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What is death like?

Remember the billions of years of nonexistence before you were born? No? It will be just like that.
 
Foster Zygote said:
Remember the billions of years of nonexistence before you were born? No? It will be just like that.
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I think that punshhh is hoping for some mystical answers. Where is Limbo, he's probably come back from being dead a few times.
 
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devnull said:
Interesting question Punshhh.

What do you think about it btw?
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I am undecided, open minded, to the possibilities.

For years as a child I regarded nothing after death as a nonsense. It seemed to me that if I were dead for millions/billions of years or longer and then became alive again, that time would have passed in an instant. In fact if I were dead for a nearly infinite period of time eventually inevitably I would become alive again by chance alone and it would be in the blink of an eye.
 
punshhh said:
I am undecided, open minded, to the possibilities.

For years as a child I regarded nothing after death as a nonsense. It seemed to me that if I were dead for millions/billions of years or longer and then became alive again, that time would have passed in an instant. In fact if I were dead for a nearly infinite period of time eventually inevitably I would become alive again by chance alone and it would be in the blink of an eye.
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There is no such thing as nearly infinite. A nearly infinite quantity is still an infinity away from being infinite. Are you familiar with Graham's number? It is the biggest number known. If all the material in the universe were turned into ink then you still would not have enough ink to write down the number. Yet even this number is a long, long, long, long, long , long, long way from being infinite.
 
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I've had a couple of very serious near death incidents, and while out, did and do not remember any bright light/dead relatives/jesus visitations or stereotypical "near death" experiences.

I believe that when you go, the lights go out and that's it.

Death comes to us all, and I don't fear it - I fear helplessness in a care facility much more, and I have a DNR order on the record.

I am an organ donor, maybe in death I can help someone else.
 
Twain said something about having been dead for billions of years before he was born. Sounds about the same to me.

There's a good thought experiment you can do to determine your religion if you are unsure. Ask yourself what would least surprise you after you die. Do you basically take for granted that you'll meet Saint Peter and he'll either open the gate or press the trap-door button? Do you expect to achieve moksha and reach nirvana? Would you be surprised if anything happened, that is, if your experience after death wasn't identical to your experience in the year, say 1222 BC?

I'd go with the latter.
 
The one word that describes it and its effects is "final". No matter what you've experienced before, this will end that. Whether that's good or bad for you depends on how you've lived up to this point.
 
BStrong said:
I've had a couple of very serious near death incidents, and while out, did and do not remember any bright light/dead relatives/jesus visitations or stereotypical "near death" experiences.

I believe that when you go, the lights go out and that's it.

Death comes to us all, and I don't fear it - I fear helplessness in a care facility much more, and I have a DNR order on the record.

I am an organ donor, maybe in death I can help someone else.
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The problem with "near death" experiences is that too many people assume that it is some sort of temporary death. One may be near death in the sense that one is at great risk of becoming dead, but that isn't being dead. There is plenty of evidence that the "tunnel of light" and other experiences are simply what happens as one looses consciousness, when one is still very much alive.
 
Ocelot said:
Death (as in not being alive) doesn't bother me. There was a time before I was alive. I imagine the time after I'm alive will be much the same lack of experience. Dying (as in the transition) on the other hand is an experience I'm not looking forward to.
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Similarly Im not scared of death/dying, however I do worry about loose ends, my kids being sad etc.
 
death is nothing, all your brain activities are gone, you just stop to think, see feel etc etc.
its just all over. You will be the same again like you were a year before your parents planed to **** you into the world. nonexistent.
 
Paraphrasing a great philosopher:

Where there is death, there is no me.

Where there is me, there is no death.

What is there to worry about?
 
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