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In the End...

The apprehension of Death itself?

41% (5)

The fear of possibly ceasing to exist?

58% (7)

Total Votes : 12

(last vote on : 8/24/2006 5:37:13 PM)
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LotusSong -> In the End... (8/23/2006 1:53:07 PM)
...no this is NOT about anal intercourse! It's about the end of life.. Why do we "fear" Death?

impishlilhellcat -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 1:55:49 PM)
I don't fear death. It's a natural progression of life. We all go when it's our time.

RavenMuse -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 1:57:12 PM)
Not all of us DO. There are some ways of checking out that are less pleasent than others, but fear Death? Nope.

DesertRat -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 1:58:31 PM)
I don't fear being dead. It's the process of *becoming* dead that makes me a bit nervous. I'm thinking it's gonna hurt. Bob

mnottertail -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 2:05:45 PM)
The fear that I ain't going to be able to fuck the bankers out of some money. That is why I get a complete physical before I pay my bills. Ron

LotusSong -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 2:10:15 PM)
I thought about it.. and what I "fear" is ceasing to exist. Not being that little speck of light roaming the universe... I mean- I have shit planned!!!! and also... what if there is no "edit" option like they have here?

LaTigresse -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 2:30:39 PM)
I don't fear death at all. I fear not living enough, not accomplishing everything I was supposed to before I get there. Death is the easy part.

Rule -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 2:36:34 PM)
I have "died" once. It was utter horror for me who stayed behind, being aware that you are dead, yet breathing, having a beating heart. Tying my shoelaces was harder than climbing a mountain. I became a new me, truly a born again person. [8D] To finally taste the true death will be a relief, I expect. [:)] Death is the last refuge, the final comforter. Death is friendly to those who have died. [:)] Anyone who is afraid of Death I advise to read or be read On a pale horse by Piers Anthony. [;)] In ancient and modern times the God of the Dead was and is beloved and worshipped by tens of millions of people. [8D][:)]

LotusSong -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 2:43:08 PM)
Maybe it's true.. We save the best for last :)

LotusSong -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 2:57:53 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rule I have "died" once. It was utter horror for me who stayed behind, being aware that you are dead, yet breathing, having a beating heart. Tying my shoelaces was harder than climbing a mountain. I became a new me, truly a born again person. [8D] Care to eleaborate more? Did you see the tunnel and lights and all that?

Yang4yin -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 3:08:13 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: DesertRat I don't fear being dead. It's the process of *becoming* dead that makes me a bit nervous. I'm thinking it's gonna hurt. Yeah, I'm hoping for something quick and painless.

Rule -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 3:47:56 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: LotusSong Care to elaborate more? No, LS. quote: ORIGINAL: LotusSong Did you see the tunnel and lights and all that? No, LS. Just woke up in the hospital and realized a bit later that I was dead. Didn't tell anybody at the time. My parents came to visit, distraught but glad that I had survived, but I knew that I had not.

LotusSong -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 3:49:24 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rule quote: ORIGINAL: LotusSong Care to elaborate more? No, LS. quote: ORIGINAL: LotusSong Did you see the tunnel and lights and all that? No, LS. Just woke up in the hospital and realized a bit later that I was dead. Didn't tell anybody at the time. My parents came to visit, distraught but glad that I had survived, but I knew that I had not. ' I'm glad you pulled through :)

IronBear -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 3:57:11 PM)
Beside an imbedded belief that My death will be siomply a "Rite of Passage" to the next stage of my development, I lost any fear of death after the first time I was medivaced with less that 12 hours to live. After four more times of similar occurances I see Death and an old friend who will collect me and transport me to the place where the Northern lights touch the ground and I can be embraced by the spirit of the Great Bear..... IB

Rule -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 4:00:10 PM)
The God of the Dead will take good care of you, IB. [;)]

MrDiscipline44 -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 4:04:57 PM)
It's not death that people fear,it's the unknown. Thats why they make up tails of an after life with 70 virgins, or a kingdom in the sky or that some part of you goes on, just in a different form. It's hard for some to think that maybe this is all there really is. And nothing anyone can do will change it.

sleazybutterfly -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 4:16:30 PM)
I am not afraid of death, I am just not crazy about the unknown. I have studied different religions trying to satisfy myself in this area. I don't really like the idea of reincarnation, but I am open that it might happen. My faith teaches hell, and I admit I am not fond of that specific place and ending up there. I would like to think, that I will feel free. That I will see my loved ones that have passed again, and continue to live, only on a different plain than I do now. I know there is something more, I have witnessed it, so there is no doubt. I think it's just like anything we can't see or touch ourselves, there comes a bit of uncertainty with it. I used to have panic attacks about it, but those are gone. If I feel one coming on, I reach inside, pray, and calm myself back down. This is one thing, really the only thing in life that cannot be changed. It's a waste of my precious and brief time on this earth, being concerned about it. ~Butterfly

gooddogbenji -> RE: In the End... (8/23/2006 4:24:42 PM)
I don't fear death, I don't attribute spirituality to it, I don't know what happens, and I'm not about to waste my living days researching something which no one really knows anyway. And for all of you who say, "Yeah, but near death experiences..." I ask you this: They did not die, they just came damn close. There obviously was some spark of life left. When that spark goes out, what's next? Yours, benji

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