2007-06-24 19:31:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
People are afraid of things they neither understand nor have any experience with. In other words, if they haven't been there and don't know what's going to happen, they have a greater chance of being afraid of it.
People who have a strong faith in the afterlife do not usually experience this terror, since they believe they know what lies on the other side. If you know what is coming, you aren't afraid of it.
2007-06-24 19:46:00 · answer #1 · answered by skpicky 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well being old is scary because you don't wanna wake up one day, 80 years old, and having done nothing with your life. Also, when you're old, you can't do as much and you're also more likely to have health problems.
Death is terrifying because we are afraid of the unknown. We don't know what happens to us after we die. Do we go to Heaven? Do we go to Hell? Do we roam the earth as ghosts? Do we just not exist? All of those (except maybe Heaven) are frightening possibilities.
2007-06-25 16:30:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the obvious answer is that people are afraid of the unknown, and that is how the church has been able to manipulate people into submission. I am not sure if you wanted the obvious answer. You probably knew it already.
2007-06-25 02:36:07 · answer #3 · answered by lobovicky2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd be more scared of being immortal. That would suck.
People are scared they won't experience everything that life has to offer before they die.
2007-06-25 03:52:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, i have heard from old/er people...
when you're in your 30s, people around you are married... having kids... if you aren't, you're more pressured or feel somewhere else...
when you're in your 80s... people around you start to die... and yes we may wish to live long but... we don't want to feel alone... and this just is the saddest thing, no?
2007-06-25 02:44:32 · answer #5 · answered by joshi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they get used to life on this planet and dont have faith in the next or think there going to hell.
2007-06-25 03:39:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋