i know i'm going to draw the fringe crowd answers on this one. but i am curious about how people feel about their own mortality..personally i know it is inevitable, but it angers me more than i fear it..please, no scripture..thank you..
2006-11-13 12:21:50 · 8 answers · asked by michal d 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Seeing as how I'm an atheist, you need not worry about scripture from me. ;P
Far as death goes, nope, not afraid. Not even angry. Death is a natural part of life that crosses all walks of life, all cultures, religions, races, etc. To me, there's no point in being afraid or sad or angry about something that is completely natural and inevitable.
I'd rather spend my time in this world living my life as best as I can, rather than waste my breath angry or afraid of how and when it's going to happen. When death comes, it comes, and the best I or anyone can hope for is to leave this world a better place than when we came into it.
2006-11-14 07:58:29 · answer #1 · answered by Ophelia 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strangely neither. I'm neither angry nor afraid. I too view it as inevitable, but I view death as an extension of self. Even though my body dies it is but a costume I wear, and the real self will be as if in a dream. Dreaming over the life just lived, while resting and re cooperating from the rigorously mind boggling zoo called life. Therefore RIP is appropriate on any headstone, or urn. Though I do worry about my children, and how they will cope without me. Not too well at this point and time. So I hope I have a while yet for their sakes.
2006-11-13 12:56:55 · answer #2 · answered by Tracie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work in the hospice field of nursing so I deal with death on a day to day basis. I am actually very comfortable with my own mortality. I have a very fleeting concern about painful death. I am also afraid of suffocation. I think we all have more of a fear of how we will die than an actual fear of death itself. It is also a fear of the unknown. Humans are tangible beings, if we can't see it we fear it or fight it. Try to enjoy life and not waste time being upset about something that we have no control over(and that's the other problem with death isn't it?).
2006-11-13 12:38:02 · answer #3 · answered by Only hell mama ever raised 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am absolutely not afraid of death , nor does it make me angry that someday
I will have to go . I have always excepted the fact that we all have to go some time . Death is a part of life . Besides I already died once and was brought back , spent 5 days in a coma and am here and able to talk about it and help others by sharing what happened to me . I actually feel blessed because of it all .
2006-11-13 12:31:37 · answer #4 · answered by Geedebb 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think one's attitude toward death depends on the culture in which they were reared and their current age.When we are young nothing seems quite so foreign and distant as death. It is something we associate with old age unless we are confronted with death due to illness of our own or loved one. However, as we age we sometimes begin to worry about how much time is left and will we be able to leave a mark. Clearly it has long been a topic of concern ie Homer and his account of the sacking of Troy. Men were willing to sacrifice families for the reward of a name that would outlive their own fleshly mortality. Whether we admit it or not, we fear death, the uncertainty of what happens or the timing. How we live our lives in spite of that fear is what may define us as memorable human beings.
2006-11-13 12:31:18 · answer #5 · answered by booksofstars 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Not-Seeking-Biblically-Based Answers:
I am not afraid of death or dying. However, it is precisely because I am a Bible-believer, specifically a Christian, who believes that I will not die, that I am a part of the end-time generation who will be raptured from our planet before the antichrist appears and the world experiences the end times Tribulation and Great Tribulation.
Did you ever think that there will be in a generation coming comprised of many Christians who will NOT die physical death and who will be taken to be with Jesus in Heaven before He comes back to the earth to establish His 1000-year rule on our planet? and after the initial millennial rule, His eternal reign over the new heavens and the new earth to be created after He has reigned on this earth initially for 1,000 years?
Your own mortality is actually NOT at all inevitable as you may now presume, especially if you would be open to being a faithful follower of Jesus, the Messiah, of all humankind - who believe in Him.
If you ever come to faith in Jesus, then I will be able to provide you with Bible-Based answers that will refuge you from your current illogical fear of death and your misplaced anger regarding your real ignorance of the topic.
I believe that the Bible contains all the answers you seek
with understanding of life and living and death and dying, but you
have unfortunately selectively excluded this Vital Source of Information.
2006-11-13 12:59:50 · answer #6 · answered by Jonah Immanu 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I was younger I use to be, excuse the pun, scared to death of dying. I litterly would have a panic attach thinking about it. However it no longer bothers me. Death is a part of nature and there is a reason behind death. There is nothing to change the course of it so it's not worth being upset about.
2006-11-13 12:47:13 · answer #7 · answered by Gypsy Cat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't fear death at all, I think of it as the next big adventure. I do fear dying in a painful or horrible way, though. But death itself, no fear.
2006-11-13 12:26:06 · answer #8 · answered by farf 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋