(July 25, 2011 at 1:15 pm)Godschild Wrote: How could you possibly know you haven't experienced it yet, besides if it were what you believe death to be, then after your gone I would agree, no big deal, however it is getting to that point that brings the terrifying fear, I've experienced christians dying and seen peace and I've seen others who feared death with all their being, so maybe you might want to rethink death when it is the finial stage as you seem to believe.
Why fear something that is completely inevitable? The only reason the process of getting to death is fearful for people is because they are completely unprepared for it. How exactly would a belief in the afterlife cure this? After all, no one could really be sure they had done enough in their life to placate your god, and the fear of hell would just bring anxiety in an already difficult time. Perhaps the greatest thing about Buddhism is it teaches you to confront this reality head on instead of making up silly scenarios to give you a false sense of comfort. Your religion could take some advice from that one.
The human race needs to deal with reality instead of living in a state of delusion.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
