Are you ready to die?

PlamenDon · 27-09-2016 10:26PM #1

I'm 41 years old now, always thought I would die at 36, I prepared myself from about 25-26 that it was going to happen, it didn't and now I'm still finding myself ready to die but I don't.

I know I could get a smack of a bus tomorrow, but the bus is on strike.

Sorry this is not a call out to anybody, but a thing of what you believe happens after death, do we continue, or do we stop there and then?

The_Valeyard · 27-09-2016 10:28PM

PlamenDon wrote: »

I'm 41 years old now, always thought I would die at 36, I prepared myself from about 25-26 that it was going to happen, it didn't and now I'm still finding myself ready to die but I don't.

I know I could get a smack of a bus tomorrow, but the bus is on strike.

Sorry this is not a call out to anybody, but a thing of what you believe happens after death, do we continue, or do we stop there and then?

Your okay,

There is no bus strike tomorrow.

bilbot79 · 27-09-2016 10:28PM

I don't think anything happens. Just nothingness.

Scary

gifted · 27-09-2016 10:28PM

Who cares?...night night

Your Face · 27-09-2016 10:29PM

Get help.

Standard Toaster · 27-09-2016 10:31PM

Philosophically, yes.

Logistically, I'm in the middle of a few Netflix series.....and I'd rather like to finish them first.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 27-09-2016 10:32PM

I'll gamble on death leading to a Heaven. If I win then the tiny sacrifice of living a decent life will have been worth it. If I lose I'll not know about it.

PlamenDon · 27-09-2016 10:33PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Your okay,

There is no bus strike tomorrow.

Sorry when walk in Dublin next and be safe?

Outlaw Pete · 27-09-2016 10:35PM

Double click on the thread title on the front page and change it to:

"Do you believe in life after death?"

The thread title made me think you were about to burst in my hall door with a machette :P

PlamenDon · 27-09-2016 10:36PM

Giana Uptight Statistics wrote: »

I'll gamble on death leading to a Heaven. If I win then the tiny sacrifice of living a decent life will have been with it. If I lose I'll not know about it.

That's my take on things, do your best, help when you can, try make the world a better place even for one person, if it's right you will be blessed, if your wrong you made somebody feel better, win, win.

jamesbere · 27-09-2016 10:36PM

If heaven is loads of sexy women cooking and making me tea, then I can't wait.

monkeysnapper · 27-09-2016 10:36PM

I'm 41 next month .my mum had breast cancer 2 years ago and my dads just got prostate cancer and has started treatment .

I defo think you get to around 40s and people you know roughly around same age get sick and you start to realise your not going to live forever .

My wife's family are constantly fighting over pointless shyte , I don't care about any of it . I'm going to enjoy the rest of my life ,

The one thing I love is cycling and always had cheap cheap bikes, I said sod it this year and bought a 1500 euro bike with upgraded wheels . I won't be here long now ......!!!!!!

mad muffin · 27-09-2016 10:36PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Your okay,

There is no bus strike tomorrow.

*you're* *cough*

andekwarhola · 27-09-2016 10:36PM

Not until I think on Bunclody.

jimmy blevins · 27-09-2016 10:37PM

bilbot79 wrote: »

I don't think anything happens. Just nothingness.

Scary

I find nothingness more reassuring than the unknown or religious versions of the afterlife, although Valhalla sounds fun just a pity you have to die in battle to get in.

The_Valeyard · 27-09-2016 10:38PM

mad muffin wrote: »

*you're* *cough*

I saw it after I posted it, but decided 'meh', twill do.

PlamenDon · 27-09-2016 10:38PM

Outlaw Pete wrote: »

Double click on the thread title on the front page and change it to:

"Do you believe in life after death?"

The thread title made me think you were about to burst in my hall door with a machette :P

post sh1t I don't like and I might.

EDIT:

before I'm banned for petty stuff I do not mean any of that, just a joke for kicks and giggles.

Right2Write · 27-09-2016 10:40PM

No, but the thought should flicker across your mind every time you get behind the wheel of a car or decide to overtake etc. Self preservation is a strong motive

5starpool · 27-09-2016 10:41PM

Giana Uptight Statistics wrote: »

I'll gamble on death leading to a Heaven. If I win then the tiny sacrifice of living a decent life will have been with it. If I lose I'll not know about it.

Surely the reason to be a nice person leading a decent life is the reward while you are living in not being a selfish scumbag who everyone hates.

If the reason anyone is being decent is because of a belief in afterlife then they really need to have a good hard look at themselves.

Personally I think that when you're gone, you're gone. I can't seriously consider there being any such thing as an afterlife.

Junkyard Tom · 27-09-2016 10:45PM

If there's no afterlife I'm going to be very angry about it.

Turtyturd · 27-09-2016 10:47PM

I've chosen to be a bastard while alive in the knowledge if there's an afterlife I have to be forgiven.

PlamenDon · 27-09-2016 10:48PM

5starpool wrote: »

Surely the reason to be a nice person leading a decent life is the reward while you are living in not being a selfish scumbag who everyone hates.

If the reason anyone is being decent is because of a belief in afterlife then they really need to have a good hard look at themselves.

Personally I think that when you're gone, you're gone. I can't seriously consider there being any such thing as an afterlife.

Well to be honest my belief in paying for what I do in this life will haunt me in the next has saved countless lives, at 17 I thought I was a republican, Garvahy Road and the bridge was my target in my head, a bomb under neath and kill anybody and everybody there, men, women and children, I was locked in a state of mind that didn't care about anything.

Sad but true.

tomwaterford · 27-09-2016 10:52PM

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

If there's no afterlife I'm going to be very angry about it.

I always think on it like the simpsons episode of Catholic and Protestants heaven :pac:

ThinkProgress · 27-09-2016 10:59PM

5starpool wrote: »

Personally I think that when you're gone, you're gone. I can't seriously consider there being any such thing as an afterlife.

Really? I don't believe in one, but I can definitely imagine there possibly being one...

I mean we're experiencing something now, right? So why would it be so hard to imagine we could experience something again in the future, after our heart stops beating in this world? If it can happen once....

Am I ready to die? Sure, why not... But I'd like to achieve my own personal interpretation of nirvana in this world first. I'd be a bit pissed if it all ended tomorrow, I've got **** I want to do! But c'est la vie! :cool:

Shint0 · 27-09-2016 11:06PM

5starpool wrote: »

Surely the reason to be a nice person leading a decent life is the reward while you are living in not being a selfish scumbag who everyone hates.

If the reason anyone is being decent is because of a belief in afterlife then they really need to have a good hard look at themselves.

Personally I think that when you're gone, you're gone. I can't seriously consider there being any such thing as an afterlife.

I often think about those nuns who lock themselves away for their whole lives. They're not out in the community teaching or contributing to society. Why do they do it? What happens when they die and discover it might all have been for nothing and they missed out on getting the r*ide? I think that would be the definition of cruelty.

Hammer89 · 27-09-2016 11:14PM

My biggest fear around death isn't death itself, but the idea of not accomplishing enough in my life before it's over. I don't want to be on my death bed and think, 'Sh*t. Looking back, I let a lot of this go to waste. I didn't do enough and now it's too late'. That's a pretty haunting idea. I'm not trying to cure some deadly disease or win a Nobel prize, but I need to look back on my life and know it wasn't a massive waste of time.

If it's only having one child then that's okay. If it's having no children, but affecting other people's lives in a very positive way then that'll be okay too. There just needs to be something tangible to grip on to for comfort when I'm at the end.

I mean, I'm 28 now, and the most impressive thing I've done in life is blow up an in-flight helicopter with a grenade on GTA IV online. Your man in it was flying really low behind me and I just lashed a grenade out the window, timed it perfectly, and the prick blew up. You can tell by the way I write about that I'm still quite proud of it. Of course, I've done lots of other things I'm very proud of, but nothing that would make death any easier if it happened tomorrow for instance. That's the goal; doing things in life which act as something of a warmth during presumably the coldest moment of a person's entire existence - dying.

I don't fear death itself. Of course, it'll be sad leaving behind loved ones, but what about reuniting with loved ones who had to leave you behind at some stage? That's a nice thought I think, and one which I hope I'll be thinking when it comes. But above all else I hope and pray I'll be thinking, 'You did a good job here mate so chin up. You accomplished something a bit better than blowing up a helicopter on the Playstation. You made a difference.' I could make peace with that.

mzungu · 27-09-2016 11:15PM

Shint0 wrote: »

I often think about those nuns who lock themselves away for their whole lives. They're not out in the community teaching or contributing to society. Why do they do it? What happens when they die and discover it might all have been for nothing and they missed out on getting the r*ide? I think that would be the definition of cruelty.

If they really wanted to indulge in carnal pleasures, they would have skipped the convent. I reckon none of them would care as they most likely enjoyed what they spent their life doing. Same goes for priests...well, the ones that did stay celibate.

KERSPLAT! · 27-09-2016 11:18PM

I haven't time, work in the morning

PlamenDon · 27-09-2016 11:19PM

Hammer89 wrote: »

My biggest fear around death isn't death itself, but the idea of not accomplishing enough in my life before it's over. I don't want to be on my death bed and think, 'Sh*t. Looking back, I let a lot of this go to waste. I didn't do enough and now it's too late'. That's a pretty haunting idea. I'm not trying to cure some deadly disease or win a Nobel prize, but I need to look back on my life and know it wasn't a massive waste of time.

If it's only having one child then that's okay. If it's having no children, but affecting other people's lives in a very positive way then that'll be okay too. There just needs to be something tangible to grip on to for comfort when I'm at the end.

I mean, I'm 28 now, and the most impressive thing I've done in life is blow up an in-flight helicopter with a grenade on GTA IV online. Your man in it was flying really low behind me and I just lashed a grenade out the window, timed it perfectly, and the prick blew up. You can tell by the way I write about that I'm still quite proud of it. Of course, I've done lots of other things I'm very proud of, but nothing that would make death any easier if it happened tomorrow for instance. That's the goal; doing things in life which act as something of a warmth during presumably the coldest moment of a person's entire existence - dying.

I don't fear death itself. Of course, it'll be sad leaving behind loved ones, but what about reuniting with loved ones who had to leave you behind at some stage? That's a nice thought I think, and one which I hope I'll be thinking when it comes. But above all else I hope and pray I'll be thinking, 'You did a good job here mate so chin up. You accomplished something a bit better than blowing up a helicopter on the Playstation. You made a difference.' I could make peace with that.

Sorry I didn't read all your post, but if were going to die anyway, would you not like to go and be remembered for something else, like making the world a better place and plcing yourself in danger to achieve it, have your face on T-shirts.

Elliott S · 27-09-2016 11:20PM

Giana Uptight Statistics wrote: »

I'll gamble on death leading to a Heaven. If I win then the tiny sacrifice of living a decent life will have been with it. If I lose I'll not know about it.

I think it's more interesting to go by the idea that there is no heaven. What, in this scenario, motivates us to be good and do good? Even most atheists choose to be good but with no reward at the end. Being good in and of itself appears to be reward enough.

pragmatic1 · 27-09-2016 11:21PM

Doesn't bother me. Had a very near death experience a few years ago.

I'm here for a good time, not a long time. Don't believe in an afterlife.

Are you ready to die?

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