Why are most of us afraid of death?

I think the OP mean't fearing death as a whole. I mean, we all die some day, many people die even sooner than expected. His question may be better explained by this literary analogy: In the book "The Silmarilion", written by Tolkien, there is a part called the fall of Numenor, where it says that when the king of Numenor arrested Sauron and brought him to his island, Sauron willingly allowed himself to be taken captive.

Once he was in Numenor he deceived the king until he became his high counselor, he then proceeded to create a new religion of darkness based in ritual sacrifice, worship of Melkor (the darklord of the first age who corrupted him), worship of immortality and fear of death.

He did it in order to break the numenoreans connection to the gods of the West and make them covet their immortality, especially the numenorean king. He knew that by doing this he would set the numenoreans against their gods which would prompt their fall and thus he would defeat them without exposing himself and pave the way to declare himself ruler of all Middle-Earth.

Though this is a work of fiction, his books are based in several mythological roots, mainly from Europe, which is itself based in the cultures of old religions. I think it's a great parellel (wether intentional or not) between the fear of death created by the monotheistic religions to divide and conquer us (or our souls).

I am not fearful, I am looking forward to Valhalla.

Well seeing as this is Hell for the fact the moment your born into this world you begin to decay towards death & most are "burning" eating from Hell's kitchen with all the acidic foods out there, we should b excited the day we r freed from this trap (just don't get tricked into coming back), lol... most the ancients spent this life preparing for their departure cuz memory is the key to ascending to a higher realm without recycling.. Life is only a dream, dreams r reality & realities r dreams.. the only thing real is existence & our I Am presence, & reality can b manipulated. Most may b afraid of death cuz they forgot who/what they are, pure consciousness

I don't even want to see hell. I sure don't deserve Heaven and being with Jesus Christ for eternity.
This is why i fear dying.

Because you know you're going to hell.

Only solution to that destination:
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There ya go.

It wasn't THAT bad before we was born.

Was it?

Simple biology. Our amygdala is the oldest part of our brain that is wired to keep you alive. Well, wired so that you want to keep living in the face of death.

Other than that, my cerebral cortex has allowed to evaluate the world in which I live and develop a philosophy on life.

I want to keep on living because death is so boring. A state of never-ending, non-existence.

Sure, I can talk about how our mortality gives our lives more meaning etc. But in reality, it is mute. I simply don't want to die.

That'll be awesome:)

I'll kill you there! And then you can kill me!

And then I'll buy you a beer:)

I've been looking forward to it for as long as I can remember. In fact I'm pretty damn excited about it. Nope I'm not religious but I know it's not the end and a body is just a vehicle.
The only thing I fear is the death of others, the people I love, not so much for them but for me, being without them. How selfish is that!

Most people fear death coz they're programmed to.

I maybe believe in reincarnation, but there's something who just don't adds upp about it.

Why are we beeing more and more and more people in this world if it's a neverending weel for us all? Where do all the souls come from?

My only theory is that most of us fail moving on to the next level, and that we have to try again.

Yes, so that we would be easier to control.

I don't want to go through the motions of it.
Pain experience ect.
an off switch would be ideal.

IT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE 98% OF YOU DON"T KNOW CHRIST PERSONALLY !!!

Please turn to Him NOW. Things are only going to get worse in North America, and only faith in Christ will see you through what is going to come down soon.

Your lands have been judged and will fall right on schedule. Your leaders are all bat shit crazy and a sword is being raised up NOW to execute judgement. Wake up and read the signs for yourselves.

Babylon fell, Greece fell, Rome fell, ... Your nation has already fallen in the future, and it a few years that will be the past.

Stoned Prophet

Its probably animals that have graduated to the human level that are increasing the numbers.

It also explains why there are many humans that are absolutely retarded in life and lack common sense and logic.

There might be a natural balance in order that is sort of a waiting list to be human if there arent enough bodies, so animals will be sent again to be animals until they learn more. But if there are more bodies than human souls, perhaps they are "graduated" too fast, dont get enough experience and knowledge, and it disrupts the whole balance.

I'm not afraid because I medically "died" and know what it's like to disconnect from this body. However, you should be scared. It will be ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING. Brace yourself, is all I can say.

You'll see. But you will go with the flow and ride it out, like everyone else. You'll be pissing yourself though (if you still had a body, that is...lol).

IT IS SIMPLY BECAUSE 98% OF YOU DON"T KNOW CHRIST PERSONALLY !!!

Please turn to Him NOW. Things are only going to get worse in North America, and only faith in Christ will see you through what is going to come down soon.

Your lands have been judged and will fall right on schedule. Your leaders are all bat shit crazy and a sword is being raised up NOW to execute judgement. Wake up and read the signs for yourselves.

Babylon fell, Greece fell, Rome fell, ... Your nation has already fallen in the future, and it a few years that will be the past.

Stoned Prophet

I dont think its being dead that people are afraid of, I think its actually going through the process of dying that people are scared of.

If everyone was told that they would die in the middle of the night while asleep, then no one would be scared of death. But if those same people were told that they will fall into a wood chipper feet first .... they'd be scared shitless.


So its not being dead, its whether or not you will be conscious and aware of your passing that people fear .... and rightly so.

Being conscious of your own passing would be a gift from God! You want to know what is going on, confusion leads to suffering - so says Buddha.

Expectations leads to fighting reality/powers beyond our control. When you WANT to die then you can go in peace, or have a better chance of going in peace.

What sucks is the sadness your death brings to so many others.