Why do so many people fear death?

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Death is a part of life,yet it is one of those things that we try not to think about – some of us live as if we will never die and pretend as if by ignoring it nothing will happen to us, but what if looking at our own mortality could free us? What if looking death in the face actually makes us transcendent to death? What if embracing our own mortality gave us a freedom that we never knew possible, or allowed us to live each moment to it’s fullest and to experience life in a way that makes each moment more beautiful then the one that preceded it. Men especially, never want to talk about death and are determined to ignore it at all costs. What part has religion played in all of this? Do you fear death because you have heard so much about hell fire and eternal damnation? Death happens - every living thing must die, it is a law of nature, so why not accept it, talk about it and help heal the widespread fear of something that is inevitable.