Fear of death

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Death is fun.

The thing is, Earthly society wouldn't last if everyone died all at once, and a lot of people apparently like society so they'd rather not die. If this same lot of people actually don't like society, then the only other explanation I can think of is that a lot of people are utterly insane.

I'm basically afraid to die. like a mother, I just want to go the way Elijah did. (god picked him up in his ride son and took him away.)
I've already mentioned to the Lord, this is how i wanna go out! haha

Removing comments on multiple threads tonight because I don't want to discuss philosophy as it is difficult for me to convey my beliefs in a way I want others to see them.

Remember friends, there are many fates worse than death.

I find death terrifying.
Somehow my NT familly hardly understand this fear.

I used to fear death (even while being suicidal), until I had severe panic disorder and was afraid I was going to die at any moment for something like a month straight, and multiple emergency room trips. After that was done, my panic attacks became less severe because I had gone through it all already, and I am not afraid of death anymore.

I am not concerned about what I leave behind, although I think I will leave a lot of things behind and that work I've done will continue to impact people. I only have an opinion about this in the sense that I believe that I've had a positive impact, but that doesn't really affect how I feel about my own death.

I cannot really explain my feelings about others dying, whether human or animal. I will say I try not to kill even bugs if I do not have to.

I really don't understand why people are so afraid of death. Of course, there is a basic animal instinct that makes us afraid of it and I have that, too. That makes sense from a biological point of view. If there ever was a species that wasn't afraid of death it probably wouldn't have been around for long! Also, from a religious point of view you might be afraid if you think you're going to hell or something like that.

From a rational point of view, however, it makes no sense. If we take the atheist view that consciousness simply ceases at the point of death - what is there to be afraid of, exactly? "Being dead" will never happen to you, because you won't be around to experience it! You won't be without your arms or legs or eyes - you just won't be. So the thing you're afraid of will never happen - at least as far as you're concerned!

Fear of dying is a bit different, because that could be a painful process. But you could just as easily suffer a lot of pain without dying.