23 Mar 07
Originally posted by EcstremeVenomPerhaps, but death may be far worse than whatever it is you are facing, who would know?
there are things in this life that is worse than death for example what if you were very sick and every minute and every breathe was painful? then death might be something you look forward to
However, if death is just the absence of any emotion, then logically anything which is less than pleasurable would be worse than death.
23 Mar 07
I think that what Starrman said is all fine and dandy, but I actually don't believe anyone here doesn't fear death (although many won't admit it).
Transforming the meaning of fear into a phobia-like caricature about skeletons is simply avoiding the question. I seriously doubt any of us in face of the possibility of imminent death wouldn't be afraid.
23 Mar 07
Originally posted by Palynkadeath is not scary one bit. the second death scares the hell out of me though.
I think that what Starrman said is all fine and dandy, but I actually don't believe anyone here doesn't fear death (although many won't admit it).
Transforming the meaning of fear into a phobia-like caricature about skeletons is simply avoiding the question. I seriously doubt any of us in face of the possibility of imminent death wouldn't be afraid.
23 Mar 07
Originally posted by PalynkaDeath seems a somewhat remote eventuality, really--how can I ever cease existing? It seems implausible.
Like I said, you may write what you will, but for me that is just hypocrisy.
It'd take a lot of yoga before I could take a gun in my mouth without filling my pants.
23 Mar 07
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Originally posted by Bosse de Nage😀
It'd take a lot of yoga before I could take a gun in my mouth without filling my pants.
Death seems a somewhat remote eventuality, really--how can I ever cease existing? It seems implausible.
Well put. This is one of the reasons why I think many people will say that they're not afraid of death.
23 Mar 07
Originally posted by PalynkaThere's no reason to be afraid of it, the mind comforts itself--yet it is precisely a question of dealing with the irrational. Hence the colourful ceremonies performed by the more carnivalesque cultures in simultaneous honour and defiance of death. Of course, other cultures, in a frenzy of reductionism for which the modernist movement is probably entirely to blame, have reduced the colourful element to the flower arrangement that distracts the mourners from the coffin immediately prior to its incineration.
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[b]Death seems a somewhat remote eventuality, really--how can I ever cease existing? It seems implausible.
Well put. This is one of the reasons why I think many people will say that they're not afraid of death.[/b]
23 Mar 07
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Originally posted by PalynkaIts all a question of usage.
I think that what Starrman said is all fine and dandy, but I actually don't believe anyone here doesn't fear death (although many won't admit it).
Transforming the meaning of fear into a phobia-like caricature about skeletons is simply avoiding the question. I seriously doubt any of us in face of the possibility of imminent death wouldn't be afraid.
For example, do you fear lions?
One could say no, I do not fear lions because there aren't any around here. Or you could say yes, I fear lions when they are chasing me. Or you could say "I get the shivers when I see a lion even if it is in a cage."
There is a difference between being afraid when death is clearly imminent and living in fear of a death that may not come for many years.
Most people do not want to die, but fear is the wrong word.
I once thought I was going to die imminently, I do not remember being afraid.
23 Mar 07
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Originally posted by twhiteheadAnd yet you don't consider the possibility of not being afraid of lions when they are chasing you.
For example, do you fear lions?
One could say no, I do not fear lions because there aren't any around here. Or you could say yes, I fear lions when they are chasing me. Or you could say "I get the shivers when I see a lion even if it is in a cage."
There is a difference between being afraid when death is clearly imminent and living in fear of a death that may not come for many years.
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That one can live without fear through the absence of the need to face death is different of not being afraid. Again, this may sound like semantics, but not all fears need to be ever-present phobias.