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Death
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RE: Death
Hell to one person, is heaven to another. Whoever said hell had to be flames? And unless someone has been to hell and back, no one can really say what it's like.

I am reminded of Harry Potter book 7, when Harry and Dumbledore are talking about death. Dumbledore says, "It’s the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more."

When I read it, it rang true in so many ways. I knew that I was afraid of death, mainly because I had no idea what was beyond it. But if it's simply the unknown, why should it be feared? People try to calm their fears of the unknown in death with religion - it gives them certainty and a definiteness about life. Humans want certainty in everything, they want closure. Now, I try to let more things go, to not have to be sure about everything, and to never let my insecurity or inability to be completely comfortable with uncertainty get in the way of reason or logic. Now, I wouldn't say I'm afraid of death. It's the pain or the 'transition' as someone said which bothers me now.
"I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability." Oscar Wilde
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Messages In This Thread
Death - by puglover - January 10, 2009 at 1:15 am
RE: Death - by WWLD - January 10, 2009 at 1:28 am
RE: Death - by puglover - January 10, 2009 at 1:43 am
RE: Death - by g-mark - April 18, 2009 at 10:42 am
RE: Death - by Ace Otana - January 10, 2009 at 6:34 am
RE: Death - by leo-rcc - January 10, 2009 at 6:55 am
RE: Death - by Darwinian - January 10, 2009 at 6:57 am
RE: Death - by Ace Otana - January 10, 2009 at 7:16 am
RE: Death - by leo-rcc - January 10, 2009 at 7:03 am
RE: Death - by Darwinian - January 10, 2009 at 7:08 am
RE: Death - by Darwinian - January 10, 2009 at 7:23 am
RE: Death - by Ace Otana - January 10, 2009 at 7:33 am
RE: Death - by leo-rcc - January 10, 2009 at 9:42 am
RE: Death - by Demonaura - January 10, 2009 at 10:17 am
RE: Death - by leo-rcc - January 10, 2009 at 11:00 am
RE: Death - by Demonaura - January 10, 2009 at 12:26 pm
RE: Death - by WWLD - January 10, 2009 at 6:26 pm
RE: Death - by Eilonnwy - January 11, 2009 at 12:17 pm
RE: Death - by bozo - January 11, 2009 at 7:01 pm
RE: Death - by Matt - January 11, 2009 at 7:19 pm
RE: Death - by Sam - January 14, 2009 at 5:25 pm
RE: Death - by peregrine - January 15, 2009 at 7:20 am
RE: Death - by Kyuuketsuki - January 15, 2009 at 8:58 am
RE: Death - by josef rosenkranz - February 1, 2009 at 4:33 pm
RE: Death - by Giff - February 16, 2009 at 11:06 am
RE: Death - by Kyuuketsuki - February 17, 2009 at 6:33 am
RE: Death - by Eilonnwy - February 17, 2009 at 1:37 pm
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - March 9, 2009 at 9:29 am
RE: Death - by Kyuuketsuki - March 9, 2009 at 10:18 am
RE: Death - by Mark - March 9, 2009 at 1:23 pm
RE: Death - by Edwardo Piet - March 9, 2009 at 7:12 pm
RE: Death - by Mark - March 9, 2009 at 9:15 pm
RE: Death - by Edwardo Piet - March 9, 2009 at 10:43 pm
RE: Death - by padraic - March 9, 2009 at 9:49 pm
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - March 9, 2009 at 11:46 pm
RE: Death - by Kyuuketsuki - March 10, 2009 at 5:00 am
RE: Death - by padraic - March 10, 2009 at 6:52 am
RE: Death - by Kyuuketsuki - March 10, 2009 at 7:32 am
RE: Death - by Edwardo Piet - March 10, 2009 at 7:23 am
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - March 10, 2009 at 7:09 pm
RE: Death - by padraic - March 10, 2009 at 7:37 pm
RE: Death - by Kyuuketsuki - March 11, 2009 at 5:23 am
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - March 10, 2009 at 8:35 pm
RE: Death - by Edwardo Piet - March 10, 2009 at 8:39 pm
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - March 10, 2009 at 9:50 pm
RE: Death - by padraic - March 10, 2009 at 11:29 pm
RE: Death - by padraic - March 11, 2009 at 7:58 am
RE: Death - by Kyuuketsuki - March 11, 2009 at 9:23 am
RE: Death - by Edwardo Piet - March 11, 2009 at 1:23 pm
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - March 13, 2009 at 8:35 am
RE: Death - by Edwardo Piet - March 13, 2009 at 8:57 am
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - March 13, 2009 at 9:01 am
RE: Death - by Edwardo Piet - March 13, 2009 at 9:08 am
RE: Death - by Ted1205 - April 3, 2009 at 9:46 pm
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - April 4, 2009 at 1:23 am
RE: Death - by Kyuuketsuki - April 4, 2009 at 2:47 am
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - April 4, 2009 at 2:50 am
RE: Death - by Kyuuketsuki - April 4, 2009 at 2:53 am
RE: Death - by fr0d0 - April 4, 2009 at 4:43 am
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - April 4, 2009 at 4:57 am
RE: Death - by fr0d0 - April 4, 2009 at 5:15 am
RE: Death - by Kyuuketsuki - April 5, 2009 at 4:10 am
RE: Death - by fr0d0 - April 5, 2009 at 5:43 am
RE: Death - by Kyuuketsuki - April 5, 2009 at 11:51 am
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - April 4, 2009 at 5:25 am
RE: Death - by Tiberius - April 4, 2009 at 10:54 am
RE: Death - by fr0d0 - April 4, 2009 at 4:02 pm
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - April 5, 2009 at 2:33 am
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - April 5, 2009 at 5:48 am
RE: Death - by fr0d0 - April 5, 2009 at 7:10 am
RE: Death - by Giff - April 5, 2009 at 8:20 am
RE: Death - by athoughtfulman - April 5, 2009 at 8:48 am
RE: Death - by fr0d0 - April 5, 2009 at 4:01 pm



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