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| Death - Part 3
Still reading up on Death and the Afterlife. The following are a few interesting nuggets regarding Death, which I came upon during reading The History of Death by Michael Kerrigan, and The Pagan Book of the Dead by Claude Lecouteux. | | 1 |  | Eagles Of Death Metal
Peace Love Death Metal
Most people dread death and the loss of life, mostly due to loss of joys and pleasures in comparison to the prospect of eternal punishment. Alternatively, Death may be seen as the closure that completes life. Death is a retrospection or a moment of recollection, through which a looking back on the progression and moving forward of life confers shape and meaning to one's life/narrative as a whole. Thus, only in the end does life find definition - and in its conclusion, does life/narrative attain a final shape. | | 2 |  | Eagles Of Death Metal
Death By Sexy
Life and death may also be considered a ripening and reaping - similar to the growing cycle of crops. Where life leads to death and burial, and depending on your disposition, possibly rebirth. | | 3 |  | Eagles Of Death Metal
Heart On
Black is the color of death in Western culture. Conversely, white is the color of death in much of the East. Also, Death was represented as a male in Germanic speaking regions, and alternatively as a femaile in romance language lands. | | 4 |  | Eagles Of Death Metal
Zipper Down
Greeks saw death and sleep as two twin brothers - with the transitional sleep state connected to and preceding death. In other words, sleep was the portrait of death. Germans regarded sleep as a visitor. Lactantius, a Christian author in 250-325 AD, stated that "God left to Himself the power of teaching man future events by means of the dream". However, most Christian scholars have historically thought that dreams were dangerous and suspect. | | 5 |  | Eagles Of Death Metal
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Interestingly, Christians (and especially Evangelicals) see mortal existence as just prep for the afterlife that matters. Some even believing (or hoping) that the journey to the beyond is simply a metaphysical version of life itself. But, on the flip side, Christians strongly fear death, and sudden death in particular, as this limits time for repentance and/or receiving last rites. | | 6 |  | Stoicism
Behind the Sun
Stoicism resonates with me. We must be content to submit to death, just as prior generations and our historical relatives have. We will face what they faced. We will feel all their same fears. Death is inevitable. And by prolonging life, Death is not abolished but merely postponed. | |
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09.18.24 | Bored me to death | someguest
09.19.24 | Whose idea was it to give collections of stardust a conscious? | VicariousIntent
09.20.24 | Almost missed this list, very glad I didn't. Once again I love the info. Fascinated by the Greeks viewing death and sleep as twins or related, that's incredibly interesting and not something I'd heard about before. And I very much agree with your sentiment at the end about acceptance. We have the same brains as the folks who came before us, and the same fear of the unknown. | WretchedCacophony
09.20.24 | "But, on the flip side, Christians strongly fear death, and sudden death in particular, as this limits time for repentance and/or receiving last rites"
Not really. Read the letters of Paul to see why that's not the case. Catholics are interested in last rites and repentance, which oddly isn't required for salvation. Catholic doctrine is all sorts of fouled up.
Anyway I thought this list was going to be about Death, the band... | Hyperion1001
09.20.24 | when you’re dead you’re dead. who gives a shit? -frank reynolds |
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