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Originally Posted by MargaretR
People usually believe the explanation that does not involve feeling fear.
The 'fear of the unknown' can be overcome if you make the effort to understand why you feel fear. The 'unknown' (unexplainable) could well be no threat, so why fear it?
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Pesonally I fear nothing. Certainly not death.
It's one of life's certainties. One day it ends.
To me, fear, and the need to believe we as a species are somehow different from any other living organism, is the reason why every human civilisation comes up with their own verson of an afterlife.
We live.
We die.
Just like a mushroom.
Unless I'm presented with some shocking evidence about a visitation from some spiritual funghi, it's unlikely I'll be changing my thinking, about what I know to be true, anytime soon.
These are just my own thoughts on this matter.
I neither care if others think it's right, or wrong, or want to influence others.
It just makes very real sense to me.