Do you agree that the fear of death follows from the fear of life?

Question

And that a man who lives fully is prepared to die at anytime? Mark Twain is where I am getting my question from....an interesting man, he was.

Answer 1

I think fear of death follows from fear of the unknown/change
Actually I'm not sure.
Who lives fully is prepared to die at anytime.?
To agree or not agree is the forum of great debating.
The debate on both Mark Twains topics never conclude
Very interesting.

Answer 2

Yes I think that someone who fears death is probably also afraid to live fully. Fear stifles you from experiencing all that life has to offer & prevents you from accepting death as an inevitable part of the life cycle & as a beginning rather than an ending. Death is not the end. It is merely a change. Your soul lives on forever. Only the body dies. Someone who is afraid will be too cautious & will not take any risks. Therefore they will never really live. All the worrying in the world still won't prevent death either. It just makes life less fun. Not that you should live with reckless abandon & flirt with death, but a little bit of risk is required to grow & to have a fulfilling life. Courage isn't an absence of fear. Courage is feeling the fear but confronting it & daring to act anyway....

Answer 3

No, I have had an NDE (Near Death Experience) I have had visits from Spirits of Loved ones crossed over I have OBE's (Out of Body Experiences) All the time I know we are Spiritual Beings having a Physical Experience and now Science is on the bandwagon, here is but one of many books: The Afterlife Experiments: Breakthrough Scientific Evidence of Life After Death by Gary E. Schwartz

Answer 4

I think that we fear life and death purely because of ignorance. We as humans do not know what will happen in the future or what will happen after death, so we fear for the worst. For me, it's not so much a fear of dying, it's fearing that dying will be painful. I don't really fear death, but I do fear what might happen to me once I am dead. And I don't fear life itself, but I am a little spooked about what might come.

Answer 5

Fear becomes of the natural unknowing spirit, not a consciousness of existence or appraisal for life. After wisdom is born the mind of the body's death with absolute certainty for permanence, then the illogic of that fear becomes sensable or conceivable. Fear itself shall not pass, but fear is transformed into happiness in labor. This happiness changes in quantity and/or quality; it is not an immutable law so 'living fully' becomes a question for quality and of that question a question for quantity. All that is said there does not prove Twain's postulate as false, but merely a mystery.

Answer 6

I believe so. I don't know if I will make any sense if I tell you that I don't have fear of death. Not that i think I am righteous person.I am only human, I commit sin, make mistakes and hurt others feelings too, worst of all i think bad , and accuse a person that i really love(jealousy?). But the only thing is i forgive, make amends and ask forgiveness, and free myself from doing the same sin again. I wish good things for other people, pray- recite the Apostle's creed silently at night.
Back to your question, I agree that fear of death follows from the fear of life. We feel scared to die because we are not ready to die? Why? In my opinion, we tend to be not ready to die or not ready to be taken any time because we fear that we were not righteous, virtuous, and morally upright in our present life, thus in one sense, we are not brave enough to embrace the kind of life we are living- full of sins. In this light, we think that having not enough time to make up our sins-and that the fact that death will take us any time, we then fear that we will be thrown to the lake of eternal fire(hell) instead of being lifted up to heaven. Simple thoughts but i honestly believe those places are right here in earth, only in different dimensionsThe only way we can join our God is by being at least virtuous person.
Mark Twain is one of my best authors by the way.

Answer 7

I think the fear of death comes from a human beings true inner self. I think the reason why people are afraid of death is because they know what kind of person they are. Depending on if they are religous or not everyone is curious about what will happen to them when they die whether they think it will be nothing or if they will go to heaven or hell. Those who believe the whole heaven and hell spill are afraid of death because they know that they can't escape their inner violent and guilty self and they are afraid of hell. They know that's where they will go, but they try to avoid knowing by praying and doing good in the world for their sake of afterlife. Those who do good in the world for the sake of other peoples lives are not worried about death. They are the man who lives fully and is prepared to die at anytime.

Answer 8

There is only 2 feelings in life fear and love if you fear life you fear death if you love life you will love and embrace death as it is part of the cycle

Answer 9

LOL...you gotta love Twain!

But, to answer, no, I don't. I think fear of death comes form the total unknown, the unknowable, of what happens next. I don't believe that anyone ever is prepared to die...but I do think that you can accept that you will. If you live each day as a gift, if each day is a preicous piece of time, if you learn something new, explore the possibilities of each new day, then when the end comes, you can accept it.

Answer 10

i think they are one in the same. If you are scared of death you are surely scared of life.
Honestly I am not scared of dying persay, its just the being dead that bothers me, as crazy as that sounds. Maybe I am too much of a control freak, but I am scared if I die my family won't survive. Its not a fear of my life, its a fear of ruining my childrens life. So I guess I have to live forever, lol.
But you are right, Mark Twain was a pretty nifty fella