Why do we, as a society, fear death?
Is it because it's a step into the unknown? Is it the possible "final" nature of it? Even though it is something that each and every one of us will experience, first with friends and loved ones, but ultimately with our self, it is often treated as unnatural or strange.
Is it because, compared to most of our modern "uncomfortable" experiences, we are unable to fully sanitize it? Even the death of animals is different then it was 100 years ago...just look at any grocery isle lined with little styrofoam trays covered in plastic wrap. Anything readily identifiable is often kept together in a small corner of the case, and treated with disgust by most shoppers. What do you think about needing to handle something identifiable, like heart, liver, or tongue, to cook it or have it on your plate? What do you think about the idea of needing to dispatch your own food?
Even professions dealing with death are often treated with a certain amount of fear, distrust, and disdain: Coroners, Embalmers, Morticians...what has been your reaction dealing with someone who's profession is closely tied to death?
What are your personal feelings about death? What about other factors, such as illness, accidents, disease, etc? Do you feel differently about the death of a loved one then you do about your own? When you seriously confront the idea of dying, what are your honest gut emotions?
Is it because it's a step into the unknown? Is it the possible "final" nature of it? Even though it is something that each and every one of us will experience, first with friends and loved ones, but ultimately with our self, it is often treated as unnatural or strange.
Is it because, compared to most of our modern "uncomfortable" experiences, we are unable to fully sanitize it? Even the death of animals is different then it was 100 years ago...just look at any grocery isle lined with little styrofoam trays covered in plastic wrap. Anything readily identifiable is often kept together in a small corner of the case, and treated with disgust by most shoppers. What do you think about needing to handle something identifiable, like heart, liver, or tongue, to cook it or have it on your plate? What do you think about the idea of needing to dispatch your own food?
Even professions dealing with death are often treated with a certain amount of fear, distrust, and disdain: Coroners, Embalmers, Morticians...what has been your reaction dealing with someone who's profession is closely tied to death?
What are your personal feelings about death? What about other factors, such as illness, accidents, disease, etc? Do you feel differently about the death of a loved one then you do about your own? When you seriously confront the idea of dying, what are your honest gut emotions?
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