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To: one_less who wrote (84629)	8/2/2000 5:02:05 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I'm not in a hurry to die. That's all there is to it. Of course some people are really phobic about death- I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about being unwilling to die because you aren't sure you're going to get anything better than here (which includes everything just ending). Bird in the hand, and all that. If you have no urge to preserve your life, I'd say you are not very well adapted to living. The urge to move out of the way of a speeding car, to avoid high places,, etc, it's an ingrained (imo) spirit of self preservation. That's what I'm calling fear of death. We don't avoid what we don't fear (imo). If you'd just let a car mow you down rather than get out of the way than I believe you have no fear of death. If you'd move, I think you are kidding yourself.

To: one_less who wrote (84629)	8/2/2000 6:42:51 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I have never been afraid of death Have you ever been in a situation where death seemed imminent or inevitable? It is easy not to fear death while sitting in front of a computer. Having an angry drunk sticking a rifle barrel in your eye in a place totally beyond any law other than that of the gun is a little different. So is trying to swim out of a grade 5 rapid. Or many other things. It is not an intellectual fear. It has nothing to do with perceptions of the afterlife. It is instinctive, visceral, and probably inevitable. For one thing, most varieties of death are painful. Do you not fear pain?

To: one_less who wrote (84629)	8/2/2000 6:57:12 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

<<This is a puzzle to me. I have never been afraid of death and I try to understand why other people are. >> I was sitting next to my father when his aorta burst. He was a brave man and had been highly religious all his life. I looked into his eyes and held his hand for the three or so minutes it took him to die. I saw fear, fear of the unknown, fear of what he hadn't accomplished, fear he couldn't protect those he left behind.