Very good thoughtful answers....As one poster above said if you believe in God and accept Jesus as your savior; than you know you are saved by his grace and not "works"... That makes my fear level very low..And believe you me, I've never been any type of "goody-goody" as some might think.. I respect everyone's religion and even those with no religion... That's a personal thing that we deal with on an individual basis. My fear is long term suffering before death.... Even though I have one of those legal advance Medical directives.... I don't know exactly how that works in the real world...
Used to fear death until I witnessed 3 people close to me take their last breath. In all 3 cases, the peace and serenity that filled the room and their faces as they left this earth changed my mind. Granted they all left because of a dreaded disease but the looks on all three of their faces changed my mind about it. Not as miraculous as witnessing the birth of my kids but a close second.
What I fear is my kids having to handle the end of life duties that only close friends or family members can handle. If my dad, a very proud man, knew that I had to change his Depends the last 3 days of his life, he would have ended it sooner. A very humbling experience that I would like to spare my loved ones. Hopefully assisted suicide will be available in my state when the time comes because I will be all in.
What I fear is my kids having to handle the end of life duties that only close friends or family members can handle. If my dad, a very proud man, knew that I had to change his Depends the last 3 days of his life, he would have ended it sooner. A very humbling experience that I would like to spare my loved ones. Hopefully assisted suicide will be available in my state when the time comes because I will be all in.
Lol, can't say I'm surprised by the statement that brought about your comments.
Used to be very concerned about death when I was younger, but when the realization that you're much closer to the end than the beginning, much less concern. Like Jackson Browne says in "The Pretender:"
"I've been aware of the time going by, they say in the end, it's the wink of an eye."
I don't like to mock people in their beliefs man but come on..the whole silly 40 virgins waiting in heaven, reincarnation, a Heaven and Hell, saviors...you guys can't honestly believe in these fairy tales?
Sometimes I think religion stuck around after the belief in witches and demons and a flat earth and all that vanished is because people are afraid of dying. The belief that there is a God or a heaven helps them cope. Also because there's so much money and control to be had in religion lol.
This thread is getting depressing. Moving on from this.
When you die you just die. That's it folks. And it sucks. So live life to the fullest and fuck as many hot girls as you can and try to stay healthy.
Interesting point RED EYE. Aside from the fear of not being alive anymore obviously, the fact that I won't know what happens in the future really bugs me. Forget 20 to 50 years, I want to know what happens in 200 to 500 years. So curious. Hate that I won't be around to witness it.
A lot of times I think damn I wish I was born 100 years or so from now when they invent the fountain of youth pill. With technology advancing so fast it's just a matter of time they invent something like that. A cure for aging and diseases. Or transplanting brains onto robots to live forever. It would suck if I just miss it by a few decades.
