Life After Dying Research Paper

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Dying is a concept that is unavoidable in any person’s life. Death can come from anywhere at any time dependent on health and the well being of any person. Death is something that people only experience once in a lifetime so we technically have no idea what it feels like. Also depending on what religion you follow, there are different ways to express life after death, if there is even any. Death looms ahead of everyone and there is no stopping it, that is why death is my biggest fear.
The fact that life can be cut short because of death, scares me corpulently. Life can be cut short due to little mistakes, or unforeseen mishaps that can lead to death. Either way, death is unexpected and formidable. I can only hope that I don’t die for a long

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