Your views on death?

Question

While the majority of Americans believe in God - The majority of Australians do not. The Pope himself has called Australia the most unreligious country in the world (A fact I'm quite proud of).

So what are your views on death? A lot of people cite death as their greatest fear, even though they believe in an afterlife. I on the other hand (as an Athiest/Agnostic) believe this...

"Life is an adventure, death is just the next one."

Unlike religious folk who are sure of what comes next (heaven - depending of course on your religious denomination) I have no clue what comes after death, thats why for me theres nothing to fear.

Answer 1

I don't believe that things in this world truly die, because the universe is nothing but energy and energy, cannot be destroyed. Everything in the universe is intertwined and is constantly recycled as the universe evolves.

To kind of give you an idea of how this relates, I believe that when I die, my body will decompose back into the soil, the plants will use the nutrients(partly from the body) to grow, animals will, eat the plants, and use their newly gained energy for their own benefit(This also seems to be true for the evolution of knowledge) So in a sense, the things I'm made up of will be in everything and recycled for the use to others. And when other things die they to will pass their energy and gained knowledge to the new generation, thus continuing the evolution of the universe, until it to ceases to exist.

Did that make sense at all?

As far as fear? I don't fear how I'm going to die at this point in my life.

Answer 2

I think that I do not fear death, being dead. I am not particularly worried about what, if anything, follows death. I am agnostic. If god exists, I doubt that an entity with the genius to produce a UNIVERSE would be so petty and narrow-minded as god is depicted religiously. As for death again, my worries and fears center on the process of dying; that can not be pleasant, however it transpires. I have imagined an afterlife of my own fabrication and would be delighted to experience that. My sister once said: "What if what happens to you after you die is whatever you think it will be?" An intriguing concept, I think! You have enlightened me with your comments about Australians not being religious; I had not heard that. You can learn interesting things here on Answers!

Answer 3

If you have a bible (written in the King James version or American standard ) and pay close attention to the details you will see that it could not be from anyone but our creator. same as our planet & life itself its too precise to have been just a chance or an accident.Just study it by yourself without any outside influence & you will see the truth.Even if you dont understand what your are reading suddenly it will pop right out at you.There are many versions just get one thats easy for you to read that has not been translated a lot from the King James or American Standard versions.May God bless you in your studies.Start your study at the beginning inthe book of Genesis.You will see after time that the things it tells are in line with what is required for the order of life as we know it,its a fact that there was a flood on earth there are signs all around us of that,we have found frozen animals in Russia intact with grass still in the stmoaches( fast death from flood??)& the firament above crerated a green house type atmosphere that maintain constant temp world wide & saber tooth tigers found in frigid regions of the north(died after flood happen & destroyed this canopy that created the green house)so change in temp.. Good luck these are just a few dwetails that your atheists will not acknowledge but they know they are there b4 their eyes.

Answer 4

When I die, I'll be gone forever.

My mind will blink out of existence as if it had never been there to begin with, but it won't matter much to me, because well, I'll cease to be all together, and all that's left of me - a corpse - is left for someone else to bury.

They'll have a ceremony, and of course I'll be dressed up with no where to go. They'll put me in the ground, cover me up, and a tombstone bearing my name, and the day I was born, along with the day I died, will sit six feet above my body. The coffin buried in the ground containing my remains, along with the tombstone above, will either be vandalized ang misplaced by some hoodlum, or with the slow decay of time disappear.

By this time my children will also be dead, and perhaps my grandchildren, and maybe even their children, and eventually it'll be as if I were never even here.

However, I've set up a fail-safe to ensure that I never be completely forgotten: one day, perhaps two hundred years from now, a child will be doing some research for a history project in the library, and come across an old, time-worn book with my name on it, and for a brief moment, I'll be alive again. He won't go so far as to wonder how much money I made, how much taxes I paid, why I divorced my wife, or even who I was. But, what else can I ask for?

Answer 5

I I do believe in God. I absulutly DO NOT believe in religon.
Any way, I believe we are here for growth & education. Somthing created us. a supreem being. When we die we become a part of a greater realm. We will not know the answer to all the questions untill we reach our destination. I do believe in Jesus, more in the line of the movie " Devincie Code" If we try to do the next right thing as we each believe that to be. Then we will pass over to the next right realm. There is no question that there is good & evil in this word. The only question for me is wich I choose to follow. Of course my idea of good is not always the same as someone elses. Thats why we are all diffrent.

Answer 6

We have neither a spirit nor a soul -- in the spiritual sense. We *are* a living soul -- we don't *have* one (Gen. 2:7; 1Cor. 15:45). The Bible formula for a living soul:

Dust of the Ground + Breath of Life = A Living Soul

We also don't *have* the spiritual concept of a "spirit." The word translated in the Bible into the English word "spirit" is referring to the Breath of Life given to us by God. Without the Breath, we are just plain dead -- back to the Dust of the Ground (Gen. 3:19; Psalms 104:29). The Bible formula for death:

A Living Soul - Breath of Life = Dust of the Ground

For more Bible information on this topic, see the following:

Answer 7

Let me start off by saying you're quite a lucky person to live in an irreligious nation!

I'm afraid of death in the sense that I don't want to die because I don't want to leave friends and family behind. I'm not afraid in the sense that I'm going to Hell, or other ridiculous notions.

I will gladly accept any possible afterlife. However, eternal rest is also quite fine with me.

Answer 8

I am glad that i live in Aus. I find it scary how much some people NEED God. I believe in God/higher power, and yeah i talk to him and stuff, but i don't go to church, and I don't berate people on his behalf.

I don't know what happens when i die. Nothing or heaven and hell? I don't know. There's no way I can know, so why concern myself with it? What's that you say? Because if i don't I might go to hell? But see, i'm a good kind decent person, who tries to do her best, as WE ALL SHOULD WHETHER THERE IS HEAVEN AND HELL OR NOT!!!!! So, what's there to worry about? My greatest fear is waking up naked somewhere, or, you know those dreams where you have to go to the toilet? I worry about those. Seriously, my greatest fear is losing my husband, as long as he's ok, and he knows i love him, i don't care much what happens to me.

Answer 9

Regardless of what anyone tells you no body looks forward to death, and I don't believe religion has anything to do with it.
The thought of death is scary..because there are so MANY unknowns. Will I die young, will I be in pain, will I die alone.

From a religious point of view however, as a Christian I believe if at the time of my death I ask God's forgiveness for any sin I committed I will be forgiven, and allowed into his presence where hopefully the deceased members of my family will be.

I do agree with your statement "Life is an adventure..etc."

Answer 10

I'm only 14 but I don't fear death at all or anything else.I have almost bleed to death yet her I am,live and well.After gettng close to death many times you stop fearing it.When you see something dieing in your hands or infront of your eyes you stop fearing it.I should be dead right nor but here I am and god was no where to be found to save me,only my gurdian demon and satan.Death should not be feared,we all die eventually.I believe when you die your eventually reincarnated if you havn't reached godhood.