Do you fear death?

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If not death, do you at least regret the fact that you won't be able to look at the stars again? How do you cope with it? The whole business of religion centers upon it. If there is no death, religion will go out the window. Some people say, 'death is good, who wants to live forever?'

Is that also your attitude, do you genuinely believe that? Or is it the case of sour grapes?

I am not afraid of death but only that it would happen before I achieve my dreams first.
I do believe I will see all my loved ones again and it will be much happier than this world ever was.

I don't fear death. I just don't want to be there when it happens --- Woody Allen

In The Dark Knight Rises someone said that people think not fearing death makes one strong, but in fact it is the opposite. "How can one do his very best without a strongest impulse a man can have?" - something like this. Personally I belive that death is not the end of everything I am. I also belive that fear of death is so strongly written on our minds, that it is at least very difficult for most sane people not to at least have deep respect for own death, even if one might think that he's not afraid to die.

I don't fear death, but I have a survival instinct. I also fear the means of death - I wouldn't want it to be too painful or lingering. I also hope that I'll have all my loose ends tied up so no one else has to be burdened with them, and I want to ensure that my pets are cared for.

I do not fear death or the concept of death.
But I do wish to live, as every person does and I will try to survive if I can.

But I will accept death if it came for me and I would willingly die.
In the end death is a part of life and no-one can live for eternity and we must accept this. We only have a few years on this planet and our time will run out eventually.

Now, as I said before that doesn't mean I want to die or won't try to survive.
I have my dreams, I have my wishes, I have things I want to do and I will try to do them to the best of my ability.
But if I were to die right now, typing these letters I wouldn't regret it.
I've always done what I believed in and always will doing so. So it doesn't matter if death comes for in one minute, one hour, one year, or even 100 years I will accept it. I don't consider my life to be a waste, nor do I consider it wasted potential.

I dont see how death itself can be feared. Pain of Illness or accident, sure, and the effect on those who care about us - but not seeing any more sunsets etc, those are all things that would sadden us if we were cut off from the world but still thinking, however, thinking is performed by brains and if our brains are within inches of a thermonuclear detonation, thought just stops.

I find this to be an interesting inversion, because many religious people beleive that we do carry on thinking (despite every rational argument to the contrary). In this case there is much that we hold dear to be lost, with ample time to reflect upon it. And it gets even more scary for some typically Eastern beliefs:

These often hold that we are recycled into new living things... yet I'm reasonably content as (and where/when) I am now. The chances of getting such an agreeable instantiation next time round are slim, judging by a quick glance around the rest of the world. At least while I'm alive, I know where/when I am. Thankfully I don't have to worry about any of that.

it was Einstein who said "the fear of death is the most irrational of all fears".

Sometimes I wonder what is more scary. The end of life or back at the beginning being born. Suddenly thrust into existence and the world not understanding what is going on. Just suddenly "being" this physical thing that feels hunger and pain and s**ts itself.

The experience is forgotten but I think about it for perspective. That while it's hard to grasp your own extinction it must have been more bizarre being created and born into this strange world. Crying in a crib in the middle of the night wondering WTF is going on.

I'm not suicidal, but I wouldn't be opposed to dying. Either you discover the greatet mystery in the world, or you never have to think again. A pretty good deal, if you ask me.

Well, I don't go through life living in terror of dying, but I must admit that I'm much too attached to being alive. On top of that, there's not being with my wife and little girl anymore, or something as simple as not being able to see the next Avengers movie .
Plus, there's dying, then there's dying. Going peacefully in my sleep is one thing - being eaten alive by a carnivorous animal or being crushed so that your internal organs gush out of your mouth and anus is quite another.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

I'm scared of violent and painful death, and where exactly a stinker like me will wind up afterwards....

I'm terrified of death. I know it will happen and I know it's natural and it happens to everyone, but I imagine the minutes before it are confusing and could possibly be very fearful. I remember watching Bob Flanagan is Sick, and in the shots before his death he just kept repeating "I don't understand, I don't understand". I imagine that's how I'll feel. It's something completely different and something that we work so hard every minute to avoid. Don't choke on the candy, don't fall down the stairs, drive inside the lanes. But eventually the opposite happens.
I have a very weak belief in a "higher power" but nothing really deity centered, so I don't believe that the neurochemical signals that are me will continue on in any shape or form after I'm dead. The energy of me will remain, but "I" won't exist anymore.

I've come very close to death multiple times. The only thoughts that went through my head were "I guess it's over" and "It's time"... in a calm, honest, and coming to terms kind of way. I'm not really afraid of death itself, but dying in a long and painful manner is something I'm a bit afraid of, and dying for the wrong reasons too. That's something I think most people are afraid of though.

I've read a lot about near death experiences, and the predominant theme seems to be that most of those who've experienced them didn't want to come back.

I don't fear death at all, nor do I have any desire to live forever. I'm not sure there is any point fearing something which is inevitable. I do believe in an after life, but I think I would feel the same even if that wasn't the case.