I am not afraid of death. I am wondering why so many people are afraid. Is it becuase you think youll go to hell or is it cauz you dont know what hapens?
2007-11-19 05:51:15 · 10 answers · asked by Lil Greek Girl 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Sorry about the typos i had brain surgery 4 days ago so bran and fingers nd eyes not woking together just now.
2007-11-19 05:53:14 · update #1
I think it is because most people are scared of the unknown and nothing is more unknown than death. Nobady can really tell you what happens after. I believ in God but some may not be as true to Him as they should be and thus their fear of dying.
2007-11-19 05:59:38 · answer #1 · answered by Kookie M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they do not for sure what will happen, and they fear the worst.
Many people fear pain and agony during dying, even though most people die peacefully. They also have been frightened by the imagery and rhetoric they have experienced. Fire and brimstone preachers rant about people being consumed forever by the flames of hell, and people being thrown into a fiery cauldron. Much art from medieval times portrayed non-believers suffering unspeakable and eternal agony.
Some people are afraid of dying and no longer existing, and cannot comprehend that possibility.
Fear of death may also be a survival mechanism built into our species. If we fear death, we will go to any extreme to survive.
It is fascinating that younger people seem to fear death a lot more than older people, who are much closer to death. As we age, and see friends and many pets die, we begin to see death as a natural process, and even a way of ending the suffering and infirmity associated with aging and the dying process. Those of us who believe in a positive afterlife do not fear death so much, if at all. And even many atheists claim to have come to terms with their ultimate end.
2007-11-19 06:26:07 · answer #2 · answered by Pat K 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the ultimate unknown, and so many people either meet violent or painful ends, at least in the media. You seldom see a story of anyone who just goes to sleep and doesn't wake up. It's either a car crash, murder, or something gory and spectacular, so people inevitably assume that all deaths are that way.
I'm not particularly afraid of dieing, as long as I have at least some decent brain function and bodily control left to me at that time, and as long as it takes its time getting here. I want to spoil a grandchild or two yet...
2007-11-19 06:01:52 · answer #3 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-09-05 09:10:13 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am only afraid of leaving loved ones behind and heartbroken. If it were not for them, I would not want to be here anymore. I am not afraid of death because of various insights I have had into what happens beyond death.
I have had an NDE, and it was actually a truly beautiful experience for me as a child.
2007-11-19 07:04:29 · answer #5 · answered by thinkaspell 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People fear death because they fear the unknown. No one who's experienced death hasn't come back and informed us whether there's a afterlife or not, so we fear death because we don't know what happens. We don't know whether there's a heaven or hell, whether we're reincarnated, or if we just decompose in the ground when we die.
2007-11-19 07:16:03 · answer #6 · answered by Taja B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fear of the unknown is frightening. Nobody knows what happens when you die.Different religions/cultures have different beliefs, but in the long run noone can tell you.
2007-11-19 06:12:52 · answer #7 · answered by jo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people are always afraid of the unknown, look at history and all the artists that were once rejected but know we realize what they did was art. the complete opposite applys to people perseption of death, because nobody know what happens so unlike art we can't accept it...
2007-11-19 06:00:47 · answer #8 · answered by Preeti S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a fear of the un-known.
and may be becaus of the fear on lonlynece you will might have
2007-11-19 06:01:24 · answer #9 · answered by lovleyanna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fear of the unknown
2007-11-19 06:47:06 · answer #10 · answered by JEN 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋