EPTThe unknown has always frightened men. That's why religion was such a powerful social tool when man first began to arise in social groups -- it bound people together toward a common goal and warded off the shadowy figures on the edge of the fire.
Why are you afraid to die? - Page 2
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Rayzorblade
United States1172 Posts
The unknown has always frightened men. That's why religion was such a powerful social tool when man first began to arise in social groups -- it bound people together toward a common goal and warded off the shadowy figures on the edge of the fire. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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StreaK
Canada580 Posts
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ffaakkoovv
196 Posts
i had good food, i had fun in life, i had pretty woman, i am not lack of anything. most important thing is i can enter heaven after death. | ||
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MTF
United States1739 Posts
On January 12 2007 17:58 Mora wrote: Death isn't scary. I find it inspiring. It's that final moment of our life that gives meaning to all before it. It's the end of a movie, the conclusion of a story, it's what allows us to know "this is my life" (before this point our life is always changing). Death is what makes mortality beautiful. However, i do not want to die. As long as i can i'd love to experience all the trials, tribulations, joy, and beauty life has to offer, and when it comes to that inevitable day that defines my experiences before that point of being finished, it will only magnify it's beauty. Although I don't always see eye to eye with you (this would be one of those cases), you're always showing yourself to be one of the more thought-out and self-explored members of this site. I'm only really replying to this though, because my fiance and I had a long talk on death recently, and her views pretty much match yours. :p I would like you to further explain your views, if you're willing, particularly on why the ending of ones life is the magnifying point. Not as in how, because I understand that it's like the end of anything, it's closure and finality to say "this is what this was". But, why that closure has so much meaning to you, personally. If you don't mind. Mostly wanting to compare answers and further expand my own understanding. | ||
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~AreS]
Canada2170 Posts
On January 12 2007 17:58 Mora wrote: Death isn't scary. I find it inspiring. It's that final moment of our life that gives meaning to all before it. It's the end of a movie, the conclusion of a story, it's what allows us to know "this is my life" (before this point our life is always changing). Death doesn't tell us or anyone else anything more than we already knew. The conclusion of a movie reflects on the various aspects of the rest of the film, where as death is just an end. Think of it like a movie; you're getting close to the end, the hero just saved the day, then BAM! The movie just stops. No explanation, no insight into what happens next. That's what death is. On January 12 2007 17:58 Mora wrote: Death is what makes mortality beautiful. No; life is what makes mortality beautiful. Death is just a wilted flower. | ||
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j0ehoe
United States2705 Posts
On January 12 2007 18:02 AmorVincitOmnia wrote: ![[image loading]](http://www.stargazersrealm.com/MAIN/funnies/images/COSTANZA.jpg) no but seriously, they spelled costanza wrong ROFLLL edit: im not really so much afraid to die...its just more liike im not ready to. havent accomplished enough shit yet. the other element of fear is that you really dont know whats on the otherside after death. is there a god? etc etc | ||
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Rayzorblade
United States1172 Posts
Ah, but we all have our ways of dealing with what we fear. | ||
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JudgeMathis
Cuba1286 Posts
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Sean.G
Spain889 Posts
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CaucasianAsian
Korea (South)11601 Posts
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Sun
United States551 Posts
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mel_ee
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Newbistic
China2912 Posts
Even more so, I'm afraid if I won't be aware of how i die, i.e. dying by terrorists attacking my school > dying being hit by a car while looking the other way | ||
KwarK
United States44257 Posts
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xM(Z
Romania5299 Posts
what i don't understand is why you are afraid of the unknown? i mean if you would know u'll burn in hell it 'll make everything allright?  | ||
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seedcapital
United States72 Posts
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PePe QuiCoSE
Argentina1204 Posts
And since i have not really anything interesting to add about the subject, i'll say what my ex is afraid of: dying and not realizing she died. | ||
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ROOTheognis
United States4482 Posts
On January 12 2007 17:58 Mora wrote: Death isn't scary. I find it inspiring. It's that final moment of our life that gives meaning to all before it. It's the end of a movie, the conclusion of a story, it's what allows us to know "this is my life" (before this point our life is always changing). Death is what makes mortality beautiful. However, i do not want to die. As long as i can i'd love to experience all the trials, tribulations, joy, and beauty life has to offer, and when it comes to that inevitable day that defines my experiences before that point of being finished, it will only magnify it's beauty. <3 Mora ! | ||
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ROOTheognis
United States4482 Posts
On January 12 2007 18:36 Kwark wrote: It is the prerogative of the young to be immortal. I still have a few more years of immortality left in me before death worries me in the slightest. However, the young are also in general infatuated with their ideas of self worth, the inevitability of being forgotten worries me. Because in the big scheme of things, you can't change anything. Well, anything big. You can leave a legacy which will last a few dozen years, maybe even a century or two. Some people like Jesus manage even longer. But humanity is frail and the universe is patient, you'll be forgotten. ur a poet o_o | ||
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