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Originally Posted by Ribos

That would indeed imply negating feelings associated with the dying process.

An assumption although I can see how you could infer that. Again I should have been more clear. Allow me to disambiguate its definition as I’m using it. Fear of death: just death itself and not the pain or involuntary responses associated with it. “Are you afraid to die?” Excluding any pain/whatever involved does death itself scare you? That’s the dealio. =P

Originally Posted by Richard Strauss

Which two things?

Not being afraid of death itself and having complete disregard for your life. Paradoxical but plausible.

Originally Posted by Ribos

Except it is not a confusion. If you are promised eternal life and happiness and all that jazz after death, and you do not fear death, then you have no reason to prefer life which naturally contains elements of unhappiness. The only reasons you could have for maintaining a regard for your safety are 1) if there was a chance you would not go to Heaven (either by fear of God's punishment or by a doubt of Heaven's existence) or 2) if you, for whatever reason, feared death (which vaguely implies the first part of reason 1).

You do not fear death because you realize that all accomplishments will be expunged through time and the length of your life is nothing relative to infinity. However if you do believe in heaven, etc. why don’t you just end your life? Because there’s an obligation with that belief.

Originally Posted by Electronic PF

Of course not. I'm much too distracted with all these cool technogadgets and information channels to even think about the subject.

Most people are.