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I disagree, why will he eventually grow out of his fear of death? I think if the majority of the worlds population didn't believe in a god, afterlife, mother na
by josephagoss 14y ago
I disagree, why will he eventually grow out of his fear of death?
I think if the majority of the worlds population didn't believe in a god, afterlife, mother nature or something like the spirit world then we would have millions of people with a active fear of death.
The only people that truly don't fear real death are atheists that have made peace with that fact.
I am a atheist that has not out grown a fear of death, but I can't relate to anyone I know because they all say the same as you, "you will eventually out grow that fear", then I ask what if I am right and when we die we are forever gone and there is no afterlife? They say "Well that is unlikely, there is something else out there" So everyone I know doesn't fear death, because they think they will never truly die anyway.
Like I said, the only people on earth that really do not fear death are a small amount of the atheist population that have come to accept death as inevitable. But what I think is that if all of humanity was atheist, we would be pouring billions in immortality research.
- georgeorwell 14y agoDeath is completely painless non-existence. Absolutely nothing to fear about it.
- josephagoss 14y agoI guess its the fear of non-existence. Of course once we are dead its not a issue, but whilst we are alive its something on some of our minds. (not wanting the party to end)
- georgeorwell 14y agoYeah, fair enough, I've struggled with the same fear. I want to stay alive as long as possible too.
- stan_rogers 14y agoLife is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome. Isaac Asimov
- tsotha 14y agoThere's no way you could know that for sure.
- raleec 14y agoI'd posit that the fear of death is really the fear of change. You don't truly want to live forever, and lose everyone you know and will ever know. If everyone lives forever, then children will never grow. Once you truly accept that change in not only inevitable, but extremely desirable, the fear of death is greatly diminished.