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[Micronex]

This is just a subject I wanted to discuss a little.

Are you scared of dying? What sort of 'afterlife' do you believe will happen?

I'm brought up as a Christian, and I'm scared of dying. The main idea that gets me is going from me being here, typing this sentence, to just nothingness. Although I should strongly believe that when the time comes I will go to Heaven, theories such as being a part of nothingness, and also coming back as someone else sometimes seem more like they will happen. I would like to believe there is 'something' after death, but the thing that I don't get is this; we will spend ~80 years on Earth, then an infinite amount somewhere afterwards. If this is right though, even assuming it's 'nothingness', wouldn't you (in whatever form) eventually notice?

(EDIT: While it's fairly on-topic, do you think that it is in any way related to dreaming (specifically lucid dreams)?

I'm really interested in hearing your opinions, guys.

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

I'm not scared of death. To me, there is no sense in being scared of the inevitable. That's not to say I'd go hurl myself off a cliff, because I don't want to die, but I'm not scared of the prospect that it will, at some point, come.

As for the afterlife, I think that I won't worry about it too much. There is no definite way to know exactly what it will be like, or if it will be at all. I've considered the fact that time might become completely irrelevant in the afterlife, or that it won't exist at all. Interesting things to think about.

[Yognog]

well it dosent matter cause we are all gunna die by the end of this year. *Troll face*

Na but personally im not really part of any true religion cause i really have not made up my mind about what will happen after i die or who created us and what ever. I just take every day one at a time because you really have no idea when its your time to go. So when the "after life" comes around i guess i will find out. So i guess you could say im not afraid of death but like RCF said im not looking for it.

[Knexrule11]

It doesn't bother me, I am kinda like RCF919, I just know it's inevitable.

[TheRandomGuy]

I'm not scared of death. Eventually, we're gonna die at some point, like RCF919 said.

[Maxwell58]

I'm just worried that what if I didn't do enough or something and I can't go to Heaven.

Don't worry about that. Everybody makes mistakes. That is why Jesus died on the cross for us.

[Old_Hag]

I find that it's best to just shut the thought of it out of your mind. Thinking about death, existence, or anything really deep eventually ends up screwing with your head.

[tornado96]

I'm just worried that what if I didn't do enough or something and I can't go to Heaven.

That's the beauty of Jesus! We are not saved by works. WE are saved by grace through Jesus' death.

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this is not from yourselves. It is a gift of God." Ephesians 2:8

There's nothing WE can do to be right with God. We don't get to heaven because of what we do. We get to heaven because of what JESUS did on the cross. He took all our punishment on himself.

That's why Jesus is the pinnacle of biblical faith. He is the reason we can be right with God! Trust in God and Jesus' sacrifice.


Personally, I'm not afraid of death at all. After death. I get to be reunited with our creator! And I can thank for all he's done! I can't wait!

[Maverix]

What if... none of us really exist in the first place?

[SCM]

^That makes you think.
What if this is all just a dream, and the dreamworld is the real world? What if what we see as death is truly life? What if, when we die, our subconscious still lives on, but in a way it cannot be detected by modern machines?
I'm kind of scared to die, and when I do die I want it to be painless, like during my sleep.

[tornado96]

I'm just worried that what if I didn't do enough or something and I can't go to Heaven.

That's the beauty of Jesus! We are not saved by works. WE are saved by grace through Jesus' death.

"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this is not from yourselves. It is a gift of God." Ephesians 2:8

There's nothing WE can do to be right with God. We don't get to heaven because of what we do. We get to heaven because of what JESUS did on the cross. He took all our punishment on himself.

That's why Jesus is the pinnacle of biblical faith. He is the reason we can be right with God! Trust in God and Jesus' sacrifice.


Personally, I'm not afraid of death at all. After death. I get to be reunited with our creator! And I can thank for all he's done! I can't wait!

[Maverix]

What if... none of us really exist in the first place?

[SCM]

^That makes you think.
What if this is all just a dream, and the dreamworld is the real world? What if what we see as death is truly life? What if, when we die, our subconscious still lives on, but in a way it cannot be detected by modern machines?
I'm kind of scared to die, and when I do die I want it to be painless, like during my sleep.

[The KNex Weasel]

Everyone alive today is going to die eventually. You might as well accept it and enjoy living while you're alive.

[TheSUCKCrew]

Most of the things I like to do in live are sins in some way. I can't live without sinning. Neither can I be dead without sinning. So by all means, I would not even want to go to heaven. And the fact that even when you are sinning you could go to heaven because Jesus died for us... That means that God doesn't accept me for who I am. I'd rather have the devil, who accepts everyone.

I heard someone say something that sounded like reincarnation. I hate that theory. First because I think a soul is nothing. We are just bits and pieces of carbon, H2O etc., and that's all there is to us. If we die, every function stops, and so does the function that we call a soul. Another thing that I find ridiculous, is that some think that we are all reincarnated souls, while there have never been so many people alive as there are now. Where do all these souls come from then?

About the dream thing: Well, that's just complete nonsense. The "dreamworld" is so much less logic that the real world. It changes every time, its changes depend on what happened in the real world FIRST... There is no way in which the dreamworld is reality and the real world is just thought up by our brains.

I don't think we are going any where when we die. The whole heaven/hell/reincarnation things are just fairy tales that got outta hand. When I die, all that is left of me is meat and memories.

[hi452]

Everyone dies eventually, if you stop and think about it you are just wasting the little time you have left here on Earth. If you don't think about it, you can't be scared of it. As for what happens afterwards, who cares? We can't do anything about it, whatever does happen.

[fantom]

That's not to say I'd go hurl myself off a cliff

It's fun as hell.

[Britfag]

I always wondered about life, I'm more hung up over what's out there, rather than what's happening after I die.. I obsess over what's past the stars and what could be out there to discover.
to answer your question, I'm worried about death, as it wont be pleasant (in the most extreme way!) - but there's no way to change it, so why fuss over it?

[CW5X]

I'm not so scared about death but as to what is after death. I believe I share the opinion that thinking about it does make your head hurt. I just feel that when you are alive, you have a concept of time, of space and of pretty much everything but when you're gone, you won't be able to feel time because you can't think (obviously because your brain has stopped), but you won't feel any discomfort because you can't feel anything. This is why I'm undecided on the afterlife and religion because, despite what I said above, I feel you can't just stop or lose all consciousness. Otherwise eternity would fly-by like nothing ever happened. That to me is the scary part.