Posted on 03/25/2017 11:28:47 AM PDT by heterosupremacist
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“Afraid” is just a word. Or “it is, what it is.”
Part of my philosophy is to “pray for the serenity to accept the things I cannot change...”
I watched my Dad die at only 69. He regretted not living longer when cancer finished him.
I do not believe he was “afraid,” since he faced enemy fire on Okinawa, was seriously wounded, lived a full life.
He deeply loved his family. His spirituality was non-denominational.
He prepared for retirement, and getting cut short was a disappointment. But not afraid.
A merciful god indeed. So merciful that he’ll subject you to the worst tortures imaginable for all eternity for the ‘crime’ of not believing in him.
Even if I did, why would I worship such a spiteful entity? Fear of damnation? What’s the point?
“I’m not afraid of dying, anytime will do. I don’t mind. Why should I be afraid of dying? There’s no reason for it. You’ve gotta go sometime.”
Atheists are not afraid due to ignorance, and believers in God are not afraid due to wisdom.
Well said.
I don’t mind dying. I just don’t want to be there when it happens.
Atheists act like know-it-alls and are cocky when spewing their faith.
They’re a little less cocky when they’re soon to face life after death.
===I do not believe he was “afraid,” since he faced enemy fire on Okinawa, was seriously wounded, lived a full life===
To a combat vet. The portion of the 23rd Psalm tells it like it is...
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
If you’ve walked through, gotten hurt and made it to the other side even once much less multiple times, the fear of dying seems to take a back seat to the realization that the possibility is always there and you just live and try to postpone it as long as possible. You truly learn to not let a fear consume you.
Huge “Salute” to your Dad from another vet that’s been through that valley.
Born and bred hellfire and brimstone Baptist here. Also multiple degrees in bible and theology (earned) including Ph.D. I do not understand the fascination of some with how terribly the lost will be punished in hell. Will not the great mercy of God be revealed at some point in the distant future? After unspeakable and deserved torments?
On the other hand, I disagree with those unbelievers who conceive of the world to come as a cool place to party endlessly: “If there’s a rock and roll heaven, well you know we’ve got to have a band...”
One thing I am sure of, is that heaven will be populated by those who love God, and by those who showed mercy to believers: “Behold, no one who so much as gives you a cup of cold water will lose their reward.”
Do not waste my time as someone who self-righteously fancies that they know theology but understands little about Truth.
I’m not afraid at all. Never have been. I’ve had a ‘near-death experience’. Just this incredible calm.
The Atheists that I know want to live as long as possible. They may not “fear” death but they don’t welcome it and want to postpone the inevitable.
I see this all as temporary.
If I were to leave tomorrow, I have no dependents and my debts are settled. People would mourn but they’d move on.
I’ve been warned not to honk my horn at certain drivers because they might pull out a gun and shoot me. I don’t want to live in a world where that is the response so get it over with.
That's a nice opinion, but useless, sorry to say.
The koranimals can throw out the exact same 'argument' about the god of their killer cult. Indeed, their claim is infinitely stronger, as the dysfunctional cult prove it daily by their willingness to die while killing their theistic 'enemies.'
If death can't be accepted through human reason, it won't happen.
If it can't be persuasively accepted through human reason or Faith, it must be reasoned out through simple human acceptance, the inevitability of Death.
I do not fear death, but can claim neither wisdom nor ignorance for the explanation. My lifetime religion is irrelevant.
I hope when my time comes it's by getting hit by a meteorite out in public somewhere... something really spectacular!
Wrong! You are deceiving yourself! Hellfire is not the infliction of some angry, jealous, vengeful God upon those who simply refuse to give Him his due. You will suffer hellfire as the just deserts of your adament refusal to acknowledge God and persist in your self-serving evil ways.
I need to get me one.
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Atheists: Enter here, all you who have abandoned all hope.
For the faithful, there’s the desire to go home, and a bit of impatience. I honestly don’t understand people who want to extend their own mortal lives, except perhaps those who bravely soldier on in the hopes of convincing even one more of their fellow souls to find their way to the Path of Eternal Life. In that case, if it saves even one soul, isn’t it worth it?
I was not afraid of being born so I am not afraid of dying
All I know is when my life sucks, when I think of what Jesus went through, my life doesn’t suck anymore.
I find great comfort in Jesus. And beg him daily to come into my heart.
It isn’t dying, it’s how you die.
As for me, when I was diagnosed with Leukemia and told approximately how long I had, it didn’t faze me.
It pissed me off, but it didn’t faze me.
Why did it piss me off, because I am getting ripped off by Social Security and Medicare. All that money I paid in and I’ll never get it back.
I passed the “best guess” minimum Life Expectancy last year and the “best guess” maximum Life Expectancy has been increased because of new Treatment options for my Disease.
Unfortunately, the same Chemotherapy Drugs that have kept me alive all these Years resulted in my contracting a second type of Leukemia. You roll with the punches.
Funny thing, I am not that Religious. I just believe in a Higher Power and I know all of this not a coincidence.
That being said, I am a non practicing Catholic but I tell everyone I know to be sure to get a Priest to give me Last Rites whenever I fall over just like John Wayne did.
(or so I’ve read)
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