Discussion Fear of the afterlife

[EmptyManForever]

I feel super scared of the afterlife, especially if I ctb , people have put thoughts into my head that I might end up in hell or something if I ctb or that I'll have a bad rebirth, as in next life would be worse than the current one ,I dunno what to think , I feel like this life is the worst of all , I'm in hell , suffering every day, but yet I worry too much of the afterlife , I really dunno where I'll end up if I ctb , and this thoughts about the afterlife/rebirth kind of scares me and this is one thing that makes me postpone ctb,maybe one reason is because my current life is not that bad, it's simple life, I have food to eat, a place to stay, a caring family , that's it ,its simple life ,I'll loose all of this if I ctb ,which is not that much but its something, but even with all of this I am traumatized by my past ,the thoughts are quiet now though , I feel empty ,like there are no thoughts left, but in the near future I feel like the thoughts about my traumatic past would come back and haunt me again ,at that time I won't have a choice , for sure I'll have to ctb , but i am scared of the rebirth and afterlife, what if it's worse than this life?

TLDR: Does anyone else have fears about the afterlife/rebirth?

 

[WornOutLife]

I'm not scared of the afterlife at all.
Death is waiting for all of us so, no point in being scared.

Although I understand that ctb might makes us end up in a "bad place". However, we won't be alone because thousands of people ctb everyday.

I'm just afraid of the pain before death.

 

[Makko]

What if people turn into ghosts and live in an invisible ghost society on the moon? It would make sense.

 

[FreeAngel]

I'm not afraid because my best friend is waiting for me

 

[Trisolaris]

Not scared of it at all. What was before I was born will be when I die. Eternal sleep and that's all.

 

[Endeavour]

If you're reborn and end up in a "worse life" well since you can't remember this life you won't know it's a worse life. But for that to happen someone has to be sat up there valuing your life, and working out which life to send you to that is going to be worse. If they know the next life will be worse then everything must be pre-ordained, in which case it's not your fault you ctb, and also you're going to end up in that life anyway.

If you die and go to heaven if you've been good, and hell if you ctb, then what about people who died from smoking, or accidentally OD'd, or didn't look before they crossed the road, or some other silly accident. Or maybe they ate too many cheese burgers and it shortened their life. Surely that's their fault from conscious choices as well.

So then since everyone will have done something that contributes to our demise in some way, then all of us would be going to hell. But since God owns your soul (if you believe in such things as God and souls) then why would he let the Devil steal it?

Isn't he omnipotent?

 

[Blondi]

I personally think there is no reason to fear because she is by her own very definition a place where you can't experience pain or suffering therefore it could be argued that it(she) is literal heaven.

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

I have no evidence to suggest that I can do anything about that shit. I'm even guessing that it'll be "nothingness", since that makes the most sense with the little info I think I have.

 

[alown]

why be afraid, there can be nothing worse than this life on earth

 

[lofticries]

The idea of hell is so weird in religion. Like why would you even have kids if there was a chance they could burn in eternal hell fire while being defiled by demons in every way possible. Especially if you think the gays, atheists, suicides, and ppl who worship a different god than you will be there. Ya know stuff that really shouldn't qualify for you to get tortured forever with no hope of escape. I mean even prison on earth for the pedos, rapists, and murderers is more humane.

 

[Death is beautiful]

The idea of hell is so weird in religion. Like why would you even have kids if there was a chance they could burn in eternal hell fire while being defiled by demons in every way possible. Especially if you think the gays, atheists, suicides, and ppl who worship a different god than you will be there. Ya know stuff that really shouldn't qualify for you to get tortured forever with no hope of escape. I mean even prison on earth for the pedos, rapists, and murderers is more humane.

Lol, I've always wondered why believers give birth to children when there is a huge chance that they will go to hell

 

[FuneralCry]

I only fear this life, I do not believe that there is anything after death. I find death to be comforting as I see it as being the end to all suffering.

 

[GreenTree]

God knows. Can't see the point of this life being hell just to go to another hell. I think the point where you can't take no more and ctb is where you don't care anymore.

 

[Squalo]

I am afraid of death, but only because of the survival instinct that keeps me anchored in this horrible world;
my brain keeps repeating "your life sucks, but you can't die because I prevent you from doing it", I don't know how to free myself from my prison made of flesh, blood and organs.

 

[anxious_depressive]

This is not an easy question.

I also have some concerns about what might be in the afterlife.
To be honest, I'm afraid of going to hell.

I hope that after death there will be just nothingness/eternal sleep.

If God exists...
I hope he won't be too cruel to our tortured souls.

But no one knows exactly what will happen after death.

 

[Gustav Hartmann]

In my experience has everything what we do consequences for our future, so suicide could have negative consequences. I have the same fear. I can only be sure that there are no negative consequences when there is no future for me after dying. For me it was helpful to study the latest findings in brain research. As a result I would say that the probability that anything of my mind or soul can exist when my brain is destroyed is almost zero.

 

[TerminalConscience]

I am. I fear being punished for exiting. I have a phobia that I could be tortured with and knowing that causes hesitation.