I'm not scared of dying And I don't really care If it's peace you find in dying Well, then let the time be near
If it's peace you find in dying And if dying time is near Just bundle up my coffin cause It's cold way down there I hear that's it's cold way down there Yeah, crazy cold way down there
And when I die and when I'm gone There'll be one child born In this world, to carry on, to carry on
Now troubles are many They're as deep as a well I can swear there ain't no heaven But I pray there ain't no hell
Swear there ain't no heaven And I pray there ain't no hell But I'll never know by living Only by dying will tell Yes, only by dying will tell, yeah Only my dying will tell
And when I die and when I'm gone There'll be one child born In this world to carry on, to carry on
Give me my freedom for as long as I be All I ask of the living is to have no chains on me All I ask of living is to have no chains on me And all I ask of dying is to go naturally Only want to go naturally
Here I go, ah Hey, hey
Here comes the devil, right behind Look out children, here he come Here he come
Hey
Don't want to go by the devil Don't want to go by the demon Don't want to go by Satan Don't want to die uneasy Just let me go naturally
And when I die and when I'm dead, dead and gone There'll be one child born In our world to carry on, to carry on, yeah, yeah
@spice1 That's what most people would believe, but they are sadly mistaken. God will not be mocked by those who would take advantage of His grace. He knows their heart and motives. Just because we're saved, doesn't give us a license to sin. The person who loves God with all their heart and mind, will not want to hurt him by deliberately sinning. Sin has consequences, whether we are saved or not. There's only one difference. I'm writing a post about that, in private, addressing just that, as we write. When I'm finished I'll post it.
@Umile Jesus didn't leave us to guess about that. That's a very scary thought and Jesus didn't want us to be afraid when we die, because he said if you prepare right now, you'll know exactly where you're going when you die and He came to prove it by His example. Jesus didn't say maybe you'll go to heaven. He told us we would definitely go to heaven if we prepare our souls and let him help us get there. When we invite Jesus into our hearts and lives as Savior, he forgives our sins and this prepares us to be with him in heaven for eternity. No guessing about it. Over 500 Witnesses saw Jesus's death and then after he rose from the dead, he stayed amongst them for days to make sure they saw that he had risen again from the dead and then they all watched him ascend into heaven, to his Heavenly Father. His mission was to show us and tell us how to get to heaven and when he was finished with that mission, he ascended back to His Father in Heaven. But of course if you don't want to believe that and take Jesus at his word, then no, you're not going to go to heaven. That's what Jesus said because we cannot walk into heaven with sin on our heels. I don't know why people don't understand why He came all the way from heaven, as if he just came for a vacation. No. He paid for our sins on the cross, because He was the only one worthy enough to do that since He is sinless, and whosoever believes in Him and accepts Him as their Savior, is guaranteed everlasting life, as well, if they will allow Him to wash away their sins by His love and grace. There's really no excuse for anyone to miss heaven unless they just refuse to believe God. We don't ever get to Heaven by our own efforts, but by taking God at His word, and by trusting in Him and His promise to save us from the condemnation that sin placed on us. God never breaks a promise.
@GuyWithOpinions No one has to fear death, if they prepare themselves for the afterlife. God did not leave us to guess what was on the other side of this life. He told us exactly what to expect and how to get to heaven. He didn't want us guessing.
Very much so, yes. There are many things I haven’t experienced, and would like to. I also don’t feel much like I’m living life currently, just more so existing. I hope that is changed one day.
@LadyGrace Promising something based off of your beliefs is the devil’s lie.
There is no heaven or hell. I’m sorry to be the one to tell you it’s just like Santa clause. Heaven and Hell are a ruse for people to get something out of others.
You selling me heaven is just you trying to gain reassurance from your own anxieties. You gain everything. I gain nothing if I choose to believe or choose not to believe. It’s selfish of you.
That’s why I blocked you before. Your snake oil sales on all of the replies here are for your benefit only. Keep going and I will permanently block you.
@JovialMoose You are grossly mistaken. You're gambling with your own soul. You have no understanding that salvation is not based off of what I believe, but rather what Jesus stated in His Word, that counts. Miss that, and you have missed everything.
@JovialMoose Jesus said to believe HIM. It doesn't matter if you believe me, but you better listen to God, because nobody would know better than Him, how to get to heaven. You can block me if you want to, that won't hurt me, it will hurt God that you wouldn't listen to what HE said in His Word. If you don't listen to God, he said it is inevitable that you will not be able to carry sins into heaven, as it stands right now. So instead of being stubborn, you should listen to Jesus. I don't have to guess where I'm going because Jesus is no liar. He is incapable of error. I don't believe in man-made philosophies. I believe in the promises of Jesus and that's what gets us to heaven, whoever wants to follow him, and they will be saved as Jesus promised. Leave your soul to chance, and you'll definitely not make it to heaven and that's what Jesus said. You can either believe him or not, but this is a decision we have to make while we're still on this side of Eternity. Eternity is an awfully long time to get it wrong.
Nope. There are a few things I would still like to do but I am okay when it comes. The most important person is gone and that makes the eventual transition much easier.
I don't fear death as such, but a) I would like to live a lot longer than I expect to, because there is still so much to learn and do; b) I hope I have a reasonably peaceful death, not a protracted and painful one.
Well naturally nobody looks forward to the process and pain if there is any, but no I'm not afraid of death. I know where I'm going. Instead of fearing death, we should prepare for it and make sure we know where our soul is going by accepting Jesus as Savior, so our sins don't keep us from heaven.
@redredred not if you know that there is a better and you have the guarantee for it. Death is just the river we cross to a new life and the grief dead leaves can heal if we we know there is a better place to meet . From the Bible I have learnt that it is a thousand years before we meet each other again so the life and time we have here is indeed too precious not to cherish. Just my side of the story I respect your opinion.
I don't fear death in itself.. But i do fear some ways that one could die.. I would love to die in my sleep instead of being burnt to death in a car wreck for instance..
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I do not fear death. I just hope I don’t die too young because my kids really need me.
@MoonlightLullaby It is a fortune to meet with courage. Death is just the other end if time is the threat. The secret is death is the end of the temporal and the to eternity . Death is no enemy, it can mean rest but ticket to the eternity is Jesus otherwise it can mean a second death which an eternal suffering This the truth of life and death
Comes and goes. Depends on whats going on in my life. When things are going well in life id rather not die. When i have nothing to loose that fear goes away.
It is wise to realise that we are gonna meet dead some time or anytime So the question is how do you want to meet dead . There is no point of fear and no harm in fearing either . The point here is rather we have live a worthy life.
@LadyGrace sorry Grace to live a meaningful life one would have to fiñd the reason why are we here. The answer to the mystery is only Jesus. Thank you Grace
@teachmetiger210503 there's nothing to be sorry for. We don't have to find out the meaning of our lives in order for good things to happen to us. We give meaning to life by choosing what we want in our lives. Happiness is not found. It is created. If we wait around for life to find us and give us meaning, we would be lost for a very long time.
Why relegate it to a numb feeling at all? You have the opportunity and the advantage of experiencing life or death with great joy and eager anticipation.
Everyone dies and it's nothing to get upset about but it is going to hurt. I just hope I get another human life and hopefully not as an American again. This has been such a horrible experience. I'll be quite happy when it's over.
Never used to but the world's gone crazy ! Everything GenX has worked for is being p*$$€d away, AGAIN by 'boomers still running our institutions. Government. Social housing. Healthcare. Banking. Supply chains. etc Ensuring most of us will drop dead at our respective workplaces with nothing to show for having been here.
Before worrying about death most of us will end up in a queue for retirement homes since we never earned enough to buy places of our own. And even if we DID we'll have to hand over much of what it's worth just to be accepted into a care home denying our children an inheritance of our own making.
Death ? I'm too mad to give anyone the satisfaction.
@NativePortlander1970 Again self entitlement and not a shred of recognition that others don't have it as good as you and that somehow that's down to different choices made. You sound like the spoilt brat rich kid that has no recognition let alone empathy for people worse off than themselves.
@Picklebobble2 Actually I grew up dirt poor after my Dad died when I was ten, with an emotionally and physically abusive uber religious extremist mother, abusive older brothers, abusive extended maternal family a step father who used me as a punching bag, and thrown into foster care at 16, my mother choosing him over me. Most of my adult life I sacrificed so that others could have things, ofte giving my last dollars so that others could have gas money to get to work, while I'd walk to work because I wouldn't have those last dollars for bus fare . However despite all that, I NEVER let those things hobble me, I kept going even after I ended up disabled and on assisted oxygen 24/7 after two bouts of blood clots in my lungs. I'm a survivor, not a whiner, my main purpose in life is to help others, get them to laugh and smile, and battle trolls and perverts in the meantime.
Death is part of life. You can't avoid it and must deal with it. At my age, I have accepted the concept of death as inevitable but my only wish is to die of natural causes and not to suffer. When my time comes, I hope there will be some form of afterlife. It is the hope that something inconceivable and beyond imagination will occur where all your questions will be answered about the beginnings of our universe and life itself. I just want it to be so fascinating and enlightening.
1) I can't imagine any thing is copied over from one life to the next. So why would it be a "next?" (unless you feel something got copied over... if so... that would make a great SW post)
2) I feel like "next" would cheapen this life and make it less valuable. Mine or someone else's life.
@JovialMoose Nope, it's a fresh start, nothing is copied from your previous life, unlike a "new life" from video games, which you may be associating. The Hindus call it reincarnation, attempts to ascend into perfection.
