why do peole fear death?

[Hjortkayre]

First of all, you have to look at Death itself, as in, what is it? Without taking a religious or spiritual viewpoint, death is the end of biological function. In other words, you die and... nothing. Your mind, as far as I know, stops, so you think nothing, and feel nothing.

Now... most human beings have a fear of the unknown. Not everyone, but I'd estimate a good 95+% do, and degrees of fear vary. Why do we fear the dark? Because we don't know what's out their waiting for us.

Why do we fear death? Well, what happens after we die? Once again taking a non-religious view here, after death there is nothing. Just try to imagine it, no afterlife, no AFTER. Just nothing. It's impossible to comprehend. Picture it, do you see darkness? That won't exist. See what I mean about it being impossible to comprehend. Then again, one of the many religions could be right. But we won't know until we die, which is what scares most people.

There is, also, the fact that it's an END. After it, there is nothing. That's not nice to think about. I mean, you live for 90 years, make two million dollars, and die. Your relatives inherit everything, woop-do-doo. That won't matter to you, you'll be dead. Nothing will matter, because nothing will exist.

But also, there's the thought of losing your loved ones. What if someone you love dearly dies? You would be sad. Will you ever see them again? No-one knows. People believe, but no-one knows for sure, except maybe the dead if they can still know.

So it mostly boils down to the fact that it's the unknown we're afraid of, not death itself. I fear death, I fear a great many things. But I'm not going to list my fears here, as that would be pointless and bore anyone who reads it. Unless I have a stalker, then they'd lap it up. I hope I don't have a stalker... how did I get from talking to death to talking about stalkers?