The following are large-scale cultural attitudes towards death. These are taken verbatim from “Death and Dying, Life and Living”: 1. Tame Death: Death is familiar and simple; thatis, it is regarded as inevitable and not attempt is made to evade it. Persons who are dying typically calmly await their deaths, usually surrounded by loved ones and members […]
There’s always “that guy” who doesn’t silence his cell phone at a funeral. I kid you not, but half of the people who don’t silence their cell phones at funerals actually answer the call if it rings. I wish I was making this up. They answer their phone, they usually say something to the […]
I’ve often heard it said that we fear dying more than we fear death. Death takes little time, but dying … it’s unpredictable and unfamiliar and can take months and years. I think we can quell our fear of dying, but not until we recognize why we fear dying. Here are five reasons we […]
If you want the details on how you can turn your face into an urn, you can click here. Otherwise, just enjoy these four slightly creepy but neat personalized urns from Cremation Solutions. 1. This one’s my favorite …. 2. And who wouldn’t want to put their ashes in Barack Obama’s head? 3. I think […]
I’m okay with people who divinize political power. I used to be one. After reading my fair share of classic and modern political philosophy, I became disillusioned and lost my faith in the power of Politics. I stay up-to-date on the debates and I vote according to my conscious, but I do so with vapidity. I […]