Fear Of Death In Christianity

If there is one thing that is constant in this world, it would be death. Dying is unavoidable. Every living thing will die at some point in time. With that being said, the fear of death is a very real fear that most people dread. But if it’s an inevitable part of life that everyone experiences, then why do we dread it? It could be the fact that death is more often than not associated with pain, or it could be the fact of not knowing what will happen to the human consciousness after death. Either way, the fear of death is universal, what varies is the ways in which people view and deal with it. But what is fascinating is the concept of human mortality and how it is dealt with. Human morality pretty much depends on your society or culture. For

A number of religions offer a more comforting idea of death, death can be seen as a beginning of another life, or even a continuation of life. For example, in Christianity it is believed that souls who have lived by the word of God will exist happily in heaven forever. Similarly, Hinduism tries to ease the fear of death by presenting a new life after death as well. But between these two religions, there are obviously differences. The main difference in regards to the afterlife within these two religions, is the type of afterlife lived. Hindu believers expect to be reincarnated either as an animal or a human after their death, this is all dependent upon the manner in which they lived their

This really interested me. Especially regarding the Sumerian afterlife myth because it’s clear that’s there’s very little literature that was written by the Sumerians, so a picture of an afterlife was made. The Sumerian idea of an afterlife was illustrated though the “Epic of Gilgamesh” and even though you can’t read much, you can get a good idea from the pictures. For example, the death of the main persons friend, Enkidu, shows the onlooker a glimpse into this existence. Enkidu describes the afterlife as being spent underground forever doing nothing, which is either enjoyable or exciting. But it’s this concept of the Ancient Sumerians that influenced the Greeks idea of