Sentences with phrase «think fear of death»

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

Rousseau thought fear of death worse than death itself, for in poisoning our lives it undermines our trust and ultimately our freedom.

Not exact matches

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?

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

I think they have not for so long because of fear from powerful religions that could hurt them in business or just being stoned to death.

Permeating all of these is the knowledge of one's own inevitable death, if one stops to think of it, and fear of the future of mankind in a world far more precarious than secure.

I think that last part was put in there to reduce our fear of death so we can have a more content life.

So, I think fear is the main driving force behind religion - fear of death, the unknown, not existing anymore, never seeing dead loved ones again, not having a «purpose» in / of life, etc..

I think the conversation around the fear of death has less to do with fear, but more to do with how we define death.

It's nice to think that when you die, you go to a better place, but it's simply a way for man so avoid the fear of death.

That Man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that no fire, no heroism, no intensity of thought and feeling, can preserve an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labours of the ages, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noonday brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruins — all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand.

It asks it followers to suspend thought and be subservient to a cult, offering nothing more than lies design to exploit the victims fear of death.

That man is the product of causes which had no prevision of the end they were achieving; that his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs, are but the outcome of accidental concatenations of atoms; that no force, no heroism, no intensity of thought or feeling, can presume an individual life beyond the grave; that all the labors of the age, all the devotion, all the inspiration, all the noon - day brightness of human genius, are destined to extinction in the vast death of the solar system, and that the whole temple of Man's achievement must inevitably be buried beneath the debris of a universe in ruin... all these things, if not quite beyond dispute, are yet so nearly certain, that no philosophy which rejects them can hope to stand.

I fear that I shall be loved, inspired, prayed for, thought specially of, possibility - powered, and some - thing - specialled to an early 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.

So as I sat in the ER as my partner underwent all sorts of tests and CT scans — a week before Scalia's death — I began to think deeper about the «dying alone» narrative I have feared.

So perhaps its time I lay all fears and jokes of impending sudden death to rest, and live by the words of Henry Ford, «Whether you think you can or you think you cant, youre always right.»

«The fear of death can consume a person's thoughts and ruin their quality of life.

Meant to add depth this time around, I think, is the death of Cash's older brother when both were boys and Cash's contentious relationship with his father (an excellent Robert Patrick)-- but the outcome, I fear, is that Cash's suffering becomes formulaic.

Beyond the paranoia, fear of death, and thinking one brother murdered the other, did you ever think what that movie would be like if it were funny?

Though the thought of losing her husband terrifies her, Ruth has no fear of death for herself: «I am not afraid of dying and I never have been... Perhaps chronic daydreamers don't fear death because we are used to slipping away... It feels like arrogance not to fear death when Simon lives so fearfully close to it» (93 — 94).

«Well, when the fear of death seizes you — when the dark thoughts come — you stare the darkness right back, and you tell it, «I will not listen to you, for I am infinite Batmans.»

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

Very rarely in zombie games does the thought of death instill fear in someone.

I had been thinking that I was in a death museum, so Ensor's fear of death really came through.

Self - regulatory processes defend against the threat of death: Effects of mortality salience, self - control depletion, and trait self - control on thoughts and fears of dying.