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So you are a mountain climber, you slip, and now you find yourself clinging to a rock face by your finger tips, with a 1,000 foot drop below you. You are guaranteed an almost instantaneous death when you hit the ground, so no need to worry about the process of dying, but you would still be terrified of the prospect of death itself.
No, it would be the heights and the fall that would frighten me.
eudaimonia,
Mark
Why would a 1,000 foot drop frighten you, if you were just going to get up, and walk away as if nothing had happened, afterwards?
I am terrified of heights. It's a natural, instinctive reaction. It would not matter if I had the superpower of indestructibility.
eudaimonia,
Mark
It might be instinctive to be afraid of heights, but the instinct in question is the one which makes you fear death, no matter where the threat comes from.
I didn't see that happen to the many who jumped of the Twin Towers on 9/11.
Even something hard wired into you will malfunction if the instinct is to avoid death, but in reality there is no means of doing so.
Not quite. All the experiences that you mentioned refer to the process of dying. And every of these instincts is, consciously or unconsciously, based on the experience of hurt and pain.It might be instinctive to be afraid of heights, but the instinct in question is the one which makes you fear death, no matter where the threat comes from.
I disagree. You could know you face a certain but quick death in a short time, like the people aboard United flight 93.Nothing malfunctioned, they made a compelling decision based on their choices.
Die a slow death of being burned to death or not being able to breath (not pleasant) or die a quick death.
So, the fear is really around the negative experience you will have to go through and not really death.
Nothing malfunctioned, they made a compelling decision based on their choices.
Die a slow death of being burned to death or not being able to breath (not pleasant) or die a quick death.
So, the fear is really around the negative experience you will have to go through and not really death.
I do not know what is going through their mind. But I know what is going through my mind... now, and when I was in dangerous situations.How do you know what was going through their minds? Atheists always seem to imagine that human beings are dispassionate logic engines. Well, they are not, and least of all when they are in extreme situations like that.
I do not know what is going through their mind. But I know what is going through my mind... now, and when I was in dangerous situations.
When people tell you that they do not fear death... why is it so important for you to tell them that they really do?
It is mildly irritating when atheists, who think they are oh so scientifically sophisticated, only manage to pay lip service to the fact that they are themselves the products of evolution. Like every other species on the planet, they are driven primarily by instinct, and the rationality they set so much store by is just a thin veneer on top of that.
Have you any evidence at all to suggest that this is even a possibility?It is relatively easy to be nonchalant about death, when you are not expecting its arrival any time soon. I suspect things might be different when you are only hours or days away from it.
Of course, the fun thing will be to wake up on the other side of it, and discover that you still exist.
I won't be distressed about it after it happens, so I'm not really distressed about it now. I'm afraid of pain and dying slowly, but not the actual death.Something about blacking out and knowing I never existed is kind of frightening.
What's your take on it?
How do you know what was going through their minds? Atheists always seem to imagine that human beings are dispassionate logic engines.
It is mildly irritating when atheists, who think they are oh so scientifically sophisticated, only manage to pay lip service to the fact that they are themselves the products of evolution. Like every other species on the planet, they are driven primarily by instinct, and the rationality they set so much store by is just a thin veneer on top of that.
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