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re: How do elderly come to better terms with the finality of death?
Posted on 9/16/21 at 4:19 am to Chad504boy
Posted on 9/16/21 at 4:19 am to Chad504boy
quote:not that hard... it's just the day the world explodes and you are no longer in it.
How do elderly come to better terms with the finality of death?
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Posted on 9/16/21 at 4:40 am to Joshjrn
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I'll genuinely never understand the position that atheists fear death. As far as I can tell, I wasn't in the least bit inconvenienced by the time that passed prior to my birth, so I see no reason the time after my death would cause me any more trouble.
Easy answer. Each unique human soul begins at conception and will continue forever. There is no pre-existence, therefore you can not have experienced anything prior to your soul beginning at conception.
I won’t force you into a religious discussion, God Bless!
Posted on 9/16/21 at 5:11 am to A1A
I have enjoyed a great life. I had a lot of loss of while I was a teenager and I didn't have much direction in life as a kid.
I now have a great wife, great kids that are grown and are successful adults. I am now looking forward to grandkids. I plan on spoiling them but until then me and my wife will continue with our weekend adventures and keep moving forward.
If death takes me today I have lived a great life. I hope I have many, many years left
I now have a great wife, great kids that are grown and are successful adults. I am now looking forward to grandkids. I plan on spoiling them but until then me and my wife will continue with our weekend adventures and keep moving forward.
If death takes me today I have lived a great life. I hope I have many, many years left
This post was edited on 9/16/21 at 5:12 am
Posted on 9/16/21 at 5:28 am to Chad504boy
I used to get extremely fearful about death. But, ironically, after a near-death experience a few years ago, I've come to accept the inevitability a lot more.
Death is the last thing everybody does on this planet.
Just make sure, for the sake of your family and kids (if you have any) that your affairs are always easy enough to settle if death comes as a surprise.
Death is the last thing everybody does on this planet.
Just make sure, for the sake of your family and kids (if you have any) that your affairs are always easy enough to settle if death comes as a surprise.
This post was edited on 9/16/21 at 5:31 am
Posted on 9/16/21 at 5:38 am to Chad504boy
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Still gives me anxiety thinking about the thought of being gone from this earth forever.
I personally believe life in the afterworld will have no time limit. What I mean by that is we can sit here and think that when we die we will be gone for eternity. We spend our whole lives on earth revolving around time. Be at work, leave work, pick up kids, this event that event. There’s no time clocks in heaven, just eternal bliss. No pain, no suffering. As long as I can hunt and fish up there I’m fine, and throw in some Popeyes fried chicken and I wont ever complain!
Posted on 9/16/21 at 5:43 am to Chad504boy
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How do elderly come to better terms with the finality of death?
Still gives me anxiety thinking about the thought of being gone from this earth forever.
Once you realize that there is nothing you can do to stop it, and you are not singled out or special, EVERYONE has the same fate awaiting them.
It's really a maturity thing.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 5:57 am to Chad504boy
I'm now 68 and only less than 2 months shy of the big "69", in relatively good health, still fully mobile with no illnesses to hamper me from doing whatever I please, whenever I please.
My biggest fear is not about death, it's about outliving my health to the point I'm a burden on my family with needing long term, constant care. I'd rather be dead than put them through that.
My biggest fear is not about death, it's about outliving my health to the point I'm a burden on my family with needing long term, constant care. I'd rather be dead than put them through that.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 6:18 am to Odysseus32
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But, to correct you, I think many Christians are Christians because they fear the unknown of what comes after death, and they can't cope with it in any other way.
This is confusing. Christians know what comes after death, it would be hard to avoid knowing it and be a Christian.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 6:22 am to RogerTheShrubber
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When you get older, focus becomes more clear. Its all about family. Not money, career. No one cares about that stuff when you're gone, unless you're a musician it seems.
My immortality will be the time I put in with my grandchildren. They will remember.
Well said. I' almost your age, and have no kids. My family name ends with me. It's my biggest regret in life, but I married a bit later in life than most, and my wife couldn't have children, so here we are making the best of it. Good luck Roger.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 6:35 am to OWLFAN86
quote:For myself I do as well. I don't to be eaten, burned to death, crushed any of that shite.
I welcome death
My family would benefit greatly from my passing.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 6:40 am to Chad504boy
The patients that have come to terms with it were usually rational thinkers long before death entered the discussion. The others will often go into the ground still saying they will get better
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:27 am to A1A
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Easy answer. Each unique human soul begins at conception and will continue forever. There is no pre-existence, therefore you can not have experienced anything prior to your soul beginning at conception.
I won’t force you into a religious discussion, God Bless!
Odd, being a very popular pro-life quote is Jeremiah 1:5:
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:29 am to Chad504boy
This was a heavy read. It stands to reason that you'll see other posters pass if you stay here long enough, but it still sucks to hear. Good luck, Roger. I believe that miracles are few, but they do happen.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 7:39 am to Chad504boy
It’s probably better to die then live in today’s society for them
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:01 am to Chad504boy
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How do elderly come to better terms with the finality of death?
Everyone dies, get over it. I'm 61 and a Christian so I know what awaits me. Granted I'm not getting 72 virgins but still.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:05 am to Chad504boy
If I get a choice, I'm ready to die now but the Lord has other plans in the mean time. I have a son due soon though. I have to stick it out long enough to get him ready for this life, which grows more difficult by the day.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:37 am to Astrosfan
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Who in the hell wants to live forever? No matter how great the party was at some point you are ready for the people to leave so you can turn out the lights.
This is a good question that is asked sometimes. Can you really appreciate something (no matter how great it is) if it never ends? And can you really appreciate something without ever enduring some risk, doubt or struggle?
I mean, every college football team strives to win every game and wants to win every game by a comfortable margin every year, but if you actually won every game 50-0 for 10 straight years, how would you feel? Probably bored and unfulfilled.
If there is a Heaven and people go there, do they remember anything about their earthly struggles to give them perspective? And after a trillion years of singing hymns in a place that no sin (I suppose) exists, how would you ever resemble your earthly consciousness that had free will and all that jazz?
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:43 am to supadave3
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It would suck to be 80.
No, it would suck to die 30 years prior.
Life doesn't come with any guarantees; just keep on going.
Aging isn't something that hits you like a freight train, overnight. Good thing.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:46 am to GreenRockTiger
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Well, at least some consideration is done. Being afraid of hell isn’t perfect, but it’s something. Better than the idiot that makes a decision and doesn’t give a shite about anything or anyone else.
I can't argue with this.
Posted on 9/16/21 at 8:47 am to Chad504boy
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