Why would I fear the inevitable? I actually take some comfort in the idea that life simply ends, and I will cease to exist after I die.
Most, if not all, religions seem to be based upon being rewarded in an afterlife because the particular rules of that religion have been followed during life. If there is no afterlife then I cannot worry about my own life and actions.
Death being final is a great thing, and gives me the feeling of freedom. If I were to die then I would not be conscious or able to think, meaning I couldn't possibly regret anything. Life is just a long stretch of time with no meaning to me, which is there just to be enjoyed. No matter whether I achieve anything or not, that is not my goal at all. What matters to me is enjoying myself and feeling happy and content throughout my life.
But even if I spend the entire time miserable, it doesn't matter at all.
I don't really understand how I must fear nothing if I don't fear death. I have a set amount of time and I'm going to use it. I will be cautious, so as it doesn't end prematurely (I'll look both ways when I walk across a road etc) but when it comes, what is the point of being afraid?
Pain is not a warning signal for death at all. If I walk into a table is my body telling me I'm going to die? No. It's telling me that it's probably a bad place to put a table. Pain is meant to be unpleasant, it's designed that way. If pain was all fun we'd be running into tables everywhere and nobody would think to move them.
I don't associate pain with death. My death, if it goes as planned, which most things in life really won't, especially something as important as this, will be painless.
For those who believe in reincarnation, doesn't that mean that they have lived an infinite number of lives before? Is that fear of living forever justified then? Oh, wait, you don't remember ever living before. So it seems that you'd just be reborn continually and do the exact same thing, never really accomplishing anything grand. And would it be possible to become your own son or grandson? That would be amusing.
It's interesting that when people die, some apparently see Jesus. So, they believed in this 'prophet' and therefore he exists. If I believe strongly enough in any random dead psychotic (I mean this original prophet, Abraham, but come on... In this age if someone was telling you he had visions of God's message he'd be heavily sedated and kept out of harms way in a small padded box) then will he suddenly appear to me when I die? 8)
Why would you want to live forever anyway? What possible reason could you have?