Are you afraid of dying or where you will go afterwards?

Answer 1

(I'm waiting for my biopsy results so I've had a lot of time to think about this answer. )

Ok I guess I'll be the first to admit... YES I'm scared of dying. Of every bit of it. Maybe that makes me a chicken.

I'm afraid that the people I love won't be well taken care of or that there'll be something that I didn't say to someone or do for someone that would've made a difference.

I am scared of the process. What would it be like for my brain to stop receiving oxygen or the flow of blood? Or to be in partial-shut-down and all of the sudden your body feels heavy and immobile. I try not to think about this part of it that much.

I'm scared to look up and know that it is the end... and this is the last person I will ever see, and the last words I will ever say, the last room I'll ever be in, the last colors i will ever see, the very last opportunity for an original thought or discovery. I just don't look forward to experiencing that.

I don't want to miss anything. My husband especially. I hope every day that he goes before I do because I want SO badly to be there with him every day of his life... and to see what happens during it. I don't want him experience loss either. I don't want my parents (if they're still around) or my children (if I have some one day) to ever live a day in their lives in which I'm not just a phone call away. I don't want to miss out on my friends' lives. I always want to be able to swap stories with my best friend, or have her raid my closet for a date.

I'm not concerned at all about where I'll go afterwards. Because if "I go" anywhere... it won't be me. It won't be my brain (so it won't be my memory or previous thoughts or my ability to think & ration and understand and perceive), it won't be my hormones (so it won't be my femininity and my emotions, my ability to self-sooth, my ability to get riled up), it won't be my nervous system (so I won't be able to feel warmth or shape or pleasure), it won't be my eyes (so it won't be my ability to perceive and enjoy color), it won't be my vocal cords (so it won't be my voice) it won't be anything that is "me." All of those things get buried. So because of all those things I don't see the hope of an "after life" as legitimate. I don't really want to live forever. But I still fear death. I think it's natural.

Answer 2

Death is inevitable. Everyone will die. We all have this virus that leads to death. Death is a scary event, especially to those who die without any hope or consolation. Those who don't believe in God and in the last moments of their lives realize that they will never see their loved ones again. They realize they never saw their dreams being fulfilled, and will never have eternity to see those dreams come true. Because they don't believe in eternity. They realize that all the possessions they gathered in life mean nothing compaired to one more moment by their children's side.
But how different it is for the believer; for even though death is scary, he knows that death is a dreamless sleep. He knows that it is not the end of his life but the beginning. He knows that even though he is saying goodbye to his children, he will see them again on resurrection day. He knows that he will spend eternity with his loved ones where there will be no pain, no sorrow, no more death.
Death is a consequence of sin that we must endure until our Lord returns.Then our bodies will be made incorruptible. Am I afraid of dying? Sure.Even Jesus cried when He heard that Lazarus died. Death is not a mystery. The soul that sins will die until resurrection day.

Answer 3

Well, I'm not afraid of what will happen after death because in Ecclesiastes 9:5 its is a great scipture for you. Click on bible online on the source that ive given you and search the scriptur ive told u 2. P.S Next time Jehovahs witnesses are at you door tell them your questions and they will answer them for you its helped me and others I know. Questions like this 1 and why does god permit suffering and will it ever end are VERY popular xx

Answer 4

Not at all.
Dust you are and to dust you WILL return. Gen. 3:19.
I will await the resurrection.John 11:25; Dan 12:2; 1 Corinthians 15:51.

Answer 5

I'm afraid of the methodology of death. Like anyone else, I don't want to suffer. However I don't fear death itself or what happens afterward. I have placed my trust in Jesus Christ so I know where Ill be when I pass away. To be absent of body is to be present with the Lord.

Answer 6

"I'm not afraid of dying. I just don't want to be there when it happens."
- Woody Allen

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Levity aside, as a teen and young adult I used to be so afraid of dying and going to Hell that it gave me insomnia.

One of the great things about becoming Asatru is that worry disappeared. My faith encourages regular connection with my ancestors of old. When I die, I will go to halls of my grandmothers and forefathers and join them.

Answer 7

I am not afraid of death. I am concerned that my dying process might be prolonged or painful, but that's not quite the same thing.

As for the afterlife, I believe that we are probably incapable of comprehending its nature (assuming it exists); therefore, I see no point in worrying about it.

Answer 8

I believe that dying is just like being in a state of unconsciousness. Just like when you are put under for surgery.

Answer 9

Nope, and I'm leaving instructions to be cremated -- so I'm going into a very hot oven afterward.

Answer 10

Neither,

death is inevitable and the afterlife is intangible.

The only thing I fear is not being able to acomplish what I desire before death.