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Intro: ”At birth, we cry; at death, we see why. ...
Normally, people chose life over death, avoiding it as long as possible. However, knowing that everyone must face his inevitability in the end, societies and cultures developed mechanisms to overcome one’s fear of death—and perhaps help him cross the river of Acheron in his journey to afterlife. ... Frankly, it is only recently that people started to understand death in biological and genealogical terms. ... These Mesopotamian views of life and afterlife is tied into the eternal battle of good and evil, fights of Osiris and Seth, that of Ahura Mazda and Ahriman, and the eventual showdown between Yahweh and the Satan. ... In Job 17:42, the Hell is referred to as “the gate of death. ... According to the 1998 Issue of Annual Report by Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the deteriorating of telomeres in human DNA is linked somehow with human aging and death. ... Both of these researches may help find out what causes death, but it is highly unlikely that any of these studies will result in eternal life. ... Since people normally do not die and return from death to tell about it, death and what lies beyond is an eternal mystery. And perhaps it is that notion of uncertainty that many people fear death and try to avoid it as long as possible.
Approximate Word count = 1057
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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