I think about my mortality often
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As an atheist, I am the one who reminds myself of death of humans , and hence me, frequently.
Its scares me sometimes to remember this but I know that I must continue to remember. It helps me to put things in perspective and brings about many advantages because my beliefs system, my decisions and my attitude are all tied to the fact that I will cease one day, in fact soon possibly.
What about you , forumers?
For me, I have reached the point of no return, death thoughts makes my life full and it is becoming intergral to being alive. People who avoid death thoughts of themselves, are too me, living a life of quiet desperation, to quote from a line.
I think that is one of the unconscious suffering that people faced because they do not dare to face their death fully and truly.
Most people seem to brush off death and claim that they are not afraid of it. But my knowledge is that they are just bluffing themselves. They are scared of it but when talking about it, they can calmly says they are not scared.
I do respect death, and I dislike it to the core. but there is nothing i can do. calmness and acceptance are the solutions. I feel scared once a while but sometimes i laugh it off when i realized that our common complaints are mere trivialities cos we are going to die anyway.
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This fear of death actually means (in theory at least) that you will cherish your life as well as others' lives, so you won't anyhow do silly stuff like unprotected sex, murder, rape, drunk driving, etc. It makes you a more considerate and less selfish person IMO.
For me, it's all for the better.
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am i an atheist if i dont believe in any god but believe that i will become a god after i die?
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i have no morals... at age 2 i peep at neighbours bathing, at age 5 i look at porn, at age 7 i go fireice home and peep at her bathing... i really have no morals..
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Originally posted by january:
As an atheist, I am the one who reminds myself of death of humans , and hence me, frequently.
Its scares me sometimes to remember this but I know that I must continue to remember. It helps me to put things in perspective and brings about many advantages because my beliefs system, my decisions and my attitude are all tied to the fact that I will cease one day, in fact soon possibly.
What about you , forumers?
For me, I have reached the point of no return, death thoughts makes my life full and it is becoming intergral to being alive. People who avoid death thoughts of themselves, are too me, living a life of quiet desperation, to quote from a line.
I think that is one of the unconscious suffering that people faced because they do not dare to face their death fully and truly.
Most people seem to brush off death and claim that they are not afraid of it. But my knowledge is that they are just bluffing themselves. They are scared of it but when talking about it, they can calmly says they are not scared.
I do respect death, and I dislike it to the core. but there is nothing i can do. calmness and acceptance are the solutions. I feel scared once a while but sometimes i laugh it off when i realized that our common complaints are mere trivialities cos we are going to die anyway.
"My third story is about death. When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart." - Steve Jobs, at 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
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Since you are an atheist, I assume that you believe that there is no life after death.
In that case, what's there to be afraid of?
There won't be a Final Judgement or Punishment or whatever. There'll just be nothing.
But I'll say that this Nothing scares me even more. Lol tt's y I'm not an atheist.
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Originally posted by littlemissbonkers:
Since you are an atheist, I assume that you believe that there is no life after death.
In that case, what's there to be afraid of?
There won't be a Final Judgement or Punishment or whatever. There'll just be nothing.
But I'll say that this Nothing scares me even more. Lol tt's y I'm not an atheist.
As what you say, I am afraid when I think that I am going to be nothing when I die next time. But I realized that I must not react to death with fear or sadness all the time. Ultimately, I need to able to face death with equanimity.
I think that not being an atheist, and believing in another religion that believes your soul will survive on, is not the least comforting at all. It just serve to confuse and distract me by making me not accepting the most likely truth and just delude myself in the face of reality.
Not as if I have enough problems in my life, I need to bluff myself which will add more problems to my life.
Knowing and taking the truth also open many new pathways in life which will not happen if you continue the path of 'playing safe' and following religion to book a place for your soul.
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I just think that you and that hitman clone can be super best friends.
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Originally posted by january:
As what you say, I am afraid when I think that I am going to be nothing when I die next time. But I realized that I must not react to death with fear or sadness all the time. Ultimately, I need to able to face death with equanimity.
I think that not being an atheist, and believing in another religion that believes your soul will survive on, is not the least comforting at all. It just serve to confuse and distract me by making me not accepting the most likely truth and just delude myself in the face of reality.
Not as if I have enough problems in my life, I need to bluff myself which will add more problems to my life.
Knowing and taking the truth also open many new pathways in life which will not happen if you continue the path of 'playing safe' and following religion to book a place for your soul.
Great for you.
On the other hand, I prefer to have something to look forward to. And I would say that most people would probably feel the same.
Why live in despair when we can comfort ourselves?
Entire societies will crumble if people had nothing to look forward to.
The "truth" or "true reality" doesn't matter. It makes no difference either way. The only thing that matters, is your own personal perception of reality.
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Originally posted by january:
As an atheist, I am the one who reminds myself of death of humans , and hence me, frequently.
Its scares me sometimes to remember this but I know that I must continue to remember. It helps me to put things in perspective and brings about many advantages because my beliefs system, my decisions and my attitude are all tied to the fact that I will cease one day, in fact soon possibly.
What about you , forumers?
For me, I have reached the point of no return, death thoughts makes my life full and it is becoming intergral to being alive. People who avoid death thoughts of themselves, are too me, living a life of quiet desperation, to quote from a line.
I think that is one of the unconscious suffering that people faced because they do not dare to face their death fully and truly.
Most people seem to brush off death and claim that they are not afraid of it. But my knowledge is that they are just bluffing themselves. They are scared of it but when talking about it, they can calmly says they are not scared.
I do respect death, and I dislike it to the core. but there is nothing i can do. calmness and acceptance are the solutions. I feel scared once a while but sometimes i laugh it off when i realized that our common complaints are mere trivialities cos we are going to die anyway.
If you are really an atheist, you shouldn't have fear because if you believe there is no after-life what is there to be afraid of ? Only those who believe there is after-life worry about their whereabouts after dying. If you have fear, it means you are not convinced there is no afterlife.
I believe strongly in after-life due to some personal experience. I advise you to find out for yourself and decide for yourself whether is there afterlife. If you final answer is no, so there is nothing to worry about.
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think about it in the bigger picture
if nobody dies
then killers and criminals would get their way
overpopulation? neverending wars? people with diseases cant die?