Do you fear dying?

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Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. What a paradox. Why do you think that is?
 
I don’t fear it at all. First of all, we are supposed to be living fully, until we die. If I spend my living years fearing dying, what a waste. And to what end?

I don’t believe in a lot of things that people of certain religions do, that consequently cause them to fear death. My belief is pretty straightforward. I believe in a higher power (God) and I believe this God loves me and will care for me in whatever state I am in, including death.

On a really bad day, of which I don’t have many, I consider that when we die maybe that is the end of the line. Maybe this life is all there is. And I am completely fine with that, too. I don’t fear or worry about what happened in 1839, because I didn’t exist. Why would I worry about what will come once I am gone?

Also, just for point of reference, I have been around a good bit of death in my life. I have also had a couple of close calls, myself.
 
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There’s the story of the priest asking the congregation if they wanted to die and go to heaven, perhaps thru a stop in purgatory. A lot of hands go up. Then he asked the second part… how about right after this Mass?

I haven’t had a near death experience, but I was within a couple of weeks of dying. It was a life changing event, so to speak. Ever since then, I no longer fear death. When it’s time, it’s time.
 
QwertyGirl said:
I don’t fear it at all.
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I don’t either. I used to, because my husband was ill and needed someone to care for him. But now that he’s gone on ahead . . . There are things I hope to do before God calls me home. It’s up to Him whether I get to do them.
 
angel12 said:
There are things I hope to do before God calls me home. It’s up to Him whether I get to do them.
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I don’t think I fear death either - but I do fear this, even though I know I should trust that he will insure I do all I need to do before I leave this earth.
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I don’t fear death itself, just the process.
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You know, having seen that so much now I don’t even think that figures in for me anymore. It’s both a blessing and a curse, believe me.
 
Well, I know I am going to die sooner or later and of course I prefer later. I have a wife and family and friends and acquaintances and I feel I have more to give them in various ways and I do not look forward to not being there for them. But I surely will depart before they all do.

I also know that I am not in control of my eternal destination. That is God’s decision. All I can do and have tried to do is to live my life as best I can according to his rules. I am mindful of sins I have committed and confessed and begged for forgiveness. I hope I have not been too easy on myself and ignored confessing sins I should have. Constantly running on 'autopilot is not the wisest course. What I “tell” myself seems true to me, but I acknowledge that God knows me better.

I do pray for the grace of a happy death, that my last conscious thoughts be of Jesus, and that I die in the state grace.
 
I don’t fear death as I have accepted the inevitably of it, it is in the post and it will come when it is to come. Having buried both parents in recent years the thing that is always in my mind is I do fear not being in good standing with the Almightly. Death I can’t control being as faithful to God as I can be I can.
 
I do have to say that when I was raising my child, my prayer was always that I lived long enough to see her to adulthood. That isn’t a consideration any longer since she is a full-grown adult. I guess that isn’t really fear for myself in dying, more fear for other people in my dying, if that makes sense.
 
I’m not afraid of dying. Faith has at least taken the “sting” out of it. But I’ll never feel quite prepared to meet my Maker and Judge.
 
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Fear? Not one single bit. My only hope would be that it would be quick.
 
I don’t fear it, but I hope it doesn’t come tomorrow either.
 
God must be feared. Death is being forced to encounter God. Therefore Death must also be feared.
 
Not at all. What a nonsensical post. St. Francis of Assisi called death “little sister death.” She is gentle and good. The closer one gets to Jesus and the more one understands the nature of His mercy, the less one fears anything, much less death. “Fear is useless; what is needed is trust.” Those are the words of Christ Himself.
 
I fear many aspect of living more than I do dying

Falling in love is scarier.
 
I tend to think of it more as being privileged to encounter God, rather than being forced to encounter God.
 
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