Are you afraid of Death?

**Ice** · 11-27-2005, 06:57

I'd have to say Gah, because I really can't give an honest answer. A part of me says no, yet another part says yes. Only time will tell.

**Tachikaze** · 11-27-2005, 09:19

I said yes, but death could be great--after the dying part anyway.

**Divinus Arma** · 11-27-2005, 20:00

DEATH? No.

The process of getting there?

YES.

But courage is not the absence of fear. It is the conquest of fear.

**Sigurd** · 11-28-2005, 15:59

No.
My place at Odinn's table is secured. I’ll enjoy battles during the days and feasting on meats and mead at night.

On a serious note; as a survivor of two serious car-crashes (both of which I should have been dead) and a knife wound, dying do not seem so frightening. As I have a good life insurance, I could die without my family getting into economic difficulties. This combination makes me not fear death.

Originally Posted by Divinus Arma

But courage is not the absence of fear. It is the conquest of fear.

It could be that because one has conquered death trice, the fear of it is conquered also.

**Lazul** · 11-28-2005, 16:10

Im not afraid of dying when my time here is up, im more afraid of what comes after the whole dying part.

**Dutch_guy** · 11-28-2005, 17:58

hmm this one kind of scares me

The second was as a Sergeant doing routine police work. I was setting up traffic cones along a rainswept highway when I stopped in-place for no reason. I literally stopped moving for no reason that I can explain. And instantly less than 6 inches from the tip of my nose passed a large delivery truck at 60 mph. It was that quick. Stop, swoosh. To this day I cannot explain why I stopped, because I fully intended on walking forward.

it reminds me of thatt movie..Final Destination, it's basicly about death being ''planned''bij Death himself.

Maybe you still have some really important things to do in life, so your ''allowed'' to live.

Now, I'm not a supernatural person...and don't believe in god either, but that sort of thing does make you think about both

**Divinus Arma** · 11-28-2005, 18:39

Originally Posted by Dutch_guy

Now, I'm not a supernatural person...and don't believe in god either, but that sort of thing does make you think about both

Agreed. I believe in God, but I believe his greatest act is the choice not to. By not intervening, he gives us choice. Which makes us pretty unique creatures, in that we may choose to follow his will or not. Unlike animals, which are essentially pre-programmed automatons.

But yea. This definately opened my eyes as to how little I actually know. It solidified my belief that existential certainty is an arrogant impossibility. And even that perspective is, by the very nature of its content, uncertain.

**Byzantine Prince** · 11-28-2005, 19:18

Originally Posted by Divinus Arma

Agreed. I believe in God, but I believe his greatest act is the choice not to. By not intervening, he gives us choice. Which makes us pretty unique creatures, in that we may choose to follow his will or not. Unlike animals, which are essentially pre-programmed automatons.

But yea. This definately opened my eyes as to how little I actually know. It solidified my belief that existential certainty is an arrogant impossibility. And even that perspective is, by the very nature of its content, uncertain.

I don't understand. If you believe that God exists that is a certainty for you. If you think that he might not then you are agnostic, and not a deist as you state. If you believe in God you should not be afraid at all. That's why I feel kind of bad about not being a Christian anymore.

The problem with the concept of death is we make a connection with time, which is itself unreal. Eventuality has it that one "moment" you cease to exist in a conscious way. This is not a moment however, because the very concept is intagible. Dying is the passing from being in this world into not being being in this world. It cannot be pinpointed in a moment. Perhaps you could say that it is an infinitely small moment(an infinitesimal).