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Death is an unknown dimension. No sight, no smell, no feeling, no hearing, no taste, and scariest of all, no thoughts. Everything is completely over, complete nothingness. That is not a comforting thought. Think about when your laying in your bed at night. The lights are off, everyone in the house is asleep. Its virtually silent. But your mind is still at work. You might be reflecting on the days past, or what you may be doing tomorrow, or thinking about a funny joke you heard that day, or how painful that hangnail is on your toe. After a few minutes, the thoughts tend to recede some, or you become not so conscious, and you might just see images, a big cocktail olive, an umbrella, things very random. Then, eventually, you drift off into unconsiousness, and your brain takes over...The point is, your mind is constantly at work, and the thought of nothingness, is something we cannot comprehend. Because whatever we choose to think of, as nothingness, is still something. I believe this is a main factor, if not one of the largest and most overlooked, in fear of death, belief in the after life, and stemming from the beliefs in afterlife, human morality. We can't comprehend death...can you blame anyone for being a little creeped out?
""That all knowledge begins with experience, there can be no doubt...""
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