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Originally Posted by qxm
People who are afraid of dying, even though they don't admit it because they've never been close to dying yet!, when young.. they don't give a dam about anything, but when their time approaches 50-60+ y/o they inevitably start getting more and more religious/spiritual ..... I've seen it many times (and I'm only in my 20's) ... people tend to look for a higher power since they just can't imagine that death is the absolute end of their existence, in order for (most) people to keep good mental health they need some sort of hope.....
I'm not trying to sell any religious idea here since I don't roll with a specific religion, this is pure observation which I'd like to call the "The final syndrome" ....it is still a theory but at the rate it's going it might as well become a law...
...yeah, I know and knew a lot of "old folks".....
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This is very persuasive as written, and extremely well thought out. If you hadn't admitted you are young, I doubt anyone would have picked it out.
It's possible the "syndrome" you describe is actually evolutionary or even, as backward as it seems, a self-preservation attempt. After all, as you approach the "end of the line", it becomes easier and easier to hope that after death SOMETHING continues. Thus, the religious connection.
On an evolutionary note, it sure wouldn't benefit the species if all of its older (and soon to be gone) members devolved into blithering idiocy when the realization struck home.
The old adage: Death Row is filled with God's children. Or something like that.