Why am I afraid of death?

These bodies that we are now in are not meant to last forever

Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God

We all fear the unknown...but since I know what happens after death, I just hope I get in a lot of years first...never know when you will get squished...

Thread: Death and the Life Beyond

Sorry to hear this. All fear stems from death. Once you can really believe that fear fades.


The story of Lazarus in John 11 helps , Jesus cried taught even his best friends still did not get death.


Ask the Lord to help you in this He will. love and prayers

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LOL, yeah, I guess I am.

Only your physical body is 'mortal'...

Study/Explore the Near-Death Experience literature and deeply contemplate the implications...

Claiming beliefs in 'heaven' does not do anything to expand your state of awareness so that you may come to realize yourself as existing as something which supersedes the physical identity and body... It is only that change in your state of awareness that will enable you to shed your fear of physical death... This is something you gradually work towards and does not happen overnight...

haha bitch.!!!

Because your parents told you to be.

You know OP, even in life circumstances change.

Kids grow up and start their own lives, and for a lot of us they distance themselves just like we did with our parents.

We're all going to die. I suppose the best thing you can do is focus on life while you can.

Let death wait until it's your time.

how can you fear nothing?

I don't want to do a life review.

I know I've fucked up many times. No need to rub my face in it and experience it from the others' point of view.

That would be the worst possible scenario. Nothing.

It's anxiety. I have had to live with bad anxiety my whole life. I was the kid who always cried on Santa's lap with pictures to prove it.

I will pray that you receive some relief from it, but it always pops back up at times.

It is nice to know that we can continue on after death. Thank you God for your gift of eternal life for those who love the things you love.

says the atheist

Been dead before you was born, do you remember being afraid of life?

Yeah, I know, that’s the normal way of things. There’s a season for everything. I just wish I was at peace with that. Something to work on I guess.

I don't get that. It's comforting to me.

If you believe in life after death, IE the soul, why wouldn't you get to be with the souls you currently share this reality with after shedding this mortal coil?

The only thing I can think of is some religious BS that has turned you into a slave...to worship that religion and not this reality?

I fear death too...but it's because I love life...(so far).

I can’t imagine never seeing those I love again.

I guess it’s just the unknown. I’m not what you would call religious. I don’t know.

You must be born again

Yes

I do too. I appreciate every moment.

And what does that mean exactly. People say this, but what does it mean?

What about letting you know you're a spiritual being and you will reincarnate many times?

You actually cannot even think about experiencing 'nothingness' because you must be conscious to think about or imagine anything - and if you are conscious, you certainly aren't 'nothingness'...

Therefore how likely do you really think it is that the outcome of your physical death is something that you literally cannot even think about or imagine without directly negating it?

The comfort that you feel/experience when trying to think about 'nothing' is not due to there being any reality to what you are imagining - but due to practice of influencing your state of consciousness to temporarily disconnect from all of its regular/prior identifications (which will be limiting)... So what you likely experience is a 'freeing/liberating' feeling as a result... This may be a helpful practice for the reason that it's important to relinquish limiting beliefs, attachments, and identifications... But if you're expecting your consciousness (conscious energy) to be extinguished or to cease to exist after physical death - well then you're in for a pleasant surprise....

You must be baptized by the Holy Spirit, and no one but God Himself can do that for you.

It means coming to the end of yourself, and your plans, and your goals, and all the things you think you know about anything.

Then the Bible becomes the LIVING Word of God. You will scoop your jaw off the floor when you see the Word playing out in your life.

There is no formula for this, saying the sinners prayer sure isn't gonna do it. It happens when you get serious and desperate, at least for me it did.