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Akaratechick
Orange Belt
Joined: 03 May 2006
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Styles: TKD/Filipino Kali/Kickboxing/JKD
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Each day that we are alive we are one day closer to dying. I think it depends on what you believe will happen to you after you die. If you believe there may be a chance that the Bible is the truth then you should be concerned about your destination. If you don't then you really should be concerned.  But Jiffy is definately right about living each day as if it were your last.
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Jiffy
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| Posted: Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:26 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks.
I'm not sure I understand part of your post. I understand what you're saying about if I think the bible is right, I should be concerned. But I'm don't understand the bit if I don't think it's right.
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Akaratechick
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Joined: 03 May 2006
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Styles: TKD/Filipino Kali/Kickboxing/JKD
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Sorry, didn't mean to be vague, I meant not believing that the Bible is true in regards to life, and afterlife, is something to be concerned about because of the outcome when you die. Hell,  to be exact. I know this is not a religious forum, so I won't go into any long explanations to support my beliefs. It is hard not to get personal when you are talking about death 
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Jiffy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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Ummm, not really. Because if you don't believe in the bible, then there's a possibility you don't believe in Hell either, and therefore is nothing to be concerned about.
Some people believe that there is no heaven or hell and that when you die, that's it. In the ground, end of story.
Then there's another group of people that have an entirely different belief all together.
As per your post, I also will not speculate as to which one is right or wrong so as not to start a heated religous debate.
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MizuRyu
Green Belt
Joined: 30 Aug 2005
Posts: 381
Location: Michigan
Styles: Present: Judo/Boxing, Past: Ryu-Te, Tang Soo Do, Wing Chun, BJJ
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I honestly have no fear of death. I learned 2 years back that I had 3 major brain aneurysms that could burst at the drop of a hat, and for some reason it didn't really effect me at all. My mother had one burst a decade ago and she was pronounced medically dead but came back, and told me all about what to expect.
The only thing it did for me was help me realize how precious and fragile life is, and the time we spend living is all the time we have, there are no 2nd chances. I do what I believe is best for myself and everyone around me, because in death you live on through your contribution to the lives of others.
Fearing death is pointless. It's part of the grand cycle, it's a reality for everything that exists, not just living things. Everything fades in time.
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Akaratechick
Orange Belt
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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I understand what you are saying Jiffy and respect it. Thanks for your input. Yours too, MizuRyu, you are right about life being precious.
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aubreyirons
White Belt
Joined: 15 Aug 2006
Posts: 13
Location: texas
Styles: AKR,aikido,brazillian jujitsu,taekwondo
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how do you know if your not afraid to die unless you have been faced with your own mortality.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 13960
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and I research Medieval Combat
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| aubreyirons wrote: |
| how do you know if your not afraid to die unless you have been faced with your own mortality. |
Hey, that's good, too.
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alsey
Purple Belt
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 501
Location: UK
Styles: shotokan (2nd dan), jujitsu (3rd kyu), kendo (1st dan).
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| aubreyirons wrote: |
| how do you know if your not afraid to die unless you have been faced with your own mortality. |
there are ways of facing death without actually dying
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Jiffy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| aubreyirons wrote: |
| how do you know if your not afraid to die unless you have been faced with your own mortality. |
Quite easily. Fear is an emotion. If it's not an emotion you experience in relation to death, then you are not afraid of death. Seems simple to me.
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on the post.
