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Are you afraid of death?
 

offline LuckyPsycho from a long way from home (United Kingdom) on 2002-09-05 14:58 [#00380298]
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If so, why?


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-09-05 14:58 [#00380300]
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very
don't want to think about it really


 

offline LuckyPsycho from a long way from home (United Kingdom) on 2002-09-05 14:59 [#00380302]
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Whats to fear?


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-09-05 15:00 [#00380307]
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non-existence


 

offline Steamtank from Melancholia Isle (Poland) on 2002-09-05 15:01 [#00380310]
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no


 

offline LuckyPsycho from a long way from home (United Kingdom) on 2002-09-05 15:03 [#00380314]
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You will know nothing about it, so why fear it?
The only thing that I fear is that my family n friends will
be upset if I'm gone. But I won't be, I'm gone!


 

offline uzim on 2002-09-05 15:03 [#00380315]
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why would non-existence be a problem? — you won't even
notice it if you don't exist anymore! :)

i don't think i'm very afraid of death... a little, but not
very... what would frighten me is eternity °_°


 

offline brendan from Adelaide (Australia) on 2002-09-05 15:04 [#00380318]
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Not of death, but dying. I'm scared of what the last few
moments before i die will be like. You know, when you're in
last few minutes (unless of course you die suddenly), and
you know there's a big chance that this is it.


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2002-09-05 15:04 [#00380319]
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Yes, fear of death is built into my genes(genotype)


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-09-05 15:05 [#00380323]
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i wish i could bring my cd collection along


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-09-05 15:06 [#00380325]
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and disc man would do


 

offline TonyFish from the realm of our dreams on 2002-09-05 15:08 [#00380330]
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I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of the void.


 

offline LuckyPsycho from a long way from home (United Kingdom) on 2002-09-05 15:09 [#00380333]
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An instinct for survival is built into my genes, but that
doesn't equate to a fear of death.


 

offline LuckyPsycho from a long way from home (United Kingdom) on 2002-09-05 15:10 [#00380335]
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what void?



 

offline brendan from Adelaide (Australia) on 2002-09-05 15:10 [#00380337]
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You know, the void...


 

offline LuckyPsycho from a long way from home (United Kingdom) on 2002-09-05 15:11 [#00380339]
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OH!!! The Void...


 

offline TonyFish from the realm of our dreams on 2002-09-05 15:12 [#00380341]
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yup that's the one...


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-09-05 15:13 [#00380342]
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Well I guess fear is the emotional counterpart to our
survival instinct. If we had no fear we would walk into the
road without looking, have sex without a condom, try and
give up smoking etc.


 

offline Spikee Dragon from Newcastle (United Kingdom) on 2002-09-05 15:14 [#00380345]
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Ah, You all better start selecting afterlifes.


 

offline electro from detroit on 2002-09-05 15:14 [#00380346]
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i didnt think much about deat untill 2 years ago when i
started watching 6 feet under
i liked how they started the show with poeple dying
all the infinit possibilities
i can die any minute anytime
i am not afraid of dying
i am afraid of how i might die
i dont want to die drowning or burning
short quick painless deat
i had a OBE a few times and it is known that death is close
to an OBE
i guess i will come back
i believe in reincarnation


 

offline bill_hicks from my city is amazing it is calle on 2002-09-05 15:15 [#00380349]
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life is overrated


 

offline electro from detroit on 2002-09-05 15:16 [#00380350]
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i i i i
how selfish of me


 

offline TonyFish from the realm of our dreams on 2002-09-05 15:16 [#00380351]
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Order of the British Empire ???


 

offline LuckyPsycho from a long way from home (United Kingdom) on 2002-09-05 15:16 [#00380352]
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All animals have a survival instinct... but would you say
that they all fear death? I would argue that none (or few)
of them fear death, or even have a concept of it.


 

offline TonyFish from the realm of our dreams on 2002-09-05 15:17 [#00380354]
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Dogs most definately know what death is.


 

offline jonesy from Lisboa (Portugal) on 2002-09-05 15:17 [#00380355]
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You had an Order of the British Empire? But you're
American.

Shit! Has Six Feet Under been going that long? We only just
got it this summer.


 

offline bill_hicks from my city is amazing it is calle on 2002-09-05 15:18 [#00380356]
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surely OOBE?


 

offline TonyFish from the realm of our dreams on 2002-09-05 15:19 [#00380361]
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Nah the 'of' doesn't count


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2002-09-05 15:19 [#00380363]
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I'm not afriad of death but I'm afraid of the way I may die.
Pain etc =os


 

offline LuckyPsycho from a long way from home (United Kingdom) on 2002-09-05 15:21 [#00380369]
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Death is the ceasation of life... which is very sad for all
those still living, but is pretty irelevant to the guy whos
life has ceased


 

offline electro from detroit on 2002-09-05 15:22 [#00380372]
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wainting for the third season now
OBE
...OOBE
my mistake


 

offline LuckyPsycho from a long way from home (United Kingdom) on 2002-09-05 19:31 [#00380751]
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Fear of pain is not fear of death


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2002-09-05 19:41 [#00380765]
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yes, but u can fear the pain that may be associated with
death, depending on the luck of the draw.

im not afraid of death, im afraid of not living life.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-09-05 19:43 [#00380768]
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are you sure that's not just a phrase


 

offline Atop from Texas (United States) on 2002-09-05 19:44 [#00380769]
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If oobe's exist, which I think they do cause I've
experienced some, very vague experiences cause they are
quite
unlike this perception, then after death comes something
else,
that's proof enough for me but I guess we all need to have
one of these experiences to believe this.

halucinogens in safe but large quatities
will prove this for any reasonably
intelligent person.

Akkad


 

offline smokehammer from Saigon (Vietnam) on 2002-09-05 19:46 [#00380771]
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fear of death is the fear that your life has been wasted and
you won't get a second chance

fear of death / fear of living = a similar thing

I'm slightly troubled that I'm wasting my life in ways I
don't yet realise, but that will become apparent when Its
too late...



 

offline smokehammer from Saigon (Vietnam) on 2002-09-05 19:46 [#00380772]
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... so ... similar to Zephyrs last comment :)


 

offline Sido Dyas from a computer on 2002-09-05 19:46 [#00380773]
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I dreamed that i died once.
It was not a pleasant feeling.
I got shoot in the head and my vision starded fading to
black like the end of a movie and my body left me.
I tried to scream but i had no voice.
It was a panic feeling , i couldn't belive i was actualy
dying , i had the feeling like when you have lost a match or
something and you feel you could have done better , you
wanna press a replay button.
A horrible feeling of failure.
Then i woke up .
It was a dream i will never forget.

I hope that when i die i will have made peace with my self
and can embrace death like a natural part of life.


 

offline Smyrma from Beloit, WI (United States) on 2002-09-05 19:49 [#00380775]
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Yes I'm afraid of death because I like life and everything
that comes with it. Existence is the shit


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2002-09-05 19:53 [#00380782]
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i look forward to death as a possible interesting
experience.
this doesn't mean i want to die right away however, i still
find living to be interesting and mostly enjoyable.

i think death will be like pre-birth. nothing there to
percieve or remember. the interesting part will be the last
few moments when i know death is imminent. as conciousness
leaves me will i be able to percieve the exact moment of
death? will it be too quick to comprehend or seem like an
eternity? will i be comfortable with the thought of dying
and accept it? or will i feel regret and want to stop it
from happening? can i use force of will to delay it? will
it be terrifying? whatever happens, it will probably be a
profound experience.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-09-05 19:55 [#00380783]
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i really hate that im living in this period, because my time
is literaly flying
my life will be over before i'll know it


 

offline evolume from seattle (United States) on 2002-09-05 19:56 [#00380784]
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thats cool Sido,
i had a dream very similar to that.
i was in a wharehouse full of movie backdrops and set props.
all these mafia guys came in so i played dead so they
wouldn't kill me. but then this one guy realized i was
faking dead so he shot me. then i was dead and everything
was black and i heard a sound like when you hold a sea-shell
up to your ear, like the ocean or wind.
that was the end of the dream.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-09-05 19:58 [#00380786]
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that sound was echo of the gun shot
hehe


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2002-09-05 19:59 [#00380788]
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well not just pain, but dying by being hit by a car, having
intensive surgery THEN dying, or having a fatal desise so
that you know your going to die before you actually do.

I'd rather just be shot in the head and just go


 

offline LeCoeur from the outer edge of the universe (United States) on 2002-09-05 20:02 [#00380789]
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thankfully our brains are not wired so we think about DEATH
daily! and thats a good thing IMO.

i fear death because i love LIFE so much. however i don't
think about it too often except when a friend passes away
suddenly, or a family member, etc.

i know when you die so does your brain so you don't KNOW
what you're missing. but thinking about it now....i'll miss
the sunrise.....sunset.....my loved ones.....the smell of
the rain.

someone said....death is a journey you begin when you're
born....but i like to think of it as LIFE begins when you're
born.....we all know the realistic outcome.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-09-05 20:06 [#00380796]
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ok
now im really depressed


 

offline pOgO from behind your belly button fluff on 2002-09-05 20:18 [#00380813]
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anyone seen that x-box ad??

that was cool =oD


 

offline jand from Braintree (United Kingdom) on 2002-09-05 20:18 [#00380814]
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I've a feeling the afterlife is gonna be a bit crowded and
let's face facts, filled with people you've done your best
to avoid in this present life...

OOBEs tend to be culturally biased...so that say Christians
tend to see a Christian style afterlife, an Indian will see
experience something completely different...you kinda get
what you expect...which suggests they are internal....

(And the heaven drug users see generally turns out to be a
bit of carpet or piece of fluff on closer, sober
inspection...:)...)...

BTW I'm not denigrating OOBEs or halucinogens...I just don't
see them as any proof of an afterlife...


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2002-09-05 20:19 [#00380815]
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I'm quite sure its a sentance... you see, I have a main
clause, nouns, verbs, and a period.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2002-09-05 20:23 [#00380821]
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grr... sentence*


 


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