I'm in two minds about the whole death thing. Accept death? I laugh at people who say they accept death in a "what you gonna do" manner. It's the most unfair and cruel thing ever devised, why should we be leveled with all the other scum, we don't get any rewards for being good people we just rot in a hole and pretty soon after that we are forgotten. Sometimes I feel choked by fear when I think about it, the unstoppable power that is our impending death just really makes me feel weak and feeble. I really don't think it's something that anyone can ever accept and just say "shit happens", if you have such a light-hearted approach to death then you haven't thought about it hard enough.

On the other hand death is a gift, imagine the thought of endless time stretching out in front of you, I think it would drive a man insane. After all, we all make mistakes and carry baggage, can you imagine the amount of baggage you would have if you lived for a thousand years? I'm just seventeen and I'm $#@!ing plagued by things everyday, thoughts and regrets that just follow me around.


Lets end this post on a more happy note shall we? Death makes life all the more precious, it makes everyday seem special, to know that you possess something that many people have lost. It motivates me personally, it makes me get up off the laptop and do stupid shit and have fun. It also helps me when I'm stressed out with school work and other things I just think to myself "Hey, this is nothing, you're gonna die someday asshole, so cheer the $#@! up.". You will never really accept how precious life is until you accept how precious death is, and I'm sure you'll be happy when you do.

Waste? One day a week and not even a long one. That's very little time to give.

You're willing to waste 1/7 of your one and only life on superstitions. As far as I'm concerned that's a lot of time to give.

Some of my friends and I were talking about Death and how we view it.

Some have admitted that they are afraid, others state they don't care and many others like myself have just stated that we accept the inevitable.

What's your take on the matter?


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ONly a few hours once a week. What could you possibly be doing that's better than that? You only kneed about 8 -10 hours of sleep a night. You can't possibly play video games 24/7, and it's not like a couple of hours of dedication is going to do anything negative to your life at all.

"We are born to die, Nobody lives forever and we are not here to feel sorry for the dead, we are here for our self's"

The only person who has dies (in my life) was my great grandma. I don't think about it, i didn't cry .. Thats just it .. Shes dead.
I was with my dad and he got a text that somebody we both knew had just died.. He was nearly crying..

Me - Nothing.. Seems i have no emotions for that sort of thing.

Im not saying im a freak who doesnt care.. But we (as humans) cant do anything to stop it.

The only thing which I actually could spend hours thinking about is the after life.. What happens when we die, why do we die .. why do we have natural disasters ..

Ive come up with an answer for one of them - the natural disaster.
Almost all of the major natural disasters happened in overpopulated countries, places where the natural earth is being changed into something else, the human is taking over everything.. I dont believe in god, but i believe that something is causing these bad things to happen at highly populated areas, to give a warning or a message.. The human race needs to slow down and realise how lucky we are - We have been provided with perfect amounts of air .. fire and water.. But our earth is running out of things too quickly , we will not survive .. So the natural disaster is stopping places with too many people from wrecking our world.
All natural disasters are natural EG. Water , wind , fire , thunder .. You get my drift (clues in the name ) But- It doesnt harm the land/earth , only the people who are taking too much from the earth.

I do not fear death, neither should you.

Assuming you spend 3 hours/week praying, you've just wasted(if my maths is correct) 1/56 of your life. Your one and only life. Praying is no necessity and it's relatively obvious to anyone who wasn't raised a Christian that the outcome will still be the same. Death. No fancy afterlife, no souls, nothing of the sort. Just death. And that will be the end of your one and only life, 1/56 of which you wasted.

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That's nonsense. Firstly, far more natural disasters take place away from heavily populated areas than those which do, the news channels just never bother reporting them. Secondly, like theists, you're looking at the natural world full of pure coincidences and adding something on-top of it all, unnecessarily, whilst ignoring everything which happens as you'd expect. I do believe this is called confirmation bias.

I really cant be bothered arguing, ive made my point, MY views are set ... That's it

This is the typical fall-back line from anybody that knows but won't admit they've just lost a debate. Be intellectually honest with yourself, and be proud if you're willing to change your mind on something. It's not a negative trait.