Death(you can't ever excape it)

[starshooter]

i always wondered about death , because where do you go after you die even science can't answer that question whenever this question struck my head i just get really scared because who know where you go afterlife,Do you become a animal or go to a far off land that is peaceful? I guess i will enjoy my life while i'm still alive.

[Yoshi Master!]

There's gonna be a religious and atheist flame war I just know it.

[Enrique]

I believe that, no matter what, you will be exalted to heaven. There had to have been something that was worth an exaltation in your life.

Personally, when I die, I want to die in a quick, short death. I don't want to fall sick with something and sped the rest of my life under medication. I've seen this happen with my grandfather, and his lengthy death was a burden on the family, physically, mentally, and emotionally. I would not want that to happen to my loved ones.

[contention]

Death will forever and always be a question that can never be answered until the day that you yourself pass off into the "beyond. Some believe that religion gives them the answer, some believe that science holds the answer, and others feel that there are some things at hand which we can never part to understand. We are mere mortals, humans, covered in our very flesh we are doomed from the day we are born to pass away. We can not live forever, immortality is not our gift and eventually this very flesh will rot away as will our mind and our thoughts. You can not always be sure of things in your life, but you can be sure of one answer to every probelm. No matter how hard you run, or how strongly you fight against it, the clasp of the inevitable will take you to where you deserve to go. Sometime, somehow we all fear the end. We know that it will be the stop to our lives, love, friends, and family. No longer could we share the touch, that sensation which the body endures. Yet, Death itself holds its good qualities, merely because it is in a way the mask of sleep.

Death, as some call it, shall be the answer to our restless bodies. It is the "balm of woe" and while we sleep we forget all our probelms. Death itself would mean then that while we sleep forever we lose all our probelms. All the stress of this world dissapears, as does everything that we held onto. We are no longer material, because our hands can not grasp it. We no longer dream of the things we can't have, but we think of what we are. Forever lost in your sleep, you'll relax for ages unknown. Yet never feel it is Death which kills you, Death is a coward. It's the famine that kills you, the plague that wraps you, the blast which knocks you back. Or its the age that wrinkles your very essence to its extent. Death is just the carrier of these things and the taker of the last bit. Therefore, you do not die because of Death, you die from what it controls.

Everyone will always fear Death, because it brings to mind the loss of all things. No one ever wants to lose everything, no one wants to leave this place. We want to see the world and spread what we can. We want to love, but we never stop to think that even in Death who knows what lies after. Do not fear Death, because thats like fearing life, love, and happiness. You can not escape all three of them, and they control everything that you are. Welcome Death, but do not wish for it to come to you sooner than it should. Await your day and time, whenever that may be, and eventually you shall crumble in its hands. It's not cold, it won't steal away your very heart, no, it merely becomes the new home for all things at hand. It will be the step into a second life, a life unknown to our viewing eyes.

We wish to know the answers to these things, yet we sadden ourselves when we try. In fact, the answer to what we all have was at one time with us. When we were in our youths, and therefore "Brought the trail of clouds and splendor out with us". Yet as we grow, knowledge destroys us. "Ye who knows so much, understands so little". The smartest of men, is the idiot with to much voice. We know the answers, but we lose them, and we won't know the answers again until we die. We live a life in search of some equation, in search of some variable that is there then gone, then it is there and we are gone. Live your life, to find the answer to what you want to believe in. Death will be the one to take you to your Final Destination, whatever that may be religion or not. You'll never know, until you Die, and Death will come when it wishes to.

[Lazo]

Ahem...
<sup>Moof: The most honorable way for a cat to die is to be baked into a pie and fed to cows.

Livestock: The most honorable way for a cat to die is by purring so hard that it explodes and literally transfers its warmth and affection into pure light and energy that heals all nearby skin rash sufferers.

Moof: The most honorable way for a cat to die is to be crushed be falling books in a library.

Livestock: Make up your mind about cats!!

Moof: The most honorable way for a cat to die is to chase a mouse into a forest (an enchanted forest okay) and be turned into a tree by an enchanted owl and then be cut for lumber to build a new Petco in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Livestock: Agreed.

Livestock: The most honorable way for a parrot to die is by whispering the name of the man who killed its owner to authorities with its dying breath.

Livestock: The most honorable way for a vulture to die is eat the flesh off the bones of the world's fattest man and die of a heart attack.

Moof: NO!!!

Moof: The most honorable way for a vulture to die is to accidentally fly into the burner of a hot air balloon and catch on fire and then land in a haystack and burn down a barn.

Livestock: That's practically what I said!!

Livestock: The most honorable way for a fish to die is to swim into the torpedo tubes of a submarine, die, and make the whole submarine smell like fish until everyone onboard takes their own life.

Moof: Yes, you are correct.

Livestock: The most honorable way for a vampire to die is to overdose on garlic in the streets to protest the harsh conditions Imperial England places on its colonies.

Moof: The most honorable way for a vampire to die is to parachute from a plane and land on a cow and then fall off the cow and impale himself on a fencepost.</sup>


...More seriously, though, that's it. Game over dude! Death is the end. The Final End.

[starshooter]

The scary thing about death is that it could happen to you right now,tommerow,a week later. My point is that death can happen to you anyday at anytime.

[Lazo]

<sup>Livestock: The most honorable way for a slug to die is to secrete the world's longest mucus trail, which causes a massive 20-car pileup on the highway and a wayward hubcap to slice the slug in two.

Moof: The most honorable way for a kangaroo to die is to jump so high that the sun melts the wax in his arms and they fall off and he falls to his death and all he wanted to do was taste a little bit of heaven that is all he ever wanted and sadly now his dreams have come true.

Livestock: Are we in agreement on the slug!?

Moof: Yes, there is no doubt.

Moof: That is common knowledge.</sup>

What do you want us to do? Be afraid or apprehensive of the future? Resign to the fear that there may not be a tomorrow? That's not a good outlook to have. If you're focused on death or the possibility of dying all the time... then there is no space left to enjoy life.

[starshooter]

What i'm saying is that you should always on the look out for yourself and your loved ones.

[contention]

But don't over do it, because you'll never get to enjoy the sweet things in life and what you have. If you waste all of it worrying if they are going to die, you'll never spend time understanding what they hold for you and the love you hold for them. Yes, they'll die someday, and you'll always know and withold that information somewhere in your mind. Yet, even though they will don't dwell on that fact. Remember that while death may come to take them, they wouldn't want you thinking about it during every moment you take care of them. Death will take you all, and even you, how it feels you don't know. Heck, it may be the best feeling ever and we just don't know it. So, don't let those things burden your mind, think on the upside, be glad they are living here and now.

A Hell would be having immortality, and never being able to end your pain. Some view this world as the worst place the soul and body could ever be. Who knows, but it's true that there are so many downsides here. It's the land of slaughter, where you play your own little piece. Yet, you never get to really guide where you want to go all the time. Having an ability to live forever would mean, you would have to see everyone you adore die before you. You would have to live to see the end of everything else, you would drive yourself insane. If we all had immortality, then population would over explode, no one would learn from anything. There would be no consequences, therefore everything would be true and utter chaos.

Also remember, that even in Death your loved ones don't want you to stick to the fact that they are gone. Remember them, but don't worship and mourn for years long past. Keep in mind that they are out of this place, this place which you have to endure in all its pain. Even if the world may end, you can't save everyone. You will be taken by Death, you can not fight it, and you can not escape it. You'll never be able to hide, nor will anyone else. Because we're all human, we're all inperfect, our destiny to the very end is to leave this place and pay the price we so long payed during our lives.

[Dragon]

starshooter said:

What i'm saying is that you should always on the look out for yourself and your loved ones.

True, and that's a very nice way of looking at it, it's also good to enjoy life with the one's you're looking out for, like with what Lazoshi said.

[Gene L.D. Ryoko]

It's not death I fear, it's dying ~don't recall

I'd rather die quick to avoid pain. Thats pretty much what that quote says.
I'd rather not be morbid and enjoy life,for death is nothing to be afraid of,and the grim reaper,the supposed unliving embodiment for death, is going to come anyway. besides,I'd rather be with my father and Jesus in heaven then in a place where suffring is abundent. I'd like to know I die peacefully and short,then an unclean and long death.

[Yoshifrog]

Death... is a part of life =3 When your time comes you die. No matter how painful, you never have to endure dealing with the scars, because you are taken to heaven, refreshened and happy. I do not fear death, and I do feel, that if you just use common sense and watch out for yourself, you won't die until it's time to die.

[Shoe]

I would say...who cares o.o Like Yoshifrog said. Death is Life. Bring it! Mwehehehee. Im not afraid of pain or death. LEVEL UP ! !

[yoshi4evr]

WOW this is exatly what we were talking about in school today we were saying that no matter how you die you will always go to heaven that is if you were good but if you were evil you go straight to the hell but no matter what you will keep going just not alive you will have an afterlife in either heaven or hell plus they also said: if you save someones life some other loved one will die then a kid raised his hand and said: Hey my cousin was about to die but he didnt and then a few weeks later my other cousin died then the bell rang and we all left the class terified

[Leoshi]

Well, this certainly isn't a topic I'd expect to see...

If it must occur, then I agree when there is no use in trying to escape the inevitable. Just take it as it comes, embrace it's arrive (unless it's very painful, that wouldn't be good.) The second one even exists is the second one is also marked for death, in a way. It's part of you, being a human. Depressing as it may be, it's something that must be done. So... I suppose I don't really want to escape it, but that doesn't mean I can't fear for my life too. It's just the way things work

[Teo]

God, that reminds me of a HORRIBLE movie... there was over-population among humans and they made it so no one could live to be above 21... man, I'd be nearly there! *Shivers*

Back to the topic,

Death is indeed going to happen, whether it's going to be some crazy guy with an armed bomb or old age, the possibilities are infinite. All we know is that it will come... but what is after, is what we are afraid of.

What if there is no after life? What if the after life means you stay in your skeleton and look at the ceiling of your tomb for all eternity? What if death is something... else?

But, my ideas of death...

As you die, your heart will slowly stop, and thus your mind will no longer work. As your mind no longer works, you are plunged into a coma, where you neither feel, nor sense anything else... this includes the degration of your body from microbes.

The hardest thing for me to visualize though... is NOT being able to think... the idea is so foreign.

[Lord of the Dance]

What if you just sit there in blackness? What if you do actually come into the light and live for all eternity in Heaven? No one can answer these questions, so I ponder it, haha. If you believe people have souls, then they have to go someplace when they're separated from the mind and body. I'd like to go to Heaven when I die, and I'd prefer to live out my life before I do. No one knows for sure, and not everyone can believe that there is more life after you pass through the open door of death. I've given it much thought, though.

[Guardian]

Death...... It depresses me to talk about it. I have lost my grandfather.....my pets...my aunt to it. I always belive that they watch me from the hereafter. But, I'm no the only one who suffers from loss.......

[Leoshi]

True, death often takes those cared about away... I would know that by experience.

That's life though, but a bit of advice: don't let things like this dictate your life. Live it to it's fullest, don't fear what comes ahead. Some mysteries are best left unsolved. I feel that the living are not meant to know what it feels like to die, or else they'd be much different. I feel that all things are meant for a reason, and death and not knowing how it feels are supposed to be this way. In the meantime, enjoy yourself. Treat life like a gift, be happy you even have life, it's something that many cannot enjoy in this world for one reason or another. Be thankful for what you have, and always look ahead with an optimistic view. That's the way to live.

[Not-Garr]

Heh, so many topics like this, it's making me wonder why everyone is so morbid lately...

Me myself, I make it point NOT to think about such things. What's the point? They just lead us to becoming apprehensive, neurotic, and we bring our death even closer simply by causing that anxiety... I don't have time to care about death, that's why I don't care who's right or wrong in religion. That's why I'm always so optimistic, I'm too busy enjoying things to think about such things...

...And if I were to choose my death, it'd be complete, utter, instant annihilation. Just zap me with some antimatter and get it over with!