What do you think about the idea of knowing when you will die?

[Everlyne_wanja7]

I dread the thought of death let alone of the day i will die. i actually think it's not fair how doctors tell you that you have a certain amount of time and percentage to live when they find out you are on the verge. they should keep it to themselves... spare you the agony of knowing what and who you will be leaving behind

[toribyers13]

The idea of being able to wrap things up is nice, and I also feel like I'd be less anxious about death... I still don't think I'd like it though. I think in reality I would spend all my time thinking about when I was going to die, and I wouldn't just enjoy things like I should. That's a hard choice though! Part of me wants to know, but I think I'm better off the way it is now.

[Tbunde5]

Someone once said, “Live each day as if it were your last.” If we al did that, every day of our lives, the end date wouldn’t matter. The panic sets in because we feel there is so much we’ve left undone and we have no time to do it. We all know the end is coming, even if we don’t know the date. Instead of cramming a lifetime into our last days, we should live each day as a lifetime.

[Collins_Ponda]

The idea is OK now this can course a lot of problems to our human race.moreover is God's love that allow us not to now about our death. For that we thank him.

[The BookWorm Nagham]

On one hand, I think it's a good idea and I'm impatient to know. If I know I'd be able to do all the things on my bucket list, I'd say my goodbyes to everyone I love, I guess I'd be more outgoing and open because I'm aware of the time I have left. But on another hand, I think that I'd be afraid, the date of my death looming above me, I'd dread the day.
I want and don't want to have access on this kind of information, i'm kind of lost.

[Eileen R]

I prefer not knowing. It will only stress me out. I will only be counting the days until its time for me to go and i will accomplish very little.

[AmandaSeals]

I don't believe I would want to know because I soul always be worried and counting the days.

[princessERI]

I think that at some point it is good to know when you will die but at the same time it is not a good idea.
Because when you found about the date, you will only get scared and this fear will make you obsessed on how you can avoid it. If you decided to make out of yoir remaining days, then that would only means that there is acceptance.
Though, I doubt many would easily choose acceptance.

[sierra112]

Unless I could actually do something to change the date of my death, then I would not want to know when. I think the knowing would over shadow the experiencing of each new day with all it's wonders and choices. Taking away someone's hope is sad and cruel. Hope is a strong motivator. Knowing when you will die diminishes hope.

[l0wdermilk02]

I would love to know. It would enable me to ensure I’m not wasting a second of my time on useless pursuits. If it’s going to be soon I don’t want to worry about building up my 401K, I want to SPEND it having adventures! On the other hand, if it’s going to be a long time, I’ll want that 401K but work on a legacy to leave behind.

My big thing is “Will it hurt?” As a chronic pain patient, I have had enough pain in my life. If my death would exceed that which I already experience, I would have important decisions and conversations to have.

While knowing when you will die may seem scary, I think if we did, we would be kinder to each other, less likely to speak in anger or say hurtful things. While we should always live with intention, the belief that we will somehow live forever, IMO, makes us forget to do that. Thus we get tangled up in that which doesn’t matter, forgetting what does.

Peace,
Leslie

[Graceia]

I suppose it would be a great relief to the person going to die. They would plan better for their families, treat people better, lived better, loved better, not stored up piles of bile and hate, forgave better. A person would prepare for eternity knowing they gave life their all.
On the flip side, it would be difficult for loved ones knowing their love one would be history at a certain time. Their would be agony for parents, siblings and friends.

[l0wdermilk02]

I’ve read a lot of comments from people saying that God’s timing is perfect and they don’t need to know. I can understand not needing to know, but I have a lot of trouble with that first part.

I have a big issue with the first part. With all due respect to peoples’ religious beliefs. I find it inconceivable that the “time was perfect” for the six year olds who died at Sandyhook or the young people who died in Stoneman Douglas High School. If you believe that, and it comforts you, then I guess that’s a good thing. However I’m quite sure their families would disagree regarding the perfection of the timing of their deaths.

This isn’t meant to be an attack on anyone in particular but rather pointing out that cliches like that are often used without understanding that for those affected by tragedy, they are hurtful moreso than helpful. Again, if that’s your belief and it comforts you, that’s good - hang on to that. Just be cautious before sharing that with someone who’s lost a loved one, especially in a sudden or violent way.

Peace,
Leslie

[bootsie0126+]

First, great topic discussion!

I personally would not like to know when I will die. There are just too many negative factors that will arise for me if I knew when I was going to die. It is bad enough when I worry about trivia things so I can't imagine how I would handle the knowledge of knowing when I will die. Some people may argue that knowing when you will leave this earth has benefits, such as allowing people to get their life in order. However, the opposite effect could happen, where knowing the day you will die will cause some people to do dangerous things simply because they may feel they have nothing to lose. It is our destiny to die one day, but I would like to live my life not knowing when.

I hope that scientists never get the opportunity to predict someone's day they will die. Believing that our lives are already planned out by God, scientists should never have access to technology that will allow them to do so.

[Lenifty02]

Knowing when you will die. That's some really advanced technology. Most people might jump at this tech on the need to know so as to live their lives to the fullest. I believe this is true but only to some extent.

I personally don't buy the idea of such tech. As a human characteristic, we have this thing called Fear. Everyone fears loss. Now, knowing when you are scheduled to die, this causes a fear which makes a person want to do a lot of things before they die. This in turn would lead to the loss of sense of preservation. The society at large would become lawless and devoid of good as everyone would want to cover his/her list. No one would care about anyone else. No one would want to get too attached to anyone, not even family, just to avoid the pain of losing them.

Also, knowing when to die would instill a fear which could even lead people to their early graves. Death would become a normal and expected event and this take away the what makes us human, the ability to feel pain.

Development of such technology would bring about the end of normative ethics. Although, I must say, this was a really interesting book.

[Obedy]

Knowing when you die is just unnecessary self inflicted torture. Moreover, it's not like you're going to escape it, everyone is faced with with the same end...death! I also don't think human beings are sufficiently equipped to handle such a revelation (emotionally).