Sentences with phrase «greatest fear of death»

For the greatest fear of death is always that it will pass us by.

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The fear of the great nothing is too much for my mind to bear, and I can sleep at night by convincing myself that the absolute nothing we all face one day will instead be full of happy choirs of angels, reward for any suffering I've endured, punishment of the wicked and evil (it pains me to think those who cause so much evil will not suffer for eternity, so hell is a great comfort too), and that I'll get to see all those I currently miss since the death of friends and family are so painful.

Leave it to religion to dictate how you should think and act, down to your last moments of life, for fear of experiencing even greater pain after death... and why shouldn't they know?

Recently, for example, planeloads of American fundamentalists have been travelling to Israel to view the site, Megiddo, where they believe the great clash among the nations will break out, and the battle of Armageddon will bring to an end the world as we know it.7 As this event is believed to herald the return of Jesus Christ, they have no fear for their own future, understanding from the words of Paul quoted above, that they will be «raptured» (lifted up into the sky and preserved from destruction) and that only non-believers will perish in the death of the old world.

And can you imagine how many great minds were lost because of fear from prosecution and back then that meant DEATH to them and their families.

Kevin and I found the voices with which to articulate the sadnesses we had shared first in my father's death, and now in Brenda's; Kevin talked in greater detail about the accident, the isolation of grief, and fears of the future.

Like many great books, Rosenzweig's The Star of Redemption has a stunning first line: «From death, from the fear of death arises all knowledge of the All.»

One is called upon not to fear physical death, so as not to lose one's very self, panicked by fear of death (Q 12:4), which is the greatest threat of evil forces, from unbearable pain to dictatorships.

And as much as people talk about how great Heaven is, I just can't quite get over a fear of death.

Against this morality, Socrates, in Plato's Phaedo, insists that warriors who die for the city out of fear for their own death or the death of others in the city, or fear of loss of honor, are sacrificially trading a lesser fear of dying in battle for a greater fear of shame, loss of nobility, and the loss of the city itself.

Whereas in the earlier Luther the fear of death was the ultimate form of unbelief, the Luther who discovered justification by faith understood that no matter how great our faith, it can not be strong enough to stave off terror before death.

He turns to Him with all His human fear of this great enemy, death.

Now when [many] others came in crowds about him, for they were very greatly moved [or pleased] by hearing his words, Herod, who feared lest the great influence John had over the people might put it into his power and inclination to raise a rebellion, (for they seemed ready to do any thing he should advise,) thought it best, by putting him to death, to prevent any mi - schief he might cause, and not bring himself into difficulties, by sp - aring a man who might make him rep - ent of it when it would be too late.

But a major study by a Danish team, to be published this Saturday in The Lancet should help allay those fears: It found the risk of death among more than 5000 breast cancer survivors was no greater for those women who became pregnant.

The discovery took on greater significance in light of the September 11 attacks, with the ensuing fears of crop duster - borne pathogens and the swift, unexpected deaths from mail - distributed anthrax.

The indonesian chinese dating of being judged is often greater than the fear of death in indonesia.

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He had a great fear of his own death.

Take charge with advice geared to help you survive raising children Snakes, public speaking, flying, death: many people cite one of these as their greatest fear, but obviously parenting was not listed among the choices on their questionnaires.

In dying, she allayed my greatest fear — of death.

I've known of ferals actually perishing from being brought inside who gained access to a small place, stayed there and starved to death from the fear — so it should be done with great caution.

«My greatest fear for the morning is that we will wake to news of serious physical injury and possible deaths as a result of likely landslides triggered by persistent rains.»

For a start, how about teaching art history in art lessons from the point of view of the artist, tell them Francis Bacon hung about with the Krays, or that Caravaggio murdered someone, let them know that the stuff about the vanishing point and composition are tools for conveying aspects of life, death, fear, sex - god forbid, humour - and those po faced dullards with posh voices that stand in front of great works pointing at background views of Tuscany are no more to do with painting pictures than I am an art historian.

He grew up during The Great Depression, haunted by the fear of death.

Images of new bleaching on Great Barrier Reef heighten fears of coral death.

A person who uses defensive force shall be presumed to have reasonably feared imminent death or great bodily harm, or the commission of a felony upon him or another or upon his dwelling, or against a vehicle which he was occupying... if the person against whom the defensive force was used, was in the process of unlawfully and forcibly entering, or had unlawfully and forcibly entered, a dwelling, occupied vehicle... and the person who used defensive force knew or had reason to believe that the forcible entry or unlawful and forcible act was occurring or had occurred.