Does Anyone Think About Death?

I DO think about death often. I’m not scared of dying. I’ve had so many death experiences that I know without a doubt that there IS life after death to look forward to. Nobody could convince me otherwise. What does scare me is how I die. Will I have a heart attack? A stroke? Not knowing that information bothers me immensely.
 
asp3 said:
I do think about death and hope to avoid it as long as I'm reasonably healthy and active. I do believe that we exist only within our brains carried around by your bodies (which are controlled by the brain.) So therefore I believe when our brain stops working we cease to exist and there is no afterlife. I've read a book which explains why people experience what they do in near death experiences and shows those things can be reproduced without the near death experience by causing similar situations that occur at near death. So I'm afraid people's near death experiences don't make me believe in any afterlife.
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I understand the neurological explanations for near-death experiences, and I don’t dispute that the brain plays a major role in shaping perception and memory. In my case, I didn’t feel pain or awareness when struck by lightning. It happened instantaneously. I did not see, hear nor feel the lightning or thunder or know that I'd been struck.

I only became conscious afterward with what I initially took to be a strange dream-like memory. What I concluded was my experience was beyond what the human mind can directly comprehend. There is more to death than we or science currently know. My brain simply tried to translate the event into something familiar. Something I might make sense of in a living breathing human way. I had not before nor since, "dreamed" of meeting a higher power and been given a choice of returning to wakefulness or progressing beyond the light. He sent me back.

So yes, my mind did perceive in a way it might understand the event and profound implications. Can science actually replicate that? ... maybe if science strikes me with lightning ... or something as profound and deadly.

I’m not sharing this as proof of anything for anyone else, just sharing how it changed my own view of consciousness. And until someone experiences an event similar to what I experienced, we can't really have a meaningful conversation about the matter. I shared a longer and somewhat detailed version of the event in the diary forum section here a couple of years ago.
 
I had a 80 something substitute sociology professor who would go off in different directions during his lecture. He started talking about women's breasts. He asked "What is it about them that men find so exciting? Don't get me wrong, when I was a younger man, I found them exciting but when you get to be my age, waking up in the morning, that's exciting!

I'm looking forward to a lot of exciting days! :D
 
Born_To_Lose said:
Being a defense attorney in Dallas and then Broward County, Florida, which included Ft.Lauderdale, I saw 3 clients be sentenced to death. Two of them have already met Jesus Christ. The third one is waiting the Governor to sign the execution order. He has had 3 stays on 4 appeals. I attended the one execution and the only one I ever attended on behalf of the family.

I was taken back at how calm he was. His calmness helped me to relax.
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Sometimes I see it on Amnesty or something, people on death row and I pray they get saved.
 
The club my mother used to go to had several members who were 100 years old and over. The mother of a friend of mine is 103 years old. Out of interest, I looked up the statistics. Assuming these figures are correct, there's a good chance that some of us here will still be posting in 20 years time so, might as well prepare for the long haul and just enjoy the ride. :)

Based on the latest available data as of early 2026, there are roughly 16,000–17,000 centenarians in the UK and over 90,000 in the USA. [1, 2, 3]​
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Centenarians in the United Kingdom​
  • Total Number (2024): An estimated 16,600 people aged 100 or over are living in the UK, marking a record high.
  • Growth: The number of centenarians has doubled over the past 20 years.
  • Gender Breakdown: The vast majority are women, though the number of male centenarians has grown faster recently.
  • Regional Data (2023): There were 15,120 centenarians in England and Wales. [1, 2, 3, 4]
Centenarians in the United States​
  • Total Number (2024/2025): Recent estimates suggest there are over 64,000 to 98,000 centenarians in the USA.
  • Growth: The U.S. has one of the highest populations of 100-year-olds in the world, with numbers growing rapidly, rising 50% between 2010 and 2020.
  • Global Rank: The U.S. has one of the highest centenarian populations globally, frequently ranked only behind Japan. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Key Takeaways​
  • Longevity Trends: Both countries have seen a rapid rise in their oldest residents due to improved healthcare, nutrition, and living standards.
  • Snapshot (2026): According to 2026 projections, Japan leads with about 120,000, followed by the United States (approx. 64,000–98,000). [1, 2, 3]
 
PeppermintPatty said:
I DO think about death often. I’m not scared of dying. I’ve had so many death experiences that I know without a doubt that there IS life after death to look forward to. Nobody could convince me otherwise. What does scare me is how I die. Will I have a heart attack? A stroke? Not knowing that information bothers me immensely.
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These are quite exactly my thoughts too.
 
I believe there to be a Creator of Life and not a randomness of events as the result of a cosmic roulette wheel.
The DNA molecule is interesting because its structure lends itself to be mathematically estimated of occurring by
accident or by random behavior 1 in 10 to the 130th power.
Do you know how many seconds are in six billion years?
10 to the 17th that isn't a lot compared to 10 to the 130th power.
 
JoeGerard said:
I believe there to be a Creator of Life and not a randomness of events as the result of a cosmic roulette wheel.
The DNA molecule is interesting because its structure lends itself to be mathematically estimated of occurring by
accident or by random behavior 1 in 10 to the 130th power.
Do you know how many seconds are in six billion years?
10 to the 17th that isn't a lot compared to 10 to the 130th power.
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At least that cosmic roulette wheel
of randomness is calcuable, show me how to calculate the existence of a god.
 
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