Death

[Tussell]

Most people say they don't fear death. But I'd bet that if I pointed a gun to their head, they'd be crying like a baby. Not saying I wouldn't be, I'd be crying too.

But what's everyones view on death? I was just wondering, because lately, I've been going through stages in which I am totally scared about death. I can't really explain it. But it was the thought of the world ending.

What's everyone's thought about death?

(I didn't exactly know what to search for, so if it's already a thread, I'm sorry)

[Krueger]

im trying to act tough but im not scared of death i dont want to executed or beat to death but im not afraid of dying peacefully

[HowardsTurn]

Lately I have been having these "what could of happen thoughts". For example, when I passed my desk (with sharp corners) today I thought what if I tripped and fell right on my eyeball and it exploded? When I think of this I do alittle shake, like a shiver, and just keep walking.

[Bullet2theface]

I'd be scared shitless if I had a gun pointed at me, but dieing isn't so bad if you die peacefully, plus I'm Christian, so I think its just the beginning...

[custom]

Dying not dieing.

[Jdm7399]

If you die instantly, then that's that. No pain, nothing.

If you were going through all the pain while dying that's a different story. Living and feeling all that pain towards your death, is the WORST way to die.

Another pain, would be the pain of love ones after I'm gone. I, for one, can NOT stand to see love ones cry...:(

Edit: Why are we talking about Death and $hit? Just live life to the fullest and enjoy it.

[Tron]

i think mostly about my wife, and how i dont want to be here without her and i dont want to leave her alone...its part of the reason i quit dipping after 8 years...but im with bullet, im christian, its only the beginning, and ill get to see my loved ones again.

[razzleson]

Deep thread.

After thinking about it, I'm a bit like Chucky off of the Rugrats. There isn't much that doesn't scare me. I hate being in moving vehicles unless it's something huge like a metro bus. I dislike flying, being in boats, swimming in deep water.

I'm scared shitless of dying.

[PerpetualHeaven]

To be honest, I'm not afraid of death. It's not because I think I'll go to heaven or anything of the sorts. I mean really, if someone pointed a gun at my head I would be scared but would I cry? No, I really don't think I would. If you die, you die. You're going to die either way. Now what scares me is getting tortured. I don't want to die by being stabbed a hundred times or something like that. But one simple shot to the head, I'm golden. Hey I might even live. But stabbing *shivers* that spooks me.

All I really say is, don't be afraid. What's there to be afraid of? No one knows what happens after death. Some believe in heaven/hell, reincarnation, rot into the ground, etc.

I'm more looking forward to the end to see what happens. I mean I don't want my life to end now to see but I eventually got myself to believe that it's something to look forward to. It's this great mystery that no one knows about. You hear all these stories about the light at the end of the tunnel (even though it may be simple mind tricks) and things like that.

I think it's more of people view death as such a horrible thing and it is of course, but they made it so scary. There is a quote by the Islamic prophet, Muhammad (Rasulullah Salallahu Alayhay Wasallam):

"An intelligent person is one who is constantly thinking about and preparing for death"

Ignore the fact that it may even have anything religious because some people even get offended by the idea of religion but just ignore that simple fact. That quote made me think and think a lot. Why would someone be intelligent for constantly thinking and preparing for death? I personally like it. It gets you thinking.

The thing I always wonder about is.. when you die does everything go black? You know how you can't remember anything while you're sleeping.. will it be like that? Maybe it's my curiosity that keeps me from fear.

[Sanction]

I'd like to go quick and painless and in flaming glory, like riding a nuke to my doom. Or the ultimate death, Bruce Willis in Armageddon, he pushes a button and he's literally feet away from a nuke and saves the world, that's how I wanna go.

Or die of old age...either works. :P

I try not to think about it though, I mean, I'm 17, haven't finished high school yet, have yet to be laid, so death is on the way bottom of my list.

[Ash3n]

i think mostly about my wife, and how i dont want to be here without her and i dont want to leave her alone...its part of the reason i quit dipping after 8 years...but im with bullet, im christian, its only the beginning, and ill get to see my loved ones again.

Tron and I are pretty much simpatico as always (kind of eerie sometimes.) Unlike most people I have had my life threatened on more than one occasion. The Military does that to you. I do not fear death, I fear the unknown. Who will marry my wife? Who will carry me to safety? Is Hell my final destination? All of these things I fear.

However, when I have been confronted by death, I have always collected the bare minimum of information to get out of it. The rest was never confronted until after the fact. I recall the thoughts I had at the time were close to, "This person is not taking me from my family and my wife. Fuck him/her."

In retrospect the shakes come as you come down to earth. But thoughts of death are 100% normal. We all can be morbid at times. But most people find that they're capable of amazing heights. Especially when they are confronted with something like death. Some are driving by faith. Some are driving by anger. Either way, if you are in a life or death situation, the only thing you think about is getting out of it. I'm sure most people would do the same.

I for one choose not to practice or serve any religion. (That is where Tron and I differ.) But both beliefs can be calming and soothing. Wade believes in the afterlife and heaven. (I think) I believe that we kind of just die. Move on. Go black. Both have a happy ending. I know some people find my way of thinking offensive, I do apologize. But I live my life everyday, like it is the last. Tron and I respect each other a ton from what I see. In fact I find it very cool that my friends find their peace in other means than myself. Religion is just not my thing. But that is between me and my maker. So please don't think of me as some Godless Barbarian.

So I guess what I'm saying is: Contemplate death, but don't dwell on it's all encompassing topic.

Sidenote: If someone attempts to point a gun at you.....take it away from them and beat the shit out of them. Then pee on them while they are unconscious.

Side-Sidenote: Everyone should feel honored, I very rarely speak out like this......I think this is more than I have said in a year. I will see you next year when another topic peaks my interest. ;)

[Mr Hey]

Very well stated. Death really isnt a worry where I am at right now, but it does come across my mind once in a while. I havent lost a family member or a friend yet, so I do not really know how it feels.

[Ash3n]

Very well stated. Death really isnt a worry where I am at right now, but it does come across my mind once in a while. I havent lost a family member or a friend yet, so I do not really know how it feels.

Thats a good thing bro. Seems I lose a friend every month lately. I never lost a person close to me 10 years ago. But choices and surroundings effect those outcomes when you get older. Like I said be inquisitive.....thats why we have opposable thumbs and a relatively high I.Q.'s.
:woop:

[jarhead1990]

Right now I don't really find dying a scary thing. My thoughts will probably change when I find a girl to love and loves me back.

[HiddenPandas]

Myself I choose to not follow any Religion, but sometimes things make me wonder so I haven't completely closed off things that I can't explained from being the effect of a higher existence.

Like some of you wonder if it would be like when your sleeping, I think of it more as would it be like what things were before you were born. You know, complete nothingness, no dreams, nightmares, just pure nonexistance. That would be under the conditions humans are without "souls" however. I would have to think that if we had these "souls" that the soul is us, and our human forms just a body we inhibit for a stage of our possibly eternal existance.

[TheLazyWolf]

I don't fear my own mortality as i fear the mortality of those around me.

[The Lion King 8]

I'm scared b/c I don't what happens after I die. I mean isnt it scary life just like ending? I mean that's a weird thought.

[Tussell]

Very well stated. Death really isnt a worry where I am at right now, but it does come across my mind once in a while. I havent lost a family member or a friend yet, so I do not really know how it feels.
The thing that bothered me the most was during my grandmothers funeral, my uncle was hooked up to life support. I was sitting next to him, and wasn't making eye contact with me, he was staring at the casket. And he told me he knew he was next.

Three months later he passed away.

I have zero grandparents. I'm pretty familiar with death.

It's just like, I don't want to die at this age. I'm not ready to die. I know I will die eventually and that I'll have a time, I just don't feel like it's my time.

[Minty]

I'm not afraid of death in the slightest. If I go, I go. As long as its not being hacked to shit by some Extremist on a webcam, Im relatively happy.

If there is a God or an afterlife or a whatever, I have lost enough people that I am close to that I will have a quality time. If not, then Ive had a good life- done a lot of things that not many people will do. Iv seen enough of the world to understand a ot more than some people.

Like Tron tho, the biggest thing I fear for is the other half and the family etc. I live my life to keep the away from pain as much as possible, and wouldnt want them to go through it. Least I know there sorted financially.

But if someone was to

[J eVeRy DaY 514]

i fear dying too early or dying in pain. but honestly if i had a gun pointed at me i wouldn't assume the guy holding it had the balls to do it.

[1138]

Well, when someone did threaten to put a gun to my head, the only thought that crossed my mind was whether or not I did everything I could to make the world a better place. Since I believe there's an eternal life, then, a few moments of pain from a gunshot wound is kind of insignificant.

It's all good, really.

[Avelena]

I have been thinking about death a bit lately as my family has been expecting my great aunt to die for six month. She has cancer in her bones and all throughout her body and we have been unclear as to how she is still alive until recently. She told my grandmother that she is afraid to die and does not want too.
For some reason, I always thought when you were on the brink of death and new you were going to die that you would accept it. Knowing that someone in her state is afraid to die scares me. I hope that when my time comes I will be able to accept it and leave this world feeling accomplished.

At this point, death does scare me; mainly because I feel I have not done what I was meant to do in this life.

[thieflordgamer]

Being a Christian, I believe in Heaven and hell. I don't fear death, only if I was tortured to death. My only fear is that some of my close friends and family will go to hell, that's kind of depressing for me.

But honestly, I think death is just a transition. You're starting a new life. I guess you could relate it to the first day of high school or something like that.

[DoM cAbAn]

I usually never think about death. If I were to die, I'd want to die peacefully: in my sleep or something so I wouldn't really feel it I guess. I'm not scared of death right now, but I'm sure if there was a gun pointed to me, I'd be a little more afraid. :p

[da voodoo child]

the way i look at it is everything happens for a reason so if i die tomorrow then it was meant to be so oh well.

[Spartan]

I've also been thinking about it lately because two weeks ago I was told by a bunch of doctors that I was lucky to be alive. For those of you who don't know I was in a bad motorcycle accident on Sept 8th. As I was lying on the road watching blood pouring out of my hand in front of my face and out of my leg, I seriously thought I was done for. My dad was kneeling next to me trying to keep the chunk of my knee in place to slow the bleeding, and I had a few friends who were keeping me from moving. I had my backpack on, and my g/f's ringer was playing on my phone that I could hear ringing. When I started feeling tired and my eyes started closing was when I really started to freak out and think about death. I used all the strength I had left to make them stay open. Even my dad said that he thought I wasn't going to make it because of how I looked.

So lately I've been thinking about it but no letting it get to me. After being told I'm lucky to be alive, that's the part of the cycle that I'm enjoying and worrying about.

[Ash3n]

I've also been thinking about it lately because two weeks ago I was told by a bunch of doctors that I was lucky to be alive. For those of you who don't know I was in a bad motorcycle accident on Sept 8th. As I was lying on the road watching blood pouring out of my hand in front of my face and out of my leg, I seriously thought I was done for. My dad was kneeling next to me trying to keep the chunk of my knee in place to slow the bleeding, and I had a few friends who were keeping me from moving. I had my backpack on, and my g/f's ringer was playing on my phone that I could hear ringing. When I started feeling tired and my eyes started closing was when I really started to freak out and think about death. I used all the strength I had left to make them stay open. Even my dad said that he thought I wasn't going to make it because of how I looked.

So lately I've been thinking about it but no letting it get to me. After being told I'm lucky to be alive, that's the part of the cycle that I'm enjoying and worrying about.

Good to have you alive and well Spartan. We haven't talked much, but I still pray for other people....you're in my families thoughts.

[razzleson]

Spartan, glad to see you're finally back. The above was a crazy read too.

[Spartan]

Good to have you alive and well Spartan. We haven't talked much, but I still pray for other people....you're in my families thoughts.

Thanks! I really appreciate it. Everyone's best wishes and stuff has really been keeping me in a good mood while all I can do is sit in a chair all day. :)

Spartan, glad to see you're finally back. The above was a crazy read too.

I've been back for a little while, but I can be more active now since I can finally type with one hand again. I'll be typing with the other in about 6 weeks.

[Nick G 42390]

Right now I don't really find dying a scary thing. My thoughts will probably change when I find a girl to love and loves me back.

Trust me, when you find that your prospective on EVERYTHING will change. Being in love changes everything about your life and how you think about shit.

[Jdm7399]

Thanks! I really appreciate it. Everyone's best wishes and stuff has really been keeping me in a good mood while all I can do is sit in a chair all day. :)



I've been back for a little while, but I can be more active now since I can finally type with one hand again. I'll be typing with the other in about 6 weeks.

^^^It's really good to see you on more and more, Spartan. Your other hand will be healed sooner than you think. I still wish you a speedy recovery because nothing feels better than having your old self back. See you around bud!:)

[Tussell]

i fear dying too early or dying in pain. but honestly if i had a gun pointed at me i wouldn't assume the guy holding it had the balls to do it.
That's not too safe to assume that. :P

[freekwonder]

I don't want to die, I wouldn't say I fear death, but I wouldn't say I'm not scared to die. I accept the fact that one day my heart will stop pumping and I will become worm food. Well actually not really, I don't want to be buried, to selfish in my mind to expect people to spend a lot of money, put me in an box, then spend more money so I can fertilize some lawn. Burn my body and toss my ashes of the Huntington Beach pier.

[n1n3t33nd3lta]

death really doesn't scare me, that's why i joined the army and have a combat mos. the only thing that scares me in life is dying alone...

[jarhead1990]

I guess dying with a AK-47 wielding Islam extremist standing over you isn't dying alone...death really doesn't scare me, that's why i joined the army and have a combat mos. the only thing that scares me in life is dying alone...

[Frantic Killer4]

i have no clue what i would do when a gun was at my head. but i guess i fear death?

[M Callar]

I won't be macho and say I don't fear death but I also don't obsessively worry about it either. I used to, back when I was younger and more angst-ridden, but in the last half-decade or so, I've come to realize life is too short to be continually worrying about when, where or how you'll eventually die. That's just a waste because if you think about it, everything you decide to do is a risk and could lead to death, even just waking up in the morning and going outside.

That's not to say you should go around flirting with death, that's just foolish but once you stop worrying, it gives you a lot more confidence in living life.

Bah, I sound like a motivational speaker. :p

[Tussell]

I won't be macho and say I don't fear death but I also don't obsessively worry about it either. I used to, back when I was younger and more angst-ridden, but in the last half-decade or so, I've come to realize life is too short to be continually worrying about when, where or how you'll eventually die. That's just a waste because if you think about it, everything you decide to do is a risk and could lead to death, even just waking up in the morning and going outside.

That's not to say you should go around flirting with death, that's just foolish but once you stop worrying, it gives you a lot more confidence in living life.

Bah, I sound like a motivational speaker. :p
Yeah I know what you mean. I don't always worry about it either though. The thought just comes and goes sometimes.

[killlah631]

I think everybody gets the occasional thought of death, and I wonder what it comes from. I don't fear it however, because once it happens, it has happened.

[Tussell]

Well, yeah, once it happens, it happens. I would really like a death that I didn't see coming and happened instantly.

[DrH3rbz]

I don't fear death in the context that I don't wake up every morning scared I might die, I never think of it, if I was to think of it properly it would most likely make me scared to think that I have no idea will happen when I die and who I'll leave behind, but I try not to think of things like that :P

I don't fear death generally, but I sure as hell would fear someone pointing a gun at me xD

[pavementpoop]

lol agreed^^^ i dont want to think about it just get on with life atm anywho!

[Bullet2theface]

Well, I don't mind dieing peacefully, but what I do fear is the thought, the thought of thinking that IF you die and theres nothing after that, think about it, if this is your only life and you die and you would be nothing, I know it does not make sense, trust me, I'm Christian so I'm even more confused at this thought. But think about this...Imagine if there was no earth, no life, no time, no thought, think deeply about that, It gives me a weird feeling....

[LMA McLovin]

Just cherish your life, moment for moment. We only have one life to live so just make it the best and do all you ever wanted to accomplish.

Death is something I don't want to come to face with, I have lost friends in automotive accidents (2 in last year) and it really makes me think. These incidents have shaped me today, to live for the moment and not be afraid to rise out and take action.

[avengerRPM]

Not to lighten the mood at all, but i was technically dead for seven seconds about 3 years ago. My heart was in atrialfibrilation (top half was beating at ~280bpm, bottom was beating at about 60bpm) and they had to use a defribrilator to stop my heart, and it then took 3 tries to restart it.

Kind of a funny story, but no problems. In all honesty, I only fear a painful death, and the pain that my death could and would cause to others around me.

[Bullet2theface]

Not to lighten the mood at all, but i was technically dead for seven seconds about 3 years ago.
Wow, that's crazy.

[Tussell]

Wow, that's crazy.
Not really, it's happened to many people. Where they were 'dead' but were revived. It's not like, superhuman.

[Chilidog Chaos]

I'd like to go quick and painless and in flaming glory, like riding a nuke to my doom. Or the ultimate death, Bruce Willis in Armageddon, he pushes a button and he's literally feet away from a nuke and saves the world, that's how I wanna go.

Or die of old age...either works. :P

I try not to think about it though, I mean, I'm 17, haven't finished high school yet, have yet to be laid, so death is on the way bottom of my list.Wow!:eek: I want to go quitly. Drowning or being stabbed would just blow. I'm 15, not even graduated from high school and I'm living my life to the fullest:drunk

[Honkymagoo]

I'm not going to pretend like I haven't been in bed late at night staring at my ceiling questioning life and death. I go through periods of time where it's on my mind a lot and other times where it's the last thing I'm worried about. It's weird to think that there may be something besides the consciousness we currently know or perhaps a lack there of.

I am Agnostic / Buddhist and I choose to live my life for the day. I try to be kind to others regardless of how much I hate people and all their stupidity. When it comes down to it whether or not there is an afterlife won't really matter until we die and we do die and there is nothing are you really going to have anything to fear at that point :p

To answer your original question I am not afraid to die.

[xX MaslaN Xx]

Its not that I don't fear death, I'm at a point in my life that it just doesn't bother me if I die...you know what I'm saying? life's to short to be scared of anything, even death.

[ZiM1021]

Personally, I think about death time to time. I've been to more funerals than I care to count in my life and I'm only 21. I don't like going to them, mainly because the person who is laying there is probably the last person on everyone's mind during that particular moment but that's beside the point. If I were to die, I would like to go quietly without pain. I don't want to feel like I'm being tortured by pain.

[BackerMan]

I'm not afraid of death. Death is part of life. I don't believe in hell or heaven. I bleive in afterlife.

[xGodDogx]

Well Death would be shitty.. I hate the thought of death but ive thoughten about it plenty of times. I just think it would Suck.. But if i did die i would want to die painlessly..

[Illution]

Isn't there a quote or something like... I don't fear death but instead the path I'll take to get there? If not I'm cool and made it up XD except it sucks... I'm not afraid of death but I don't wanna be skinned alive or anything O.o

[infradude]

God can't promise me happiness in life, only in the next. ;)

[Tussell]

Isn't there a quote or something like... I don't fear death but instead the path I'll take to get there? If not I'm cool and made it up XD except it sucks... I'm not afraid of death but I don't wanna be skinned alive or anything O.o
My favoriten death quote is - "I don't mind dying, I just don't want to be there when it happens."

Good ole' Woody Allen.

:)