Are you scared to die?

Matthew 4:5-7 (New American Standard Bible)

5 Then the devil took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple,

6and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written,
'HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU';
and
'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP,
SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'"

7Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'"

Originally Posted by Miilou Suede

7Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'"

It's not testing, it's merely asking. "Will I go to heaven or will I stay on earth?"; not "I dare you, kill me!".

What you'd be advocating is disrespectful to God. He's no genie.
The question of "Will I go to heaven or will I stay on earth?" can be asked without the presence of an oncoming train.

Remember, in prayer:
James 4:3

3You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.


And in such a scenario, is that glorifying the body that God gave me? Is that building up a temple for the Holy Spirit to reside in, to be shown off? It'd be throwing it away.
If God needs to kill me off with a train, let Him do it. But I'm not going to play games with Him.

Originally Posted by Miilou Suede

What you'd be advocating is disrespectful to God.

You're basing this of what, exactly?

Originally Posted by Miilou Suede

The question of "Will I go to heaven or will I stay on earth?" can be asked without the presence of an oncoming train.

How?

Originally Posted by Miilou Suede

James 4:3

3You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.

What pleasure would I get being rammed by a train?

Originally Posted by Miilou Suede

And in such a scenario, is that glorifying the body that God gave me? Is that building up a temple for the Holy Spirit to reside in, to be shown off?

Ironic, as most Christians in America mutilate boys at birth. Is that glorifying the body that God gave them? No, it's rape.

Originally Posted by Miilou Suede

If God needs to kill me off with a train, let Him do it. But I'm not going to play games with Him.

You learn by asking and by trial.

I do not fear death. Fear of an end is always a pointless worry. Once something ends, it goes no further.

You die, and you suffer no more, for you are no more.

If there is something after this life, I can live it when I begin it.

Only one religion punishes those who don't actively believe in it. I could care less for anyone or anything that bullies, intimidates, or coerces anyone into following it.

All others simply give people their dues, and I have done nothing that would give me cause to worry.

Contemplating the end is a worthless pursuit. It can only create stress.

I'm not afraid of it, death is a natural thing in life. A relative of mine has serious cancer and probably won't survive 2009, still he's calm because, as he says it, "everyone'll die eventually".

I choose to "carpe diem" instead of worrying about death (which probablty won't happen for me for 60-70 years anyway).

Originally Posted by fratey

You're basing this of what, exactly?

I'm basing this off the Scripture I just quoted to you. You asked a question that was virtually the same as what Satan asked Jesus in the Bible. Jesus has a great response to the question. And if that answer doesn't satisfy you, I'm afraid I can't do any better.

I'm not christian or so, so i'm a bit more realistic about dying. I was once thinking about how dying would be. You're brain is one of the motors of you're body. It provides your eyes, your thoughts, everything. If you die, it shuts down. So.. your basically .. not thinking.. not seeing.. You're just.. i dunno.. like you've fainted, but for ever :|
and that's kinda the reason why i'm afraid for death.

Why? You'd not be able to experience that absence of everything.

It is like worrying about being eaten by a shark when you live in the middle of the desert.

Fear of death is common.Most people are afraid, for one reason or another. This I can't say, because where there is an end, there is a beginning. In other words, death is just an ending. Life after death is a whole new adventure. No, I'm not christian or any other religion. I just hope that I won't die tomorrow, but if I do, I just go along with whatever comes my way and deal with it. If I go to hell for eternal suffering, so be it. I wouldn't personally like being burned, but that's just me. I treasure life, and I don't regret one thing I've done while I'm alive.

Most likely when you die, that is simply it. No more you. You cease to exist.

Concentrate on the live you have.

I am not afraid to die, as I am also firm in my faith as many other people here are. Why should I be afraid of something that will lead to heaven?

Originally Posted by Miilou Suede

7Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'"

I guess I should stop sending him those Facebook quizzes then

Edit Also I have only one fear regarding death, and that's that I don't want to miss what happens after I die. If the whole world exploded when I died, I'd be totally okay with my demise

Originally Posted by Kel-bel Heroine

I am not afraid to die, as I am also firm in my faith as many other people here are. Why should I be afraid of something that will lead to heaven?

How do you know that you're going to heaven?

Originally Posted by fratey

How do you know that you're going to heaven?

Faith, nuff said.

I'm not afraid to die, because when I do die, my body is going to be put in cryogenics and once technology is advanced enough, I will be brought back to life.

Originally Posted by Anann

It is like worrying about being eaten by a shark when you live in the middle of the desert.

It's more like worrying about being eaten by a shark when you're in an ocean where you don't know if there are sharks or not. :3

Originally Posted by keyaki

Faith, nuff said.

AMEN!

But really. I've heard from enough people who have died and been resuscitated that dying in itself really isn't painful, and it happens quicker than falling asleep. Apparently, all your pain goes away and you "sink" into yourself. Now, I'll leave this last part up to debate, but according to thousands of people who have died, religious or not, after "sinking" into yourself you are suddenly in the air above your body going towards some sort of "all-loving" white light, and... you know the drill.

Now, despite what many people believe, this phenomenon has been studied by scientists and they have proven that it is in fact something that happens after one dies. How to explain it scientifically, however, no one had a clue. Weird, much? You decide. But look it up, if you don't believe me. Could it eventually be explained by science? Possibly. But perhaps there is more to the universe than we give it credit for.

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Not really. There have been times where I've thought about dying, and it did scare me a bit, though. It doesn't bother me now, cause when I do die, I won't know about it anyway. So whatever.

Originally Posted by Marshmallow Moo

Now, despite what many people believe, this phenomenon has been studied by scientists and they have proven that it is in fact something that happens after one dies. How to explain it scientifically, however, no one had a clue. Weird, much? You decide. But look it up, if you don't believe me. Could it eventually be explained by science? Possibly. But perhaps there is more to the universe than we give it credit for.

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Er, no.

The..."symptoms" of a near death experience are perfectly easy to account for: It's your brain shutting down. The fact that we cannot say: "Alright, now this specific neuron has stopped firing, so they'll experience this exactly." doesn't mean we don't understand it.