From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!rabbit!ark Newsgroups: net.philosophy Title: Re: Immortality and fear. Article-I.D.: rabbit.1147 Posted: Fri Feb 18 15:25:05 1983 Received: Sun Feb 20 02:31:26 1983 References: sdccsu3.311 I don't THINK I'm afraid of death. I don't see much difference between the time before I was born and the time after I die. I am, though, afraid of dying, in the same sense that I'm afraid of being hit by a truck, or getting my hand mangled by a bear, or any of the horribly painful, non-fatal things that can happen.