Do you want to know when your natural death occurs?

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
No I would not want to know.

That would kill the joy of life - i would be so depressed at the prospect that i know when my existance would sease to exist that i would probably not be able to enjoy it as much as i do every single second of my life.

So no - if i die tomorrow - then im dead, I got to experience and meet some great people in this life time.

No I don't want to know when exactly I am going to die in either case.It would be curse for me and It will put breaks on my ambitions.

Yes and no.

i do not like the idea of fate. predetermination. it wud also depend on whether there was an afterlife after death or not. if there was, then ofcourse, there isnt much to be feared from death. but if there wasnt, then itd be really really hard to deal with that kind of knowledge.

Originally posted by Fire
I don't see why I wouldn't want to know

I like the point made earlier about being able to prioritize better. I think that is something that isn't done as efficently as it could be. If i knew THE deadline of life, then i could prioritize far better than i do now.

Then again, that poses the question, if i knew when i was going to die, would i be able to avoid it? Would i be able to take measures to prevent it from happening?

same here. knowing would take the randomness and excitement out of life when you know when its all going to end. So I must say, i would rather not know my time..

Originally posted by Bierbommetje
Do you want to know the exact date and year your natural death occurs? So you can maybe do all the stuff you want to do within that time before it's too late, or maybe prepare for your death etc.?

How about if you would get cancer? Would you want to know how long you will have to live?

Personally, I don't think I want to know it in either cases. I want death to come as unexpected as possible. What about the rest of you?

PS: Sorry to start yet another thread on death, but this has been on my mind for quite some time.

No, I do not want to know when I will die, natural causes or otherwise. However, if I was a sick and doctor came and said, "You have 6 months" to life, I will not actually take the doctor's word for it. No, I am not calling him/her a liar, but they do not know when you are going to die, they are only make a guess, base on your sickness.

However, let us say that the doc was right and I only had 6 months to life then I would do whatever I can do get my things taken care of.

Peace,
Amanda

you guys keep saying stuff about getting stuff taken care of. what do you mean by this? like make the most out of everything, or do stuff or what?

Originally posted by shaynebmxxx
you guys keep saying stuff about getting stuff taken care of. what do you mean by this? like make the most out of everything, or do stuff or what?

Saying good bye to my family and telling them how much I love them and spend as much time as I can with them, but then again, I do spend as much time as I can with them, and as far as I know, I have nothing wrong with me.

Peace,
Amanda

YES I WUD LUV TO KNOW THAT CAN U PLZ TELL ME?????

SCENE-allied field hospital WW2
British Officer to wounded Australian---You didnt come in here to die
Aussie--nah came in ere yisterdi

I have not read through all of this thread as of yet but to skip through and give my opinion....YES I want to know...if you want to die unexpectedly (IMO) then you you are either non religious or you are at peace with your deeds on earth and comfortable with judgment by whomever may judge your deeds and thoughts...I would like time myself to look back over things and maybe make amends? regardless of my avatar phrase saying Im innocent we all know none of us are....according the bible we will not know when the second coming is etc......those that do know there approx time I think are blessed....my grandparents had times to make ammends...my mother did not exactly her death was sudden and somewhat unexpected...so I speak from family type experience

No, I would not want to know only because you would be counting down the days and it would make you anxious which would lead to depression.

yeah it definately would be depressing no doubt but still I would want to know....