why do peole fear death?

[Casanova[OCAU]]

well i think this is a very personal question more than anything. But generally speaking, I'd say you'd find peopel afraid of death for two reasons. First is that theyre afraid of the unknown. What is beyond that point? Nothingness? Heaven? Hell? Reincarnation? no one is certain. And if they are, they really shouldnt be.

Then comes the attachment to all those that are of this world. Whether it be objects, like thier lifestyle, wealth, posessions or people, liek family, friends, companions, or even thier memories. I mean I cherish my memories the most and I have to say.. Ive learnt many a valuable lesson by going over and playing a memory over and over in my head again.

The unknown brings out the best in me, so if anything, I'd be looking forward to that aspect of death. But that's just me. I acknowledge that I'm far too attached to many of the comforts this material world provides me.

[Master Garland]

Well I believe those who do not fear death are mostly the ones who have had really depressing tough lifes, and just want it to end so that they can rest in eternal peace or go to their own utopia. For the souls who fear death I beleive that they are really attached to this physical existance, where their loved ones are etc, it is basically all they know. These two types apply to the majority of the popution.

There is also a physcologicaly claustrophic few that fear death and at the same time can accept it. I am one that fits in to this catagory. These individuals accept it because they want to be etenaly free, at peace, and see their departed loved ones. But then we get to thinking if our afterlife is eternal then what will we do during our eternal afterlife forever traveling the threads of time. We would probably get bored a scary though feeling that you will be bored for a eternity, you can start to feel that you would want to end your spirits existance as well. Then after that thought you'll feel scared because you do not want to just not exist and never be able come back.

As what I have all just mentioned previously I for one belive in reincarnation but I belive it is optional. So if you reincarnate into every living creature and have experienced all there is to experience, you would at that point in your infinit spiritual evolution know everything and have nothing else to do or learn. So as a result you will just winde up being bored forever and feel trapped in this cloustrophopic existance of existance itself. When you think about it this deeply the question opens up to you about why do we exist, what is the point of existance if that feeling of trapped cloustrophobicness is the final spiritual evolutionary prize or in other words the point of (Nirvana) as it is called in Buddihsm. Though as what I know Buddihsm did not delve this deeply in the concept of eternal consiousness and existance.

Now I'd suggest that you should not think about it this deeply it can be scary, and make you feel trapped in this claustrophobic coil of omni existance itself.

[Haku]

I think I know why people fear death but people make up heaven and stuff not to face the fact ther going to die one day but i say just live life because you have just one life.ya know I bet being dead sucks you just lay ther for eternity but thats how the world is and i don't fear death because you can't stop it from happening 100% and if anybody have a problem wheth my post pm me.(im not shor there is a heaven)

[TomStrife]

I think I know why people fear death but people make up heaven and stuff not to face the fact ther going to die one day but i say just live life because you have just one life.ya know I bet being dead sucks you just lay ther for eternity but thats how the world is and i don't fear death because you can't stop it from happening 100% and if anybody have a problem wheth my post pm me.(im not shor there is a heaven)

Oh, Heaven is real. It's just about as real as grammer which aparantly you don't believe in either.

All joking aside let's backtrack a little.

You mean you THINK people make up Heaven. But then again, you aren't "shor" there is one, yet you can state it as fact.

I do believe Heaven by faith alone. I can't prove it to you physically and show you on a map where it is. Seeing as how the opening statement was a joke, I'm not trying to force my beliefs on you either.

I fear death regardless of the fact I'm going to Heaven or not. For some reason I just fear dying. Sure, there have been times I have TRIED to kill myself, but it wasn't really me wanting to die. It was me seeing how people would react. Problem is, I wouldn't be there for it.

Death is scary thing people usually don't liketo think about. Regardless it happens.

We are all part of the ultimate statistic. 100% of us die.