Death is not bad.

Counter Argument #1: The Unknown "People are supposed to fear the unknown, but ignorance is bliss when knowledge is so damn frightening." R13; Laurell K. Hamilton, The Laughing Corpse If you worry about death your whole life that when it comes around, you will realize you haven't lived. -Vincent Welsh In your first argument you say this,"But if your not religious death can be scary for the fact of never existing once your gone it's like you were never there in the first place your life meant nothing." If one is not religious than they have no care about Heaven or Hell. Let me remind you Con that this debate is not about the purpose of life. Why should we be afraid of the Unknown. However, you are right people are afraid of the unknown. To solve this fear we have simply made it known. Finding out something new is an exciting moment. I look forward to the day I die, for when that day comes I will know the unknown. When you see an old man at his deathbed is he sad? No, his family and loved ones are sad, but he is ready to move on. Death is not normally a long suffered thing (unless other humans are involved). At any Hospice care center, the dying people accept Death. Why do humans really fear death? Well they fear it because it is inevitable. Humans are control freaks and we cannot control death. Our fear comes from our selfish personality really. Is the Unknown scary or exciting. When we first landed on the moon were we scared? No, we were excited. The unknown is only frightening if you want it to be. Counter Argument #2 Family When death comes to family members there is sadness everywhere. Why, though because you want to keep that particular person is their life. It is hard to think about but it is a selfish feeling. It was there time to leave this world and the loved ones did not want to accept fate. Many people are life support where they are "dead" but their bodies are still alive. It is then that the loved ones lose their selfish thoughts and let them go. Losing a family member is sad but this does not make Death bad. Counter Argument #3 Sudden You say this in your argument,"Death is scary cause it can strike at any time the shear surprise of death has driven people to insanity." Sudden Death is not scary enough to drive people to insanity. There may be some cases where this has happened but I have never heard one. This Sudden Death fear that you have argued does not affect how people live. People still take risks despite the death threat. Here I have a video of a man who died doing what he loved. He knew that there was a risk but he still took it. http://www.youtube.com... The other base jumper lost his friend that day. Did that stop him from base jumping, no. If Sudden Death was a legitimate fear then people would not do things like this. The commonly known Crocodile Hunter died doing what he loved too. Poking wild and dangerous animals. Sudden Death is not a legitimate fear. A common saying today pertains to that, YOLO. You only live once. So live it. I already basically covered your pain argument in my first argument. Conclusion: If people feared death as much as the con thinks, then why take risks. As humans we think of the rush, we want to do what we love even if we might die. If you worry about death your whole life that when it comes around, you will realize you haven't lived. -Vincent Welsh