Sentences with phrase «of fear of death»

One man's journey into the heart of his fear of death in order to find freedom and joy.

When Caden's health begins to deteriorate in strange and grotesque ways (the possibilities of these sicknesses being all in his head or being meant as a literalization of his fear of death seem quite likely), Adele takes his daughter to Berlin for a week - long trip.

It's been theorized that keeping clutter is a sign of a fear of death — if I just have enough stuff I can never die!

You actually prove his point by the way, he said people go to religion because of their fear of death and religion tells a variety of tales as to what happens when we die which often make people, as you say «happy to know they will go to Heaven» and yet has no proof of an afterlife.

Kass adds that he «hated the autopsy room, not out of fear of death, but because the post mortem exam could never answer my question: What happened to my patient?»

ok so the year is circa 73 ad and the jews have been scattered, skip ahead to year 81 ad and emperor Domitian is in power, what he does is out of fear of death — exerp from a page i lost years ago, but i have it saved on my hard drive at home — For years the emperor Domitian knew exactly when he was going to be murdered: 18 September 96 A.D. during the 5th morning hour.

Ann, usually we hear that people flock to religion out of fear of death.

Believers are trying to crowbar an ancient, man - made myth, borne of a fear of death, into an advanced, scientific field of research.

The fact that there is no such promise makes the practice an even more dramatic act of defiance of the fear of death.

We might invent other new religions out of fear of death and fear of our own insignifigance, but Jesus (apart from being a real guy who got killed 2000 years ago for saying we should be nice to each other) exists only in our minds.

Hence his death was seen as the realization of his eschatological selfhood: free from the demonic power of the fear of death, he was free to give his life for his neighbour.

Not exact matches

Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

Do they want to alleviate fears of premature death by heart disease?

They're the ones who drove Robin Williams» grief - stricken daughter off of Twitter, who caused one female journalist to call the police in the middle of the night for fear that death threats might be carried out, and who turned Pepe the frog into an official hate symbol, over the objections of the cartoonist who created him.

Part of the magic of a startup is the fear of death.

Realizing that Jews have been the scapegoats of all Western history, that they have been made to bear responsibility for everything from the Black Death to the economic ills of the Germans, these observers fear that the enormous increase in Jewish numbers in America will lead to charges that the Jews have monopolized the opportunities for economic advance and that these charges will pave the way for Fascism here as they paved the way for Hitler in Germany.

She says she no longer has a fear of death because she feels like she is using her life well to offer this service and positively disrupt the higher education system.

The number of cases has been considerably less than that initially feared and much less than the 250,000 to 500,000 deaths that occur worldwide from influenza each year.

The 2009 best of the Hot List features articles about ahy being bullish after the financial crisis was an easy call to make for long - term investors, despite the fear in the market, the importance of the philosophy - «don't fight the Fed», and why investors should ignore those who predict the death of equities.

In January, the European Parliament's ad hoc Rule of Law committee in a scathing report cited a deepening «perception of impunity for criminals» in Malta in the aftermath of the Panama Papers revelations two years ago, and a culture of fear after Caruana Galizia's death.

For example, parents may want to gift to a child via a large life insurance policy, but they hold back out of fear that the death benefit might reduce the child's motivation to pursue a degree or build a career.

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.

I find it interesting that god fearing, commandment following children of a benevolent higher force feel they need to take it upon themselves and offer death threats to Mr. Silverman.

Unfortunately, fear of death, no matter how effective as a tool for social engineering, is not the proper moral grounds for virtue...

Straightway he goes down on his knees, does not recoil from hot dry skin, begins to tug one of a pair of stained white socks around those death - puffed toes and nonchalantly smiles and says «fear not.»

All religions are based on man's fear of death.

Muslims understand that Halloween has Pagan roots and in several fashions is a celebration of things we believe is wrong or bad such as fear of this world, death, and mythical false things.

As Christ claimed the victory over death by death, so a Christian defeats death and the fear of death with all of its tragic consequences through a mindfulness of death during his life.

The fear of death is so strong in humans that they need to comfort themselves with the idiotic notion of some all powerful being.

What is the point of fearing death?

I don't know if one's fear, or lack thereof, of death can be attributed to belief.

If you fear death then you have not come to the full assurance of what your beleif is established on.

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?

Face it, the main reason for religion in most people's lives is fear of death and hope for something afterward.

Fear of death is precisely why many people believe in «god» and an afterlife.

Hebrews 2:14,15 «14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, 15 and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives.»

Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism.»

The fear of death can be worst than the experience death.

That a dumb bronze - age myth can take the most precious, final moments of a woman's lifetime, and corrupt them with more than the fear that looming death itself already brings, is absolutely sickening.

If you claim a beleif and fear death your a coward and the truth of your beleif is not in you.

This sort of topic touches everyone, fear of death is the one thing everyone on the planet has in common.

Ask a Jewish holocaust survivor, a Christian who lives in a predominantly fundamentalist Muslim country and lives in fear of death for havin a bible in the house, or a Muslim who isn't quite the right «flavor» of Musilim for their community, etc..

That is the comforting, hope inspiring, truth that our Lord has shared that can remove our fear of death.

You are demanding belief based on fear of the unknown - because you don't know what happens after deaths anymore than I do, you only CLAIM to know.

They just want to apply their phobias and fear of death to control the lives of others.

I'm not sure what you mean by not fearing death, but if you mean in a philosophic way, a true Christian has no fear of death.

Admitted into hospital last month, Cardinal Cormac issued a message shortly before his death, saying: «I am at peace and have no fear of what is to come.»

@ 12121212: You seem to think fear of death triggers religion.

Also fear of death or an eternal hell is a powerful motivator to subscribe to something that promises an afterlife.

Most importantly, note this: I am a Christian, I'm gay, I'm a recovering alcoholic, I believe in Evolution, I believe the universe is 13 billion years old and that the Earth is 4.5 or so billion years old, I believe man evolved from lower primates and that Adam was the first man who God gave a soul and sentience, I do not believe in hell but I do believe in Satan, I do not believe the Bible is a book of rules meant to imprison man or condemn him but that it is rather a «Human Existence for Dummies» guide, I believe Christ was the son of God but I do not believe Christianity is the only «valid» religion, I do not believe atheists will go to hell, while the English Bible says God should be feared, the Hebrew word used for fear, «yara», such as that used in the Book of Job, actually means respect / reverence, not fear as one would fear death or a spider.