Why do we fear death?

[starsong]

It might be because we don't know what (if anything) happens after. I'm speaking as one who doesn't believe in an afterlife, and the thought of oblivion can be disturbing - but hopefully not as disturbing as people who think they're going to be tortured for eternity.

I think it's the unknown that we fear, mostly. And because we know we can't come back from death.

[ami75]

i think its our survivor kit that comes with our brains from back in the years when we needed to run from predators and such, their are many other unknown things in our lives we worry about but not like we do from death so i don't think its the unknown