

No point in getting depressed over something that can't be avoided. Still I wouldn't like the prospect of burning to death or drowning etc.

 

[El Scorcho]

Originally posted by grimlock
I'm actually more terrified about the way I'll go than the actual conecept of it.

This pretty much sums my feelings up.

Death itself, meh, we've all got to go.

However, the way in which I die is something that concerns me. Basically, I either want to know well in advance so that I can say my goodbyes and do some things I'd always wanted to. Or I'd want to just go instantly, so that I was totally unaware and not suffering.

The worst thing I could think of would be something like a plane crash from 30 000 feet, where you couldn't say goodbye to anyone or anything, but you had a few minutes to sit there and contemplate what was about to happen.

I feel so happy now.

 

[utility]

The only thing to fear, is the life you haven't lived.
--Damnation AD

 

[Deej]

I ask this question partly because i believe that it's the scariness of death that has made man invent god, to take the edge off the scariness of life ending forever thinking that there might be something afterwards. I believe that fear of death is fundamentally the reason for why man first invented the concept of an afterlife, and as time went on this invention developed factions and different ideals & beliefs, which in turn developed into different religions.

 

[evade28]

is 10 a lot or not much?

well when im sitting here in the computer its not very high, actually about 0, however when we were going sideways in a car at high speed with my door about to come into contact with a huge gum tree i'd say it was about 1000.

 

[Magpira]

Originally posted by grimlock
I'm actually more terrified about the way I'll go than the actual conecept of it.

Absolutely. it's not so much when I'll go it's more how I'll go that bothers me.

And then, of course the $1M question.....What happens after I die?

Sheesh....Not meaning to open a whole other can of worms on those who believe or don't believe in reincarnation but I do often wonder that. But at the end of the day...I guess we'll all find out eventually

"The only two certanties in life are death and taxes"
Benjamin Franklin.

 

[raskolnikov]

Originally posted by SonOfScray
No point in getting depressed over something that can't be avoided. Still I wouldn't like the prospect of burning to death or drowning etc.

I've heard that drowning is not that bad a death. For me the worst possible death would be to be taken by a crocodile.

 

[Stevo]

My preferred method of death is to be stuffed into a barrel full of poisonous scorpions.

 

[Nic]

Originally posted by Deej
I ask this question partly because i believe that it's the scariness of death that has made man invent god, to take the edge off the scariness of life ending forever thinking that there might be something afterwards. I believe that fear of death is fundamentally the reason for why man first invented the concept of an afterlife, and as time went on this invention developed factions and different ideals & beliefs, which in turn developed into different religions.

Well, yeah, pretty much agree with all of that as one of the reasons anyway. IMO we die, that's it. Not particularly scared, or depressed about it (yet).

 

[1jasonoz]

In the past 2 years i have had a brother commit sucide, and had a grandfather die whilst i sat with him with my parents. Death doesnt scare me, we are on a first name basis at the moment, and when my time comes it comes.

 

[The Passenger]

Death and what happens after it doesn't bother me - but it does make me a bit unfomfortable.

The way I see it there are only one or two options.

1) We cease to exist completely and never feel anything again.

2) We live on in some form - whether it be through spirit or physically (reincarnation).

Now niether of those sit comfrotably with me; the first option, because what happens for the next 70 million years. The whole world goes on while we're stuck 6 foot under and have no feeling at all.

the second option,b ecause time will go on forever, and we're gonna be around forever in some form - boy that's a long time to sit around and think about things.

I guess it's hard to explain, and it doens't bother me, and it doesn't get me depressed - I guess it just sits uncomfrotable and it makes me wonder what does apppen.

 

[M29]

Originally posted by Magpira
Absolutely. it's not so much when I'll go it's more how I'll go that bothers me.

When I go out, I want to go out in style. Definately not dying in my sleep that's so passe. But it would be nothing tacky like donning a trenchcoat, climbing a clocktower and taking others with me.

 

[Uncle Steve]

Originally posted by Magpira
"The only two certanties in life are death and taxes"

On a scale of 1 to 10, how much does the concept of taxes scare you?

 

[skilts]

Death is the ultimate purpose of our lives, if there is one.

All of the rest is merely filling in time.

Personally, when I go, I think I'll be pleased that I lived, rather than the alternative, about which I would have known nothing. Nor, for that matter, would have anyone else.

The reason I choose to live is because I'm a gig, who wants to know what happens next. I've never been tempted to leave a three-act play after the second act.

I certainly don't think this is a rehearsal.

 

[TheWackedYak]

Originally posted by Deej
How much does the thought of dieing scare you, out of ten?

People are gonna call me a freak for asking this.

No Deej, people are going to call you a moron for your inability to spell the word "dying"

 

[riccardo]

Dying really dosen't scare me all that much, I know where I'm going, but I would like to live a bit more of my life before I get there.

 

[raskolnikov]

Originally posted by 1jasonoz
In the past 2 years i have had a brother commit sucide, and had a grandfather die whilst i sat with him with my parents. Death doesnt scare me, we are on a first name basis at the moment, and when my time comes it comes.

Death and I were on a first name basis a few years ago - 5 relatives in two years. Thankfully he seems to have stopped calling.

 

[svmac]

Originally posted by DonFan
I've heard that drowning is not that bad a death.

Who told you?

 

[raskolnikov]

Originally posted by svmac
Who told you?

Accounts of people who have drowned and then been resuscitated.

 

[Squeak]

The thing that concerns me most about dying is what happend afterwards. What if you know you are dead, but can't do anything about it. How bored would you get!