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I just had this conversation with my mom like a minute ago. Because what I`m watching is the Discovery Atlas: Egypt Revealed. It one part of the show, it talks about an Egyptian guy who sleeps in this ancient Egyptian tomb! o.O I would be petrified to sleep in a place like this, especially with a dead mummy. He says that this tomb has been protected for generations and it is his duty to protect it so. He also says that he sleeps there during the winter because its warm and sleeps there during the summer because its fresh. I was like what? So I told my mom about and she started laughing. She said that, that guy is crazy for doing that. But then she told me that you`re not suppose to be afraid of the dead because they are dead, like literally dead. So my question is, why are humans, like me, afraid of the dead. Like spooky places, and afraid of the unknown. What makes dead bodies so scary to us if they no longer live, they`re dead?

I think its only because some of us believe in ghosts... I think. lol

It is just human nature to fear what we don't know.


Do we go somewhere else after we die?  Or do we just rot away?  Is there an 'after life' or is this it?  Plus, it doesn't help that we've seen in movies our whole lives about mysterious was to be brought back to life as mindless killing monsters - the idea of being something like that, and not remembering who WE are is a terrifying thought.

Now, I can understand why someone like that guy would do what he does; he was raised differently and has an entirely different belief system.  So, good for him  ^_^    But me ... I'd be so terrified.  I could prolly do it, but I'd be scared the whole time lol

I'm not so much scared of death... but I'd be pretty freakin scared to sleep in a tomb I'd love to visit the tombs and pyramids in Egypt but sleep in them... no...

The 'Unknown' intrigues me more than it scares me... like when I look at the night sky... and see the stars and stuff. I think it's beautiful... whats out there? We can't really be the only living things in the universe, can we?

The other day my Nana went to a Pshycic...lol... and had her palms read. The woman told her that she had five children. Correct. She said that the fifth one is broken. A few years ago my youngest Uncle broke his back in motorcycle accident. He is now in a wheelchair.... She also said that the second child (my mum) lives in a colourful house. My kitchen is bright yellow, my dining room is red, etc. She said to tell her to stop worrying... The Pshycic said alot more stuff and it was all spot on.... it's amazing!

I think people who choose not to believe in the 'unknown' as you might say are usually narrow-minded. Everybody alive knows noting about death and what happens after, considering, well, we're all still alive. We've yet to have that experience. But there are far, far more dead people on the earth than living people. Death is a lengthier experience - as far as we know, it never ends. Yet life is so short and we only get one chance. It makes life appear like almost as a humble waiting game until we finally reach death. Eighty years alive is nothing in a world that's been existing for well over 4000 billion years.

I'm not apprehensive of death, it doesn't scare. My view of death is that when you're gone, you're gone, and you're too dead to even realise you are dead. If I die but I'm not able to realise I'm dead, how does that become an issue for me?
Not that I want to die yet... not until I'm old... but irregardless my point still stands.

Of course there are other views, such as heaven and hell, which I personally don't think exist but I wont say they DON'T, it's just my opinion. Remember people.. if there was a heaven, and you went there after death, you'd never be able to leave. Not after a hundred years. Death goes on forever and ever, an infinite timeline, there's never an ending, and that's a long time to spend in heaven don't you think? Except, if you go to heaven for a while, and get reincarnated - have a new chance at life, then die all over again. Back to heaven to wait to be reincarnated. That makes more sense to me. Why waste souls when they could be recycled for new lives?

That's my say on death... concerning why we're scared of ghosts etc... I agree with Jen - we're inclined to fear what we don't know, although some of us are more curious and attracted to the unknown than others. I've seen strange, curious things before. I'm sure we've had things mysteriously disappear or move to a new location in the house without explanation. My theory is there are ghosts EVERYWHERE... we just can't see them, because they're souls, and living eyes can't see souls. When you walk around town just living your life, I feel there's souls just gliding about everywhere. May sound stupid but you're not eligible to knock this theory unless you're dead and can prove me wrong.

But in the end, death, and why we fear death/unknown things, is an unanswerable question because we simply can't answer it until we've reached that point, or in regards to fearing the unknown - some people fear it, some people are attracted to it. Some stray away from it, some go looking for it. I don't fear it but I don't go looking for it. I guess the people who are scared of it simply don't like it because things are happening that are out-of-the-ordinary, and many people prefer conventional lives.

That was a very thorough explanation Cassie.

I thoroughly agree with everything you said. I don't think I could have said it better.

Woah!
I wouldn't be scared as much as I'd be grossed out tho

I kind of know how death feels like and I also know that I've been here before. When you die, you won't realise what's happening, but death itself is a good feeling. Like a release from a painful body. You feel a cool breeze and the sense of freedom. Everything is alright.
I also tend to think that people aren't afraid of death itself, but the moments physical pain that preceed death.
When you're born you don't realise it either, as it is with death. I can't recall my pre-birth experience, but I just KNOW I've been here long before. I also have this certain knowledge of things I've learned sometime in my other life and I've come to realise them now. Certain things I do now have a reason why I chose them. It's kind of creepy, but so far its true.

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My theory is there are ghosts EVERYWHERE... we just can't see them, because they're souls, and living eyes can't see souls.

This one thought kind of creeps me out tho. I kind of feel there are ghosts in my room and every house I ever visit and stay in is haunted. I'm not afraid of this fact, but I'd be shocked if anything like this becomes visible to my eyes.
I'd faint if I'd witness something like that.

I saw lots of strange stuff myself as well. When it happened I freaked out, then laughed about it.

yes I agree with you Cassie in everything you said
but still, its still like spooky to me , IDK why?
I wish I wasn`t scared at all
I do believe that there are ghosts, and sometimes I feel some sort of presence around me like in my room. But I don`t get afriad, I try to reach for that presence and try to touch it or feel anything but its like unexplainable. Like I feel it yet I can`t touch it. Then I wonder who it is....

I believe in ghosts. Just not that they actually live amongst us. How then would there be a difference between life and the after-life?