death

Shelley Duvall dead: 'The Shining' scream queen was 75 - Los Angeles Times...

A month ago today there was a thread on suicide in this section. There's a lot of thought right now on murder given the Texas school massacre and the store in Buffalo. I was just curious as to how many on ISF have ever been touched by murder. Due to the nature of my profession (retired) I have...

I am interested in what you think about death. In your mind what it is like to be dead? Can you imagine it? Can you justify your position? Are you looking forward to it? Or are you scared, and hoping it won't happen for some time? How often do you think about it seriously? I was watching you...

A hypothetical question for the believers here, one which I heard on an awesome podcast called A Christian and An Atheist... Suppose that God (and by "God" I mean the monotheistic Abrahamic God of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) exists, but He doesn't grant immortality to His followers. God...

I'm just back from spending 4 weeks on holiday with my family, two of whom are JW's. Had a conversation with one evening and they wanted me to ask this question of the forum: "Why are we afraid of death, why aren't we used to it?" By "we" they mean all of humanity. Please help, thanks!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqwoo-O_GwM I think this is a very good thing. I think that problems surrounding overpopulation have solutions that don't involve fascism or mindlessly depleting resources. Sometimes, though, I fear things like this could lead to great oppression if used by the...

I was watching the news down here in Monterrey, Mexico; where if you hadn't been on a cave for last couple of years you should know there's an epidemic of violence. Turns out that not only druglords are killing people as if an exterminator company, but also a$$$-h0l3s make the daily macho kill...

Some of you may remember that I posted about my sister being diagnosed with cancer back in February - she had it in her pancreas, lungs and brain. I helped take care of her at home in her last few weeks and she died on May 28th at 1am. Up until 2 days before she died she had absolutely no pain...

Has this been posted before? I was emailed it today by a work colleague: "I found this great website that clearly explains what happens after you die. It's complete in its understanding of the afterlife, yet put in terms so simple that even children can easily understand it. Enjoy."...

There is something which has disturbed me for a long time. As an atheist, I see death as the final irreversible stopping of the life function of a being. So when a human is dead, all that form this human being is forever lost to me. So losing somebody make me terribly sad as I know I will never...

This topic might not be comfortable for all of you. But, I do find this sort of thing fascinating, myself. I am looking for any and all examples that demonstrate a blurry line between the two states of "Life": "Alive" and "Dead" And/Or: Examples that blur the line between Living and...

I fear Death more than most things. The problem with me is I doubt there is a God but then yet I am afraid of what if i am wrong and there is a God and a Hell? Then I am damned to Hell for because skeptical. I was wondering if anyone could help me with this problem of mine.

In this thread: http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=127950, I was surprised at how many people would rather die than have to live their life subscribing to a particular religion. What is about religion/s that would make someone rather be dead than have to practice...

Assuming people will find a way to extend human life indefinitely (whether or not this is a good assumption is not in question here), how would that change people's views? Will people care more about safety? If it is not a given that we will die, would you be much more careful? Will people...

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From here: PhD girl is killed by Chinese treatment I'm not claiming that evidence based medicine is perfect and errors can't happen, but this here is the really scary part about these "traditional" remedies: (bolding mine) They couldn't even find out what ingredients and substances were in...

My grandmother passed away today, and by the looks of it my grandfather will soon follow behind. The interesting thing is that this is the first time I've had to deal with death since becoming atheist. It is a depressing feeling. My grandmother died alone in the hospital completely unexpected...

Hi everyone - I'm taking a writing class and just did a piece where I was describing someone dying, but I got taken to task because I "didn't look directly at it." The teacher told me to read some other writers that have described people dying to see how they do it. Can anyone think of...

This is more abstract, because I want more than the typical Moral Dilemma. Which would you sacrifice for the other? Would you chose to live ethically and die, or live unethically and live? Now we could go into specifics, like how bad a breach in ethics are we talking about? Does it make a...

I am writing this to challenge James Randi’s solid belief that there is no afterlife. At least, I read an article that indicated to me he believes that there is no afterlife. I believe it is possible there can be an afterlife. I don’t know whether or not there is, but it could be possible and I...

I'm not sure I really regard myself an Atheist, I don't really believe in God, but one thing I completly do not believe in is an afterlife. It just seems completly and utterly illogical that once your brain waves stop, they fly away and go somewhere else. If there was a God, I don't think he...

Maybe I just need to get out more, maybe I need to get laid, but my minds being chucking itself about today. Woody Allen said quite rightly that the only thing we can be certain of is death. So I've thought, if we can never achieve an absolute certainty on an issue, why shouldn't we decide to...

A few months ago, I lost a beloved pet. For weeks I had a hard time dealing with the fact that I would never see her again. Soon after, I started having nightmares about my husband dying. I thought a lot about how I will not see him again after he dies. It got me thinking about how powerful...

While preparing someone for his exams, I had a thought...Yes me... Since the average distance between stars is 8 LY ~ 75 mill.mill km, what chance has the human race got of ever actually Star Trekking? What's our best so far Apollo? About 60,000 kph [0.06 Mill kph] so that would take us to...

In my nearly 25 years of life, rarely have I had the displeasure of looking death in the face. Unfortunately, that is the situation with which I currently must contend. My maternal grandfather, who has been sick with cancer for about a year, has been given a terminal prognosis. Although we are...

I was reading a concentration camp doctor's accounts of poison gas killing in the Holocaust and one incredibly disgusting detail he mentions was that the bodies would often be covered with you know what cause an involuntary you know what often happens in drowning and poison gas deaths. I know...

Jerry Falwell just found out what happens to you after you die today - I wonder if he was disappointed. We'll all miss him as there will be no one else to tell us which Teletubbie is the gay one. ;)

Anyone remember the story of the elderly lady who was shot and killed by police after she wounded three police officers as they served a "no-knock" warrant? Well, three of those officers were indicted today for their part in the killing of the innocent 88 year old woman - two on felony murder...

"Staying the course is easy when it doesn't cost you anything but your popularity. End this stupid war! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZwnDVsbgWc&mode=related&search=

It is a common belief/perception among Physicians and Nurses that in many terminally ill patients, there is a brief period of clinical, well being improvement shortly before death. I just had an octogenarian with multiple problems (COPD, Cardiomyopathy, ESRD, PVD) that refused mechanical...