2006-07-03 06:33:29 · 25 answers · asked by KYNY 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
muslims feel that way coz they know where they're going. the uncertainty is lifted, and there's a real chance of paradise so that makes us happy down here.
still, many people delude themselves into some fake and forced happiness that always fades before they die. that's because they don't have a serious reason to be happy and they know it. so they pretend.
2006-07-03 08:20:47 · answer #1 · answered by rayhanna 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, it's the Big Question.
How do we face death? Do we have any hope after death? Does anything have true meaning in the end, if all people eventually die and nothing is permanent and everything goes to dust?
This is the question that religion seeks to answer. Some religions say death is an illusion, so you never "really" die. Some say that you die and that's the end, there is nothing you can do except accept it. Some say that there is a force (God or otherwise) that has power over death and can provide life even in the face of your own demise.
Personally, I don't know a realistic way to possess hope if you accept the reality of death. Doing things for your own benefit has no eternal meaning because you will cease to exist. Doing things for another's benefit in the end means nothing anyway, if they cease to exist as well.
It seems intellectual dishonesty to pretend that my choices have any meaning whatsoever, if death is inevitable and the end of the road for everyone. Those who are honest and believe death is final should by definition be nihilists and not waste their time trying to achieve anything.
2006-07-03 06:53:22 · answer #2 · answered by Jennywocky 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The happiness comes from experiencing the life that we were blessed to have. Enjoying the here and now and being full of experiences when you pass on. Happiness comes from living and helping someone out. You did not create yourself, therefore oneday your creator will come face to face with you and you shall see who put you on earth and you shall say I was happy to be there an dI helped someone... Not everyone gets this oppt. some die never been born. You were one of the chosen. Choose wisely and be happy for each and every day..
2006-07-03 06:41:21 · answer #3 · answered by ju-ju bean 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The happiness comes from knowing that during the time span of life we did a good deed. That happiness is not based on the money we have accumulated stepping on people's toes but from what and how much we have given when the occasion had called for it. Love, comfort, affection, sympathy, understanding, smile, joy. How much have you given when you look back will make the D day a light and a happy one.
2006-07-03 06:55:08 · answer #4 · answered by alpha & omega 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As the band Aerostmith says in one song, "life's a journey, not a destination". You come here with a purpose in life, each and everyone has it's own purpose. Finding out what it is and fulfilling it is the greatest thing a soul can achieve.
If you see life and death in terms of your phisical body, then as you said there is not so much purpose in life. Humans are a combination of body and soul, and while the body is a shell that withers and dies, the soul is eternal, is part of G-d and when your body dies, the soul returns to G-d.
What more could you ask for?
2006-07-03 06:43:59 · answer #5 · answered by Joseph M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Instead of focusing on the destination, why not focus on the journey itself? It's not the being, it's the becoming that is important. While ruminating on the negative, why not look at the positive and stop wasting time? LIVE -- as Mame Dennis once said, "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!"
2006-07-03 06:45:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why should you be so close minded as to think of death as a bad thing. Just because you hear of heaven and hell in our culture as an afterlife...doesn't mean you have to beleive it. You should maybe get more in touch with your spiritual side rather than fear the unknown. It will just cause you stress and misery if that is what you want to put up with until your "time comes"...Personally I think there are many more lessons to be learned after we leave this life.
2006-07-03 06:54:16 · answer #7 · answered by ridelhigh17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not the dying that makes some people sad, it's the how and the when. I try not to think about the how and the when, but the in between. How I live my life to the fullest. What I can do to make myself successful, what can I do to make others around me smile. LIfe is way too short to worry about dying.
2006-07-03 06:50:43 · answer #8 · answered by Agent Double EL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Life as we know it is finite and no matter what you think, say or do that fact is not going to change. We all have choices as how to use that limited amount of time. One can make the most of our time and live life to its fullest or sit around and complain about not being able to live forever. I think the majority of us do the best we can with the cards we've been dealt.
2006-07-03 06:53:18 · answer #9 · answered by gamerunner2001 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not. In fact, I'm pretty pissed in general because nobody ever asked me if I wanted to live in this shitty world. My parents made the decision for me. Just as I did for my daughter, and I feel SOOOOO guilty for bringing a child into this world. All she has to look forward to is the eventual end. It's easier for me now, because I can focus on making her life good and stop bitching about mine. But what does she have? I'm an *** hole.
2006-07-03 07:17:40 · answer #10 · answered by OneMadSquid 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋