I'll sleep when I'm dead.

I have religion class today which means I have relgion homework due today which means I wrote non-sensicle things just to finish it and have something to hand in. Here is my answer to question #1:

1. What does death mean to you personally?

Death happens. People die. There isn’t anything you can do to stop it, although people will try to prolong their lives by hooking themselves up to machines and subjecting their bodies to awful drugs to avoid it.

It’s inevitable. Why be scared of it?

Because we’re worried about the people we’re leaving behind? I understand that it’s no fun being the one to suffer when a loved one dies, so what have we done? We’ve created this glorious after-life where our beloved go when they die so that we can tell ourselves “they’re in a better place” and not feel so bad. The afterlife also helps the bereaved feel better about the fact that someday, when they die, they’ll meet up with their dead friends and family members and have the rest of eternity to chit chat and be merry.

People are so afraid of death, I think, because they’re afraid of being forgotten. Human kind has such a fat head and huge ego that we think we are really that important in the “grand scheme of things.” If the Earth were to catch on fire and every one on it were to die, the universe wouldn’t stop for a hot second. Things would go on.

The afterlife was created for people living on the Earth, not the ones burried in it.

I’m happy living this life to its fullest and not waiting until I die to start living.

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...So, right. The afterlife was created (by humans) for the mere purpose of making living people more content. Well... the entire idea of religion is to make people feel like they mean something to someone who won't waver in his "eternal love" as long as he is praised and worshipped according to his stipulations.

Silly religion!