Do you fear dying?

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Well you don’t have a choice in the matter, do you. Therefore you are forced.
 
Fear of God isn’t necessarily a terrific fear. It’s more akin to a child being afraid of not pleasing his parents
 
People want healthy teeth but fear the dentist because dental treatments hurt.
 
Well, it’s not like he’s entirely wrong; Dies iræ wasn’t composed just for kicks. We should be aware of and balance all of God’s aspects, omitting neither His infinite mercy, nor His infinite justice.

Man, I sure do want that sequence chanted at my funeral one day.
 
Only if I am in mortal sin and can’t receive the sacraments. That is why I am trying to prepare myself so when death comes it will be nothing to worry about.
 
I don’t fear dying so much as I fear not living. Unfortunately too many people die at about 30 and aren’t buried until 50 or 60 years later.
 
I would prefer not to right now because my kids still need me.
But I’m not afraid of dying per se
 
You would if you broke your neck, sick as a dog, severely isolated in a trailer in the woods, no vehicle, flea infestation, then stayed hot for 6 hours in scorching heat and humidity waiting for air to be fixed. (Live in TX) Then plumbing stopped up because it was put in backwards. One day after another. Also, my beautiful furbabies are dying in the heat outside. Can’t afford to treat them for fleas. God is still holding my hand.
 
I meant that I don’t have things like that to fear in the first place. I don’t think I would be able to bear things like that now, but maybe one day.
 
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It’s okay. I pray you never have what I’ve been through for seven years. You’re a good soul.
Blessings.
 
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Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. What a paradox. Why do you think that is?
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A paradox is something that appears to be a contradiction, but actually isn’t. And indeed that is the case here.

You see, going to Heaven is the transcendence of death. So wanting to go to Heaven and not wanting to die are in fact consistent. The only problem is that for many people, the temptation to cling to what they know and have now, and prefer it over what they’re not quite sure about, is strong. What they know and have now is this life. What they’re not quite sure about is the Afterlife.

In a sense we can say that religious practice is one long effort to reinforce one’s longing for the Afterlife and reduce one’s clinging to this life, and guided by the understanding that the perfection of virtue is the guaranteed ticket into a paradisal Afterlife.
 
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Yeah, I do. I’m not certain that Christianity is true, so there is naturally a bit of fear there.
 
1959 said:
Everybody wants to go to heaven but nobody wants to die. What a paradox. Why do you think that is?
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Not really true. Actually there are people who want to die. Many saints were recorded as wanting to die. The only reason that stopped them was because there was still much to do on earth to serve their God.

Frankly for me, at this stage I would want to live a bit longer to see all my children well accounted for. Much like the Gospel Martha, I worry about the worldly care. Other than that I would welcome death when my time comes.
 
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