Monday, January 22, 2007

Death, Fear & Happiness

Why do people fear death?


Is it because they're:

- Happy?
- Unhappy?
- Afraid of change?
- Afraid of the unknown?


Of those who are happy, some may fear death and some may not. The ones who fear death are the ones who fear change. Going from existent to non, leaving everything and everyone behind. Not only leaving their 'happy' lives behind, but not knowing what they face next (if anything). The ones who don't fear death are satisfied with the way they've lived their lives and feel ready to move on.

Of those who aren't happy, some may fear death and some may not. The ones who fear death are the ones who are displeased with the way they've lived their unsatisfying lives. They fear limited time because they want to make things right. Often you hear of ghosts who remain bound to this earth due to 'unfinished business'. Well, these sad, unsatisfied people are most likely to become one of these ghosts (if they exist). Anyway, these people wait too long to take action. [The time for action is now.] They wait for a time that will never come. There are also unhappy people who fear death because they are scared that no one will remember them. They're afraid their lives have been insignificant. The unhappy people who don't fear death have had enough of their lives and want to escape them. They don't care where they go as long as it's not here.


Do you fear death?

Friday, January 12, 2007

Thoughts on God and Religion Part 2

As I was passing some trees on the way home from a recent road trip, I saw a sign attached to one of the trees. It read: 'Jesus died for us all.' Upon seeing this sign, my father, an Anglican, added, "Jesus died so we could live." What he said made me think. I thought, Jesus doesn't only favour Christians. Jesus and God supposedly favour all for 'everyone is born equal'. You could argue that yes, everyone is born equal, but that throughout the course of our lives, we do things that make God love us more or less. However, when Jesus died for us, he died to rid us of our sins and promised to do so constantly throughout our lives. Thus, we are all still equal and always will be in the eyes of God for all our sins are forgiven and we cannot be loved any more than we already are. So, seeing as we're all equal, how can we placed into Heaven or Hell? All our mistakes, all our sins have been and will continue to be forgiven!

So:

'Jesus died for us all.' He died so we could live. Not only Christians, everyone. After all, I thought God created everything and everyone, so why wouldn't He love us all? Why would He create things that displease Him?

In Shakira's song, 'How Do You Do', she sings in reference to God:
'You've made mistakes'

This stirred up some Catholics. They were angered and claimed that God doesn't make mistakes. Well, if that's the case, they have no right to hate anyone or anything. Because God created everything.

Also, some Christians claim that certain things are damned and/or hated by God, well why do they keep happening over and over and over again? You think God would learn from His mistakes. If they are mistakes.