Is anyone baffled by the thought of their own death?

[HallsofIvy]

Shot by a jealous husband?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Shot by a jealous husband?

That depends on what he shoots.

 

[Astronuc]

I usually fear how I am going to die. I would hate a violent death or dying slowly of a degenerating disease. What is the best way to die? What are the odds?

Well, when I die, I think I'll just die. And if I don't like it, I'll do something else.

Seriously, in the end, I think finding a nice hillside and watching a sunset would be a nice way to go. As for disposal of the body, well I'm partial to Evo's suggestion of letting the vultures (let Nature take her course) take care of it, otherwise I'd prefer cremation.

 

[Holocene]

Life is but a dream within a dream in which we wake up upon death. -Edgar Allen Poe

I like that. Sig worthy...

 

[turbo]

Shot by a jealous husband?

At the age of 90...on the downstroke. (Stolen from George Burns)

 

[lisab]

At the age of 90...on the downstroke. (Stolen from George Burns)

At age 86, in a tragic bungee-jumping accident.

 

[Evo]

Falling asleep outside in my glider chair, admiring my garden.

 

[binzing]

Sleeping would be my preferred method.

 

[Sarah_Heck]

Another question is what would make a person choose to die? I recently lost a close friend of mine to suicide, so this has been on my mind a lot lately.

 

[Astronuc]

Another question is what would make a person choose to die? I recently lost a close friend of mine to suicide, so this has been on my mind a lot lately.

Sarah, I'm sorry to hear of the loss of your friend.

I believe for some that the pain (despair) of living becomes too great and that death seems to be the only release. Some folks can deal with an enormous adversity or pain, and continue, but others cannot.

 

[Huckleberry]

After nearly being obliterated by a meteorite I am infected with alien fungal spores. I spend weeks quarantined in a medical facility being examined by doctors, who discover the only remedy is to consume radioactive material. I will be the only man in the world prescribed plutonium for medicinal purposes. I get a job at a nuclear waste disposal facility until I am abducted by terrorists demanding I give them plutonium. I die of an anyerism while sitting on the toilet wondering if I should fold or scrunch.

 

[KooCmstr]

After nearly being obliterated by a meteorite I am infected with alien fungal spores. I spend weeks quarantined in a medical facility being examined by doctors, who discover the only remedy is to consume radioactive material. I will be the only man in the world prescribed plutonium for medicinal purposes. I get a job at a nuclear waste disposal facility until I am abducted by terrorists demanding I give them plutonium. I die of an anyerism while sitting on the toilet wondering if I should fold or scrunch.

Lawl.

Seriously, I do believe there may be SOMETHING after death, what that is we have no way of knowing. I believe that our consciousness and personal realities far transcend our physical bodies and brains.

 

[a2tha3]

Lawl.

Seriously, I do believe there may be SOMETHING after death, what that is we have no way of knowing. I believe that our consciousness and personal realities far transcend our physical bodies and brains.

You can believe in anything really.

Hell, I can believe there is a big spaghetti monster up in the sky who urinates to make it rain. Doesn't exactly make it true. Just because a lot of people think something is real, doesn't mean it is; for example thousands of people claim to have seen UFOs (extraterrestrials), and thousands of people also don't believe that the Holocaust happened.

I hope you get the point I'm trying to convey, but back to the topic question... I personally am not baffled by the thought of my own death because I am unafraid to die. I have nothing to lose and nothing can mess with me.

Maybe it's because of the nerves of steel I've developed combined with the death which has plagued my family in recent years..

Someone asked the question "what is life" or something like that. I didn't bother to quote it however My response to that is life is being able to think or being able to move. I'm assuming someone will ask something like when someone stops breathing but their brain is still working, and provide my pre-emptive response of if it is working, then it is moving slightly.

As for the best way to die for me it would be any way that didn't involve pain.

--Remember any day is a good day to die. No day is a good day to throw your life away.-- (I have no idea who said that, but i think it is a pretty wise statement)

 

[easyrider]

http://discovermagazine.com/2005/jul/extreme-states/?searchterm=near death experience

http://discovermagazine.com/2006/dec/god-experiments/?searchterm=near death experience




Looks like science is getting fairly close to proving NDEs/OOBEs are made by the brain. I don't know about yall but I've believed there wasnt a soul all along.

 

[Holocene]

Looks like science is getting fairly close to proving NDEs/OOBEs are made by the brain. I don't know about yall but I've believed there wasnt a soul all along.

The concept of a "soul" is a remnant of earlier times, when humans had not yet understood the various organs and systems within the body. When someone died, it really did appear to them that something had "left" the body, as the reason for someone to suddenly stop moving wasn't easily explained any other way. Sure people knew that if you crushed someones head with a rock, that the person would stop moving, perhaps forever. But they still didn't know WHY that happened, or what processes within the body were at fault.

Today, belief in a "soul" is just another religious belief that continues to defy rationality and logical thinking.

 

[P4PPY]

As long as you can keep the brain alive, you remain 'alive' correct? You may not be able to communicate, interact or even post on PF. Your body will decompose and be returned to mere particles.

Give it 100 years and our grandchildren will be nothing more than floating heads in a jar, hopefully by then scientists will have constructed some method of communication that does not require a physical presence.

(Think telepathy)

If the mind were to be able to communicate via telepathy, we would achieve everlasting life. We could communicate with others, move objects and complete daily tasks via telepathic commands to an artificial body.

The human body is nothing more than a tool our minds use to communicate and transport goods with. The heart is nothing more than a pump that sends nutrients and oxygen to unneeded extremities (if telepathy were available).

The brain degrades of course... and everlasting life only lasts as long as the tissues in the brain can be maintained. But who's to say we can't dunk our brains in a tank of preservatives. =)

I keep getting the image of that super villain who has the brain attached to the top of a gorillas body. lol... we'll be nothing more than a parasite looking for hosts!

/discuss