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NotConvinced · 02-03-2008, 09:16 PM

I'd say yes and no. There are definately times where I feel stronger in one direction than the other, though when I'm leaning more toward 'no' is usually when I'm in some kind of philosphical thinking, of which I'm torn on the life importance of such.

I think fear drives us in many more ways than we know, and the fear of death HAS to be the most powerful among those. We definately tend to fear the unknown, and what the hell is more unknown to us than death?

Although I think it's funny that a while back a public poll was conducted about what Americans fear most. Death came in at #2. Can anyone guess what #1 was? What would we fear MORE than death?

I think our fear of death was majorly responsible for the creation of most religions, that and the search for meaning in life. Most religions attempt to answer both. Some questions are such that they shouldn't have answers. Relgion attempts to fill in the holes that are supposed to be holes. There are indeed some things we Do...Not...Know.

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NotConvinced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 550	I'd say yes and no. There are definately times where I feel stronger in one direction than the other, though when I'm leaning more toward 'no' is usually when I'm in some kind of philosphical thinking, of which I'm torn on the life importance of such. I think fear drives us in many more ways than we know, and the fear of death HAS to be the most powerful among those. We definately tend to fear the unknown, and what the hell is more unknown to us than death? Although I think it's funny that a while back a public poll was conducted about what Americans fear most. Death came in at #2. Can anyone guess what #1 was? What would we fear MORE than death? I think our fear of death was majorly responsible for the creation of most religions, that and the search for meaning in life. Most religions attempt to answer both. Some questions are such that they shouldn't have answers. Relgion attempts to fill in the holes that are supposed to be holes. There are indeed some things we Do...Not...Know. __________________ Everything you think you thought, the water's gone...every drop.