Querulous Quidnunc Joined: Wed May 12, 2010 8:41 am Posts: 4695
Well FUBU, forgive the morbid post...but what are your thoughts on death?
Are you afraid of it? Do you have a preferred way to die? What do you believe happens after death? Nothingness? Reincarnation? Some kind of heaven or hell? What would you LIKE to believe happens?
-Just typing this scares me...yes I am afraid of death. I don't want to die just yet. -I would like to die in the most painless way possible...in my sleep at a ripe old age would be preferable. I don't want any extremely painful/traumatic situation -Rationally, I believe that death is just nothingness. You cease to have consciousness and life is just over. You know nothing, forget everything, and it's just empty and done -I'd like to believe that either A) There's some kind of after life...a place of joy/happiness for eternity or B) We get reincarnated as something else...either another human or an animal or bug of some kind.
I had a dream I was engaged in a sword fight. On a rope bridge. During a violent lightning storm. With the life of the one I love on the line.
I land a fatal blow on my opponent. Suddenly, lightning strikes the bridge. He dies, I hold on. I have the coolest one liner in the history of ever. I die.
Something like that. I mean, if I had to choose. That or be old man on porch with nice yard.
EDIT: Dying would suck really bad but I'm not particularly afraid of it. That doesn't mean I'm going to sit down and wait to die, I'll do what I can to survive. I don't have any strong opinions on what happens after we die, but if there is a hell, I'll probably be there.
Are you afraid of it? Do you have a preferred way to die? What do you believe happens after death? Nothingness? Reincarnation? Some kind of heaven or hell? What would you LIKE to believe happens?
I fear the permanence of it, the inability to remain with my children and loved ones, the inability to protect them when needed. I don't fear the actual event itself..barring some crazy long and drawn out torturous process with inevitable death as the final result..
After death I believe the dead simply lose consciousness and that's that. No more feeling, no more sensing, no more anything. The body remains, and that's all. That's what I believe. As far as heaven and hell, nah...as far as reincarnation, I guess it would depend on how one defines 'the soul' or the concept of 'self'. It's such a mind bogglingly huge philosophical question that it really can't be adequately covered. If random probability dictates that someone can be born once, depending on the way you define 'soul' and 'self' as philosophical concepts, that person could potentially be born again..it's a really weird concept that escapes the realm of my understanding.
As far as what I'd like to believe, I'd like to believe in nothingness. It's preferable to any heaven or hell, as far as I'm concerned. I'd like to believe in being absorbed back into the earth, which will eventually be swallowed up by the sun, which will eventually burn out and become a black hole, and swallow up more shit. I'd like to believe I'm not important at all, which I'm not. I'd like to believe that I am an infinitesimally tiny piece of the Universe, which is made up of trillions of other infinitesimally tiny pieces of existence, which forms the beauty of the universe. If I'm important, when I cease to exist, something important will have ceased to exist. If I'm simply the most basic building block of existence, that's much more preferable to me..and much more comforting when you really really process it and think about it.
None of us matter. Nothing in the world matters on the cosmological time scale. Earth's existence is the universal equivalent of a blink of an eye.
That's not a bad thing. It's beautiful that we all exist in this form, and have our chance to experience life. I don't think life is a 'gift' because that would imply the existence of a giver. I think life exists, and that's enough for me. It's plenty that I'm able to be here right now, and enjoy the world.
Preferred method of death? Something painless and quick..ideally with minimal emotional damage to my loved ones.
As far as what I'd like to believe, I'd like to believe in nothingness. It's preferable to any heaven or hell, as far as I'm concerned. I'd like to believe in being absorbed back into the earth, which will eventually be swallowed up by the sun, which will eventually burn out and become a black hole, and swallow up more shit. I'd like to believe I'm not important at all, which I'm not. I'd like to believe that I am an infinitesimally tiny piece of the Universe, which is made up of trillions of other infinitesimally tiny pieces of existence, which forms the beauty of the universe.
Xeoni wrote:
If I don't die at the age of 27, I hope to be euthanized at the age of 72. Dying anywhere in between those two ages would suck.
OK, to answer the topic seriously.
I don't think much about death or what lies beyond because it holds no fascination for me. Like most Jews, I care little for any notion of heaven or hell and disdain the idea of a reward after death as morally questionable. And like most atheists, I do believe death is the end. I am firmly focused on this world.
I'm not afraid of death, although I do have a strong aversion to it, which is why I haven't killed myself yet. I contemplate doing so very frequently, and my own mother (such as she is) has said she expects me to be "dead or in jail by 30". I did notice that the train tracks in Rockopolis have no guard rails, so unlike most places it is possible to actually throw oneself in front of an oncoming freight train. The strongest inducement for me to do so would be the grief it would cause my parents. The reason I don't is partly my mortal aversion to death and partly a sense that I do not want the world to win or to die without having brought great suffering to (other) people who have done me wrong.
In the best of all worlds, I would like to be remembered after I die - statues in my honor, my face on money, etc. I care little for friends or family and am motivated largely by status in the world at large. At the very least, I would like to start a business or something and leave it behind as a co-op with a strong charter. I don't expect this to happen.
I don't particularly care how I die, to be honest. I would most prefer to be assassinated because I believe that being assassinated is the epitome of life success: the world can't win without cheating. Whether I die by suicide, assassination or natural causes (lol), I have always known I will die angry, with clenched fists and an angry expression on my face.
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My dad died today (stepfather-in-law, but I've called him dad for over a decade.) I loved him very much and it was very sudden. I've had the day to reflect on death...
I'm not afraid of it. It makes me sad for my children. I love them and they love me.
I would prefer my death to be on my own terms. If that is not possible, then after I've finished reading a good book and go in my sleep.
I don't believe in the afterlife. That is particularly hard for me to admit. I know when I die I won't be reunited with my high school sweetheart, but it is a nice sentiment. When I'm dead the only place I will live is in the memories of my loved ones.
I've been around a lot of people who have died, some when they died. Some went peaceful, others not so much(one gun shot, one car wreck) and its always the same in one way.
The human body is like a really fucking ugly guitar made of meat. When there's a person inside the body, that guitar has an artist that is making awesome, poetic, almost purposeful music. When that person, that artist, inside is gone, it's just some ugly pile of rotting meat sitting there.
- I'm afraid more of things that cause death than death itself.
- Pretty sure the answer is universally in one's sleep at an old age. But however it comes, at the end of the day, shikata gai nai.
- Peace.
- That I'll end up in Fólkvangr.
"Ok we aren't such things and birds are pretty advanced. They fly and shit from anywhere they want. While we sit on our automatic toilets, they're shitting on people and my car while a cool breeze tickles their anus. That's the life."
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