before you were alive, you were nothing, right ? you dont remember anything at all and you didnt exist , so (religious ideas aside) if death is 'nothingness' then WHY is everyone so scared of it ? in a way we were 'dead ' for years before we were born so its nothing new.
does my theory cheer you up ?
2007-05-22 22:03:11 · 27 answers · asked by ravey 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I suppose you were bound to get a whole bunch of people saying they are not afraid of dying weren't you and I am no different. If I am scared of anything then it would be leaving those people behind that I love without ever being able to help them again.
Reminds me of Monty Python in the final scenes of Life of Brian: "Ya come from nuffin, ya going back to nuffin ... what ya lost ? Nuffin !" .... Always look on the bright side of life. : )
2007-05-22 23:05:04 · answer #1 · answered by brianthesnailuk2002 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your theory would be hardly likely to cheer anyone up although to many people there is a sort of reality in it.
As a Christian I know there is something more! I have a promise of Eternal life and fully believe that I will be in Heaven when I die so I have no fear of death whatsoever. I became Christian in 1991 and have never looked back.......I didn't used to like me much before then but now I reckon I am an O.K guy, since I have had a relationship with the 'living God'
That path is open to anyone...being a part of Gods family is great and not a bit like I had imagined before. Don't knock it until you know all the facts I say (although I used to myself)
Best wishes, MIke.
2007-05-23 05:11:41 · answer #2 · answered by georgiansilver 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not at all. Im not particulary scared of dying I just dont want to die yet.
I had an operation in December that lasted nearly four hours. I had never been to sleep before and I imagine that is the closest u can get to dying. It was a horrible feeling to wake up and have just completely lost four hours. for one minute it was half nine and I was giggling with nerves and the next it was the afternoon and I was being sick. I just cant stand the fact that all these things happened to my body while I wasnt there. Its not like I was a sleep because I didnt dream and if ur asleep sound or movement makes u wake up. It was just horrible. Its like I was dead for four hours and my body was still alive.I suppose though when ur dead u dont wake up being sick, if there is no afterlife u are just closed shut.
2007-05-23 06:22:52 · answer #3 · answered by Smiley_1714 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not scared of dying, life can be just as scary sometimes, although I hope there's a good few years yet before I go. As they say we should live for the day as if it's your last because you're a long time dead!!
2007-05-23 09:19:59 · answer #4 · answered by clara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does a little bit, but what I am scared of is not being able to enjoy this world forever and being in eternal nothingness and being AWARE of it. If I had a choice I would either be immortal or a ghost so I can stay on this earth forever.
2007-05-23 05:16:52 · answer #5 · answered by ~~*Paradise Dreams*~~ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although I understand your theory; we're not technically "nothing" before birth, we're all still energy, but in a different form.
We have no conscious memory of what happened or what we were before our births - what if the fear of death is in fact a fear of returning to "nothingness" (losing You, your life experience, etc)...
You cannot have a fear of loss when you don't exist, and have nothing to lose.
2007-05-23 05:32:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not scared of what happens after I die, just of the actual dying process. When i think about it, if there is an afterlife then you don't really die anyway, and if there is nothing, then i will not know about it, so why should that bother me?
2007-05-23 05:07:55 · answer #7 · answered by Helen O 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stuff dying, I'm getting frozen till we find a cure. If I can't afford that I plan to get very religious 5 Min's before I die.
2007-05-23 06:11:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was younger I was afraid of dying, but as I have matured, lived and dealt with the ups and downs of life, and I have also taken care of my elderly Mother with Alzheimer's, so I now look at death differently, I am no longer afraid and will welcome the peace. God Bless.
2007-05-23 05:17:27 · answer #9 · answered by Bethy4 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm scared sh**less of death... because i know i don't wnt to loose what i have now... i love what i have and the people who are in it and im so scared of loosing anypart of it... why is that so wrong? but i supose when i get older i will learn to accept the fact my life is coming to an end. even though my nan who is 90 something cant except it and she is still scared! bless her heart!
2007-05-23 17:26:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋