For me it is being confronted with the idea of suicide as a way out, like you are about to get eaten by zombies but only have one bullet left. Easy choice for the secular but if you believe in an afterlife things get complicated.

Scariest stories for me have always been about the evil real people do.

Stories like Silence of the Lambs was probably one of the scariest I ever saw in theaters.  Those kinds of things can and do happen in real life to some degree of severity or frequency. 

John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, The Green River Killer, Scorpio, Son of Sam, various "Stranglers", Jack the Ripper, William "The Freeway Killer" Bonin ... all the serial killers' stories scare me to death, because that stuff actually happened and can happen anytime, anywhere.  These mass shootings around the world are just another facet of that same mass murderer/serial killer theme.

I think it's one reason there are so many popular scary stories and involving escaped mental patients (Michael!!).  We know they are out there ---  somewhere ... maybe even reading this!
 

I watched the movie about a serial killer (can't remember which one right now) and how the people around him, even his wife during a big part of the killing window wasn't aware. 

While I like shows like Criminal Minds, sometimes the stuff that they come up with make me think "what kind of sick fcuk thinks up something like that".  That kind of stuff of what he human mind can think up scares me.

The story of Richard Kuklinski, the notorious contract killer and family man. When finally
arrested in 1986, neither his wife nor daughters had any clue about his real profession.

Serial killer movies and movies like Silence of the lambs are really scary movies.  The mystery of what goes on in seemingly normal people's minds is what is terrifying.

I don't feel at ease with strangers that look at you without blinking and wear a half crooked smile.

Thats why I can't look at Joe and Kamala without shivering and looking away.......

I watched the movie about a serial killer (can't remember which one right now) and how the people around him, even his wife during a big part of the killing window wasn't aware. 

While I like shows like Criminal Minds, sometimes the stuff that they come up with make me think "what kind of sick fcuk thinks up something like that".  That kind of stuff of what he human mind can think up scares me.

when i was in college, i wanted to be an fbi profiler
the way i thought about it was is that serial killers, are the smartest, most fucked up people around
so if you can catch them, that means you are the smartest, most fucked up person around...

Right or wrong. Heaven or hell. Conservative or liberal. It is all binary thinking trying to make a complex situation more simple in order to influence and control the kind of people who prefer not to think for themselves. Results are what matters, and church attendance has been declining rapidly for a while now while the numbers of religious unaffiliated have been climbing. With a depressing messages like H&H it is no wonder people have difficulty keeping the faith.

Interesting. Not sure why humans can't just live a good life to live a good life and pass on good memories. Until they invent immortality the only thing of you that lives on earth is the memories of yourself or your accomplishments.  If there is a afterlife, than that can be a bonus.  Fear shouldn't be everyone's only motivation.

Heaven doesn't seem that depressing.

It sounds boring, like getting stuck at Disneyland forever

Serial killer movies and movies like Silence of the lambs are really scary movies.  The mystery of what goes on in seemingly normal people's minds is what is terrifying.

I don't feel at ease with strangers that look at you without blinking and wear a half crooked smile.

Thats why I can't look at Joe and Kamala without shivering and looking away.......

Have you ever been out with friends or maybe on a date with a girl and everything is going great, you just want it never to end? Not the greatest of analogies but perhaps somewhat illustrative?

I know life will end, I know that if there is no afterlife I will never know the difference, yet it still gives me anxiety somewhat. I don't want it to end, I don't know how else to put it.

But if there is definitely no afterlife whatsoever it would be nice to know, would make some different choices in this current life.

i fear a political party that wants to fundamentally change America...

It sounds boring, like getting stuck at Disneyland forever