Parkinsons, as I watched my Papa struggle with this for years before dying due to it. My parents dying. Trying to become as great of a father as mine was to me. Seeing FFB on his Segway at 2am on Washington St. at a red light.
You do have something to lose if you go through life being afraid of going to Hell. And how are we supposed to live our life to give us that chance? The morals of society have changed over time. What would have sent you to Hell a few hundred years ago, I don't think modern Christians would agree with nowadays.
Christians believe the path to Heaven is through belief in Jesus Christ as my lord and savior? What if they are wrong? What if the rest of my family is in Hell? Why would I want to go live in Heaven with a God that has killed so many? That let his own son die an incredibly painful death? Do you also consider my odds of dying today at 50% because there is only death or life?
Irrationally? Spiders, that's a bad one. A bit of claustrophobia if I am in an enclosure that is tight and the only way to get out is to back up. That freaks me out. Rationally? Losing my job and being unable to provide for my wife and kids. It's pretty much the only thing I ever seriously stress out about in my life.
I would think most cf.net'ers are afraid of the following: 1. The Gym 2. Healthy Foods 3. Maturity 4. Females 5. Making Real Money 6. Traveling outside the state of Texas
Fell down a well when I was a kid. Took a while for my dad to come get me and before he did I was swarmed by bats. So bats are my fear. Someday, I hope to use this fear against those who would do harm to the innocent. And on a serious note, at the age of 25 I fear one day being older and being one of those people who just works and watches TV. So many of my friends' parents do this, and it always saddens me to see it.
After decades a swearing I'll NEVER work in an office I finally changed gears and found myself at corporate. It changed my life and I have not looked back. Once you figure out the politics, it's easy street. But I still say, f*** fire!!!!!
This is mine. Thinking about 100s of feet of water beneath me, full of things I cannot see or prepare for gives me the willies. This movie = WILL NOT WATCH
I even get uneasy in lakes. Underneath the ocean is like going to a different planet. Other than the belly of a volcano, it's damn near the most hostile environment to humans on earth. We are aliens in it, and the stuff that calls it home does not like us and can very easily kill us. Deep sea creatures are some of the spookiest s**t you'll ever see. Granted, it's irrational to think that some Megaladon is going to bother swimming up from 30 miles deep to eat your insignificant little self, but then again, fears are mostly irrational anyway. I know most spiders are more afraid of me than I am of them, but I was scarred for life by a brown recluse special on the Discovery Channel as a child. So there you go. Heights is a rational fear, you slip, you die. It took me a while to work up the nerve to walk out on the edge of a cliff to take a picture on vacation. I suppose if I believed in second chances I'd be a little more daring, but oh well.
