On death,,, Are more people...?

Question

Are the majority of people afraid of death or are they not fully able to believe or accept that they will die?

Like, everyone knows they will die..but don't really believe it? Can they just not bring themselves to fully believe it..?

Or maybe they are afraid and try not to think about it?

I think that is a sign that we have a life after death. If non-existence is hard to comprehend, what does that mean?

Answer 1

I'm not exactly staring down death's door, but I am middle aged. So, yeah, its on my mind a bit more these days. I have come to accept that death is inevitable. I'd rather not experience death, but what are you gonna' do? Most people have been deathly ill at some point in their lives if they've lived more than 20 years. I think we all have to consider it at some point, but its generally isn't until we face our mortality via a major accident or illness, maybe a death in the immediate family, that we really get into the concept and start looking at the reality of it.

It is an unpleasant subject so isn't normal bar room conversation. I think Americans are too isolated from death. We hustle off dead and injured bodies before anybody really has to see it, and let the professionals do their thing to either save 'em or dress 'em and then get a few minutes to stare at them all dressed up and 'resting' in the box before we put them in the ground. Last I checked, the mortality rate for humans was 100%. Everybody does.

I don't think the idea that people have trouble with facing their death is an indication of immortal souls. I do think that we need to have the reality of death shoved in our face from time to time in order to recognize the value of life.

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Answer 2

I don't know if being afraid of death means there is life after death but I do believe that people are afraid of death because it is an experiance that hasn't happened to them/us yet. It is perfectly human to be afraid of the unknown...it's natural instinct to want to survive on the most part.

Answer 3

Religion is just a warm-and-fuzzy explanation for what happens upon death. It's very simple - watch a bug die, watch a dog die, or watch a person die - it's all the same; you cease to exist and what was once a functional, interactive being is nothing but a mass of proteins, minerals, and water.

But, if you ask someone who hasn't thought about it or is dumb what happens upon death, they will not know and will be quick to adopt the "happy" idea that you go to some wonderful place and continue on forever. How silly.

Answer 4

I think most people know death is coming at one point or another. Most people just don't like to talk about it. Those who are fixated on it, aren't really living, they are merely existing until death comes. But those who know death is coming, find themselves trying to do all that they can before that time comes...thus they are living and not worrying about it.

Answer 5

There is life after death. First to address fear of death:
In the Bible it describes death as following asleep. It is a sleep we do not awake from. When Judgement Day arrives we will all be arisen to face him, he will read our sins off to us. Whether we go to heaven or hell is his decision. To die is simple we sleep, the hard part is getting into heaven. I think that is where our fears come in.

Answer 6

If we think about death too much, then it just makes life pointless because we think wat's the point of doing something, we're going to die anyway. People believe that they will die, they just don't think about it 24/7.

Answer 7

I can comprehend death. I've come to terms with the fact that I will die, and that I can't help it. There's nothing I can possibly do, so why worry?

Answer 8

From the Christian perspective, I am not afraid to die because I know where my eternal spirit/soul with reside.

Honestly, I don't want to die some gruesome and painful death though.

Answer 9

I think to many people are obsessed with death,they should get on with life,instead of being death orientated,live laugh and love.

Answer 10

I'm affraid of death. I don't know what will happen to me when I die (I have beliefs about this, but no proof and I don't expect to ever find any), but I would rather put it off for as long as I can.