Death Has Changed Over Time

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Death is a word, event, a part of life everyone tries to avoid. When confronted by it (in any form) a form of sadness or fear comes along with it. Mostly everyone has, some time or another, experienced a form of death. The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death and how they may or may not have changed over time is surprisingly accurate. These stories have proven itself over time, and I have either heard of all of them or experienced them.
The first one is Elixir, this promises to keep living for every, or avoid death such as fountain of youth. A form of immortality has also found itself in every form of religion books. As for modern believes we are more incline to have a strong faith on modern medicine, such practice has indeed prolonged our lives and able
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Resuscitation techniques, modern medicine, high successful operation, and other forms of medical procedural are all product of learning from our past mistakes. The second story is resurrection, this is to die and live again as did Jesus when resurrected after dyeing on the cross, this store is though the religious believers of Orthodox Christian, Jews, and Muslims that we can all die and rise again. As for the change in believes, we are now freezing out dead bodies (those of us that can afford it, and has dead from a disease) and waiting for a cure in the future for resurrection, this form is call cryonics. The third story is more spiritual, to die and leave our bodies behind and live on as a soul, to float away such as a ghost or a spiritual being. This is a hugely popular religion believe, and in many religion.

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