Death

I've been dead for 13.730.000.000 years already (Aprox. age of the universe). Only the last 25 years I've been alive.
Therefore I don't fear death, since I can't recall that the previous 13.730.000.000 years were unpleasant...
For me death is the same state as before you were born, there is nothing, just eternal nothingness, just nice relaxed and calm.

Your body has not experienced the 13.730.000.000 years, (your) soul might.

Death is unknown, as of today. Most likely it will be unknown forever.

I'll not be a person thinking I'm cool if I say I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of death. I don't know what it's like, I don't know anything about it at all. It may be cool and stuff, but it might be horrible, and it may actually be flames licking your skin where you're going, forever. I prefer being on earth because I feel more secure in that way.

Am I afraid of death? Not really.

But circumstances that lead to death are often very painful. That, is what I'm concerned about.

Most people on these boards are young. People in their teens, twenties and thirties do not think about death too much. As you approach sixty, and your body is breaking down, then you start increasingly to think of death.

I feel a notable exception to this can be found in the military of any nation.

When I joined the Army, I pretty much knew that I'd end up in Iraq. Due to circumstances, I didn't, but I was resigned to the fact that I could just as easily die while there or even before I got there. That's something that every soldier must come to terms with to survive.

Regarding death, I'm not really afraid of it. The only way I'd be afraid of it.. would be if I felt that I had wasted my time on Earth on petty bullshit that doesn't matter.

Living each day as though you could walk out of your house the next morning and get hit by a bus really puts everything in a different perspective. My feeling: A life is only wasted if you didn't get as much enjoyment as possible out of life. Too many people get caught up in goals and material desires, and those aren't fulfilling - at least, for me.

I theoretically could die at any moment, and frankly the only reason I would want to live forever is to observe. Especially with the current rate of technological advancement. Did you know there are visual implants that now allow blind people to see (very limited, but still a huge deal)? Did you know that various militaries including the US have weapons that fire just by thinking, and have already designed a few laser cannons/guns? The US also has satellites that are way beyond what google earth has employed -- They can see THROUGH barriers which would normally block vision, e.g. roofs. I would love to observe what happens to the world, I'd love to be immortal. Otherwise honestly -- I'll be happy to die of old age with my only sad feelings being I don't get to see what happens after I die. Although, certain organizations and scientists already have secret technology and procedures to cause people to live longer -- (Various factors to the length of life have been discovered). So yes, I'd have to say I'd rather not die, but I'm afraid that I'll be extremely lucky to see 2100.

I'm afraid of death beacuse with life there's nothing.

Say what? ...Rephrase that.

I'm afraid of death beacuse with life there's nothing.

Is nothing such a bad thing?

I think everyone here would prefer a peaceful death...or a death while doing something that you felt was worth dying for. Except maybe masochists.

I'll keep my guesses short. All we can do is guess, anyway.

Worst case scenario for me is that after you die, you're still able to function optically but not in any other way...basically you're a set of eyes. But that would be biologically impossible since blood/oxygen flow stops, etc. plus your eyes are closed. <_< So I'd have to say that nothing happens after death. You're asleep. That's it.

Best case scenario would be that you're able to roam around freely without having any powers of interaction with any physical structures. I know it's a common guess of what happens after death, but meh. It could happen. Unless we find a way to communicate with the dead, we'll never know until we actually die.

Well I'm not afraid of it, it will happen to all of us eventually. But sometimes it can be beautiful too I think, atm my grandmother is about to die, and her husband died in 1983. If I see her alive in so much pain I think it's beautiful if she can rest in peace and get together with her husband again, if something like heaven exists O.o

We will never know.

~Greetings PJ!

For some reason, my views on death are summarized by the plots of the Final Destination movies; minus the visions of impending deaths and deaths not necessarily in the grotesque manners in such movies. Those ideas include some of the quotes from those movies:

"If you die, they're just just dead, and they don't know."
"Death has a conscious plan, and has there been put setforth in motion."

And to add to this, I also believe of the inevitability of it and I don't wish to forcibly live longer than I have to. (Getting turned into a vegetable to live for 20 more years isn't my idea of life. Also note that while I did enjoy the FD series of movies, I'm not one of those people that believe everything in the media.)

Also, if I had the choice, I wish to be the one that lands the killing blow on myself. (Yea, I don't really want to use the Suicide word that much because of ideas such as Suicide being cowardly and "Friends and Family will miss you".)

I would never want to kill myself because conditions in my life should never be as unbareable as life itself.

On the other hand I believe in ghosts so I dont have to worry about being dead in the darkness... Do I?

There's nothing bad with death, actually if i'd know what's after life i would die

I'm more afraid of who I'll be leaving behind. I don't want to ruin any of the people I care abouts' (or hell, even any animals') lives by doing so. I try not to think about how, though, or really even what happens afterwards, as that seems to spoil life itself for me.

I personally believe that something has a plan for everyone and everything else, and it'll relieve us from any negativity we had felt in life. No more sad thoughts, no more grief, no more boredom.

So what do you guys think about it? Are you afraid of death itself, or just afraid of what would happen to you after. Personally, the more I think about death and what could happen after, the more afraid I am. Also, how would you prefer to die? (Not that you would want to anytime soon) For me it would be a natural death caused by old age. So what are your opinions? Please don't start arguing about heaven, hell and religion, I'm pretty sure there's another thread for that.

Heh I wouldnt ever want to die by old age. You see all those miserable old people who say kill me? xD I would die at like 50 or 60. I ain't really afraid of death because everyone will all die. It will happen so what am I afraid of? At least I'ma expect it. I would want to die in my sleep or go to Antartica and sleep myself to death because I heard its the best sleep you'll ever get

I believe when you die you just cease to exist, you dont think you dont feel D; its just nothingness. Thoughts and feelings are just chemicals and electrical pulses in your brain and when you die they stop.

Personally I dont find that at all scary, kinda comforting really. The only thing that i dont like thinking about is the actual dying process D; I would prefer it to be fast like being shot in the head or a plane crash or something.

Death is nothing to be afraid of, what I fear is what I am missing when I die.

I don't believe in an afterlife, I just believe in life.