And why do people whisper in graveyards?
2006-10-23 18:13:16 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
fear of the unknown
2006-10-23 18:15:09 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I am not religious and I don't believe in an afterlife. In my personal opinion, everything's over once you're dead.
Still, I'm not afraid to die. If you think there's nothing there, there's nothing to be afraid of either.
Another thing why it doesn't freak me out, is that I've been around death quite often. I've had cancer myself and I volunteer for a cancer charity. In those circumstances death often is a release and the end of pain rather than something to fear...
I don't whisper in graveyards but I keep my voice down because I don't want to disturb other mourners.
2006-10-24 05:15:01 · answer #2 · answered by Judith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dint know about the whispering. However I have to believe people are afraid to die out of sheer greed. It is hard to imagine a life after this, since this is all we know. Even if that life is 100 times better this is the one we have. Dying means giving up everything we have here, since we cant take it with us. All the time spent working for that and than to just die. All that work was for nothing. A whole life lived and lost.
2006-10-24 01:18:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
(-: Hey, Al, I thought you'd know better than us -- you've gone on to the great beyond a few decades ago, didn't you?
I think the big thing is that no one really knows; you can believe a burning bush if you like, but no one really knows. And even if we think we really know, a lot of people are not quite sure about the judging criteria. "Am I going to get into heaven? Am I going to be sent back as a cockroach? What's the deal with purgatory, anyway? And will they make me go to hell for lusting after my boss' wife, even if it was only in my heart?" I think there are a lot of aetheists out there who would like to hedge their bets, too.
As for whispering in graveyards, well, no one really knows if there's anything left to listen. But I think we'd like to believe there's someone there -- it means there's something beyond death besides a blank nothingness. And if there's anyone there, you just don't want to make them mad (-:.
2006-10-24 01:25:19 · answer #4 · answered by Madame M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most cases. It is the Physical body that is afraid to die . rather than the soul which needs to talk to the body and prepare it.
they whisper in graveyards so as not to disturb the spirits of the dead in their rest.
2006-10-24 01:47:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think they are afraid to die. They just want to enjoy the ride for as long as they can. Why throw it away early?
Also, the graveyard is sacred to many people. It's like being in church. It's a somber moment, they're also likely to be mourning.
2006-10-24 01:18:21 · answer #6 · answered by flip4it 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fear of the unknown, or that it may be long and painful, that they may never see their kids grow up, etc.
as far as whispering in graveyards, to be honest I have never heard of that, I would assume some kind of superstition? I have a friend who believes you should only walk barefoot in a cemetary, not sure why on that one either
2006-10-24 01:17:17 · answer #7 · answered by magen n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No matter how advanced our species will become, or how smart the people in our species is, were still humans, and that comes with all the human traits and human nature. People whisper in grave yards because its not a fun place to be. How would you feel if you were paying respects to a loved one, and some idiot is yelling crap across the cemetery?
2006-10-24 01:16:52 · answer #8 · answered by fscarberry20 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is human nature to be afraid of the unknown. We fear what we do not understand. Since we have no one to ask, "What's it like being dead?" we simply fear it. Some fear it becaue they're not sure if they'll go to heaven or hell. Others just don't know what to think. THey think that it's the End. Personally i believe that if life was a sentence, death is a comma, not a period.
2006-10-24 07:48:03 · answer #9 · answered by bonca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was me answering that question i would say its the fear of not being in control, everything in my life i have some control over, but with death i do not...and thats the fear.
As for whispering for me its respect for other people loss but also when i visit someone and i start talking to them, what i talk about is personal to me and what i'm talking about lol
2006-10-24 14:56:58 · answer #10 · answered by English Knight 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Easiest way to answer this is...most are not afraid to die when they believe but it is the fear of how they will die. They are afraid if it should be a train accident, bomb on a plane, fire...etc. The pain the death may bring on is the fear.
2006-10-24 01:51:24 · answer #11 · answered by bunnylatte 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋