Greek's Point Of View Of Death

Death is the most certain part of our existence and yet we feel uncomfortable talking about it. Who would want to talk about a broad topic that is difficult to grasp? The concept is clear; when one hears the word “death,” they think of the form, once animated by the unseen force called “life,” left to nothing more than just a mass of bones and flesh. But at the same time, several facets of death remain ambiguous. It is full of uncertainties; it comes with the looming fear. But why is death feared? No one knows exactly when man first developed a concept of death. Early humans were not as strong and many as they are now, and they were preys of predators in the prehistoric period. They probably did not live long enough to die of natural causes,

In the same article, Mark said that if one forgot to honor and remember the dead, he would be considered blasphemous; the dead should be reminded of the moments they enjoyed in life, and a person should remind the living of who that person was in life and to continue the remembrance for the dead to live in bliss eternally. Death is not the finality of a person; he may still be kept alive in people’s memory. As long as there is a single person who still remembers you, you are immortal. Many Christians still believe that a person may either go to heaven or hell when he dies. Hindus believe in reincarnation, that after a person dies, he will be reborn in a new body. Almost every religion believes in a life after death. Why? Man cannot grasp the idea of not existing or of a world that he does not exist. He cannot accept that death is the end and the finality of his life. And so he must exist in another form or in another world. Man, throughout history, has made up his own idea of life after death. Civilizations made up their own versions of the afterlife. Somehow, it also satisfies man’s need for an answer to what lies after death. The rituals and preparations that they do for the dead give them a sense of security and certainty that they will be fine when they go to the next

According to Genesis, God originally intended for humans to live forever when He created Adam and Eve. However, Adam and Eve disobeyed God and so they lost their immortality. (“Where Are the Dead?” 63) “…just through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because they had all sinned.” (New World Translation, Ro. 5:12) This implies that sin is the cause of death like a terrible inherited disease that no one can ever escape from. Death, in the Bible’s viewpoint, is a curse. A curse is a generally thought of in a negative light and so man thinks death as a general negativity. And the notion of curses is that it can be lifted; some still believe that death will one day be