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I am a little overwhelmed because I never exchanged thoughts about a superior being's existence. I don't believe in organized religion. It serves only to ease the fear of death, which is inevitable. Being mortal and aware of it can be a mental burden. I know, that I push this thought out of my mind...... Anyone else has a similar experience?

gemini31 4 Jan 21
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I don't want to discuss religion or god any more.

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I was scared of dying while raising my kids... that need to be there for them stuff. Now, not so much. I know I will die... why worry?

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I always think about how I will be lead to my demise. Probably from being sarcastic at the wrong time to the wrong person. Lol.

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Many of us, when we are young, fear death simply because we feel that we have a lot more life to live and do noit want to be deprived of that. In our old age, the fear of death fades into near non-existence.

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I don't feel at all burdened by accepting my mortality.
I was non existent for billions of years before I existed, it wasn't a problem for me then, it won't be a problem for me after I exist either.

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yes of course

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I agree with you. When I was still religious the thought of death never really bothered me. Death was just a stepping stone to something better: a beautiful, peaceful place where we would reunite with our loved ones. But now I realize, that comforting thought was just a delusion. I sometimes feel sad thinking about how the lives of my children would be affected if I were to die... Then I realize that this sadness I feel, I could never genuinely experience because if I died my emotions would cease to be. I couldn't feel guilt or sorrow for leaving my kids because I would be gone. I feel anxiety just from typing this. I try to tell myself that we can't actually know what awaits us after death, but it's starting to lose it's ability to make me feel better.

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I find it to be almost the opposite from a burden ?
Interesting ?

it's a fine line but really it's the dying rather than being dead.

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