When I was young I read a book, called "Zorba the Greek", by Nikos Kazantzakis [one of greatest European writers], later also a famous song by Nikis Theodorakis [who lived in France] and... a lot more. Whatever impressed me in that book, was that someone died and the first thing that people wanted to do was to "grab" the deceased's belongings....That image remained long in my mind. Since then I have realized how ugly death is...
To me, death is filled with grief. As a doctor I have seen many people during their last minutes. When someone dies, people were hired to cry. The priests with the cross, would stop at every intersection and the crowds would cry harder, and the people would throw small change to the passers-bies who would pick it up from the dirt. The procession would continue to the burial place at the cemetery. The priests would say the last things, and the first shovels of dirt and stones would fall on the coffin, Bum! Bum! unbearably painful. Porridge and wine would be given to people. A black piece of cloth, like a butterfly in shape, would hang for months somewhere on the deceased's house showing that someone died there. I hate death, it is something horrible and ugly.
Let us, God, live!
2007-06-27 22:43:11 · 4 answers · asked by Cristian P 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
death it's self is not bad, it's what the living do after the person has died that is concidered good or bad. funerals give closure to the living because the dead are gone. i see death as the next big adventure
2007-06-27 22:54:46 · answer #1 · answered by oldguy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow! What an image! No wonder you think death is ugly. It is also a blessed release from a horrible illness that causes endless suffering. When my Aunt died after a long illness(cardiomyopathy) her bones were so brittle from the steroids used, they would crumble into dust if anyone tried CPR. The empty show put on by the priests and the hired mourners is enough to turn anyone against a funeral rite, but, they still don't do that today, do they? I hope not. I think that to forestall the possession grab, I'd have a will giving what possessions I wanted to be given to someone and what to do with the other things. God's peace and comfort to you.
2007-06-27 23:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by sugarbabe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the pain fades......eventually, but who wants to live forever ?
2007-06-27 22:49:22 · answer #3 · answered by Daniel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Faith is to believe what we do not see; And the reward of faith is to see what we believe......St. Augustine
2007-06-27 22:54:14 · answer #4 · answered by healing wings 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋