I'm a theist, and I've read some pretty interesting points here. I used to think kinda along the lines of people who would think eternity or even eternal bliss would eventually get boring, but to use my own analogy: we've all had times that we wish didn't end for whatever reason. Imagine every single one of them rolled into one, made even bigger, and it never did end. An eternity of the best time of your life would not get boring.

That's my two cents, anyway.

I'm very agnostic, but believe in a lot of religious things. I'm kinda superstitious that way (scratch that, VERY superstitious). But also, I've just found too many parallels between religions to understand just why religious people are so... intolerant. Fundamentalist Christians bother me the most simply because of the bad name they have given Jesus. (Even if the man may very well have been a crazy hobo, his words were of great significance, and it's a shame that those who act in his name disgrace it so)

But, I do not really fear death. God is life the universe and everything, or, more accurately all things are aspects of God. It's not some giant man in the sky, as cheesy as a collective unconscious supermind sounds, that's the nearest equivalent the human mind seems capable of comprehending. I love seeing the order of things, the natural cycles of chaos and order, and how both define one another. Death is just another part of life. for instance I find few things more beautiful than watching the interplay of predator and prey. The only things that bother me about dying is if I leave behind unfinished business (although if it is truly a mission of import to the universe, it will get done eventually, I just don't want to fail my tasks and responsibility, I don't want to waste my chances) and more importantly, the people I leave behind. When someone dies, it is not for them we are mourning. It is for ourselves.

As for the afterlife. Focus your efforts on this one. Make sure to understand the meaning of everything you choose to do. Know what it is you want to accomplish. Whether to go down in history, or just to change the way a certain thing gets done. Find out what makes you feel satisfied and complete.

Frankly, I'm not sure what category I fall into... With any of those.
I'm not going to say I look forward to death or it means nothing to me, of course it does. But at the same time, I try not to put any emphasis on it.
From time to time I stay up through the night thinking of all the possibilities (after death) and lack thereof... But always come to the same conclusion, "why worry, it's something uncontrollable".

I have contributed nothing to this discussion and have not answered your poll! Heh, I'm bad at this!

I'm agnostic, but listed myelf as atheist not fearing death. death is just another stage, I see.

Honestly, I'm an atheist, and I look forward to death.
Just to see if I was right or not.

Death is going to happen one way or another, so do all you can before the bell tolls, that's all there is to it.

I've died before. Literally. I coded on the table. I remember every second of it too.

Death is a part of life. I accept that. Hell, I have cancer now. I know it's coming soon. I don't fear it. However, I don't believe it has anything to do with a religious belief. It doesn't for me.

Forgive me for abstaining from voting on your poll then ^^