Fear leaving people behind who may need me (children/husband), and fear the pain that might accompany the actual dying... but death itself? No.
Tammy
Are You Afraid Of Death?
by minimus 33 Replies latest jw friends
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Darth plaugeis
I respect Death..... but don't fear it
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simon17
Not really. I am very uneasy about knowing that I will not know the future or fundamental things about the universe I'm part of. I'll die not knowing if there is life elsewhere in the universe. I'll die not knowing how it will be when scientists start manipulating human's DNA before birth. I'll die not knowing if another asteroid strike puts life on the planet in peril. I'll die not knowing how (or if) the human race can migrate off of earth as the sun heads toward supernova. And a million other things I can't even imagine. That deeply disturbs me.
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bez
I grew up (a jw) fully FEARING death!!! To the point where it took over my mind and from the age of just around 10 or 11, i feared every day i was going to die!!!! :(
Probably all the doom i heard at the meetings, even tho i was a kid, it was sinking in to my little brain as i drew pictures of 'paradise' at the meeting 3 times a week :(.
Now no. I echo Tammy, i fear leaving my loved ones behind and a life that at last i am enjoying. But believe now there is a time for everything and also look forward to knowing what is next...but hopefully i will not know that for some time just yet! :)
Still feel happier now knowing i am free to believe whatever i want about life after death.
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brotherdan
At this point (early on in my break)...I'm a little fearful of it. It's the what if's that bother me.
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CrimsonBleu
Not a bit. There would be peace in not knowing anything, if that were true. However I do believe we are as eternal as Jesus himself who set an example for us when he came here. Those in alignment with Holy Spirit and the Father are promised life.
I am not a jw, but was 25 years ago. I have two sisters in who hate each other, fight, lie, start trouble, meddle in peoples business and are about as UN loving as one can be. They try to drag me into their quarrels and I am DA'd....go figure. Then they tell me I need to get back in the org...I told my oldest sister a few days ago that I would rather die than go back, and if either of them were around after our deaths in a new paradise place, I would ask God to relocate me or kill me. Either would be fine! I don't think I could stand eternity watching those two battle it out over stupid sh*t. Please forgive me for being so synical, I have dealt with their self righteous arrogance and distrust of each other for many years. God can deal with them.
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OUTLAW
How do you know when your Dead?..
Do you get a letter in the Mail?..
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leavingwt
brotherdan:
It's the what if's that bother me.
Once you accept that the 'What Ifs' are literally infinite, they cease to become all that important. Moreover, billions have proceeded you in death.
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brotherdan
True LWT... And I really like your quote above. So if I'm supposed to make my life count, why am I living in the effing desert?!?!? I hate it here!!!!
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ziddina
How afraid???
Afraid enough to:
Wear my seatbelt - ALWAYS
Wear a helmet while bicycling - ALWAYS
Mount a rear-view mirror on my bicycle and check it frequently - ALWAYS
Look - and listen - before I cross a street [or am playing in it...] - ALWAYS
Likewise with train tracks...
Take vitamins, minerals, exercise regularly and eat a relatively healthy diet - most of the time...
Even with all of that, I am well aware that I will die within the next 20 - 40 years. The length and quality of my life until my death depends on ME - and on how well I follow healthy behaviors - or NOT...
As "LeavingWT" stated, "there are literally billions who have preceeded you in death". NICE QUOTE, by the way, LeavingWT! ... Poignant and very true...
Knowing that even galaxies die, makes it easier for me to face death... Death is a natural part of the cycle of life, and as I've stated elsewhere, it would be the height of hubris for me to think that I am so special that I should be allowed to continue living after everything else has died off - that whole "living forever" idea doesn't even begin to consider that our sun will eventually supernova - as Simon17 mentioned - the earth will eventually be destroyed, and even the "Milky Way" galaxy - OUR galaxy - will die someday.
Zid
