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10 years ago
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YO I'M LOOKING FOR INTERVIEWS FOR MY FINAL LIT TRADITIONS PAPER!!
If you don't feel comfortable answering questions about death and religion then this isn't for you!!
My paper is going to discuss the views of those who are and aren't religious, and how they feel about the idea of death.
QUESTIONS
1. First name / Age
2. Is your family religious? (if so what religion)
3. Are you religious? (if so what religion)
4. If you are religious, what does your religion say about death?
5. What do you believe about death?
6. How do you feel about death?
7. Does your religious outlook (or lack thereof) make you feel better or worse about death?
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If you fill this out and note it to me I will make a colored traditional sketchy headshot thing for you of one of your characters, colored with colored pencils and prob markers basically like a smaller version of everything else I've been drawing lately.
If you do want to fill this out thank you so much!! please send it in a note and include a character reference/expression!
If you don't feel comfortable answering questions about death and religion then this isn't for you!!
My paper is going to discuss the views of those who are and aren't religious, and how they feel about the idea of death.
QUESTIONS
1. First name / Age
2. Is your family religious? (if so what religion)
3. Are you religious? (if so what religion)
4. If you are religious, what does your religion say about death?
5. What do you believe about death?
6. How do you feel about death?
7. Does your religious outlook (or lack thereof) make you feel better or worse about death?
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If you fill this out and note it to me I will make a colored traditional sketchy headshot thing for you of one of your characters, colored with colored pencils and prob markers basically like a smaller version of everything else I've been drawing lately.
If you do want to fill this out thank you so much!! please send it in a note and include a character reference/expression!
FA+

Name: Hillary
Age: 23
2. Is your family religious? (if so what religion) Yes. Christian-Baptist and Pentecostal
3. Are you religious? (if so what religion) No. I am not, but I was raised in a Christian home.
4. If you are religious, what does your religion say about death? The Christian faith says that those that are whole and good go to a place called Heaven as well as the sinners that repent for their ways. If you are a sinner or reject God's name, you go to place or torment for all eternity called Hell.
5. What do you believe about death? I believe that your soul just passes on after you're lowered into the ground or cremated.
6. How do you feel about death? It's a part of life. Nothing to be feared, but to be accepted.
7. Does your religious outlook (or lack thereof) make you feel better or worse about death? I am neutral on the issue of death.
I appreciate your help <3
If you'd like a colored sketchy thing what character would you want? :3
Thank you so much. I am very glad I could help out even if it was only a little bit ^-^
2. Is your family religious? (if so what religion): Yes my mother is Episcopalian and my father was a Druid.
3. Are you religious? (if so what religion): Yes, I'm a Polytheistic Druid, believing in multiple gods.
4. If you are religious, what does your religion say about death?
I believe when we die here we get born into the "otherworld" here's a solid exert
"Many Druids share the view reported by Philostratus of Tyana in the second century that the Celts believed that to be born in this world, we have to die in the Otherworld, and conversely, that when we die here, we are born into the Otherworld. For this reason, Druid funerals try to focus on the idea that the soul is experiencing a time of birth, even though we are experiencing that as their death to us."
5. What do you believe about death?
i believe as stated above, it's a kind or reincarnation
6. How do you feel about death?
While i do not welcome it right now, haha, i am not afraid of what my next adventure in life will be :>
7. Does your religious outlook (or lack thereof) make you feel better or worse about death?
it's a neutral feeling tbh, ive never felt ill towards death so my religion is not a comfort
Jeremy/26
2. Is your family religious? (if so what religion)
My parents were raised in very religious households and they do believe in god and the christian faith.
3. Are you religious? (if so what religion)
I am not religious.
4. If you are religious, what does your religion say about death?
N/A
5. What do you believe about death?
Honestly I am conflicted about the whole death deal. on one hand I would like to think there is life after death and maybe even rebirth but I strongly believe in science and that has no answer for this question leaving me with only thoughts on the matter.
6. How do you feel about death?
I feel death is natural and every living thing needs to face it eventually. I do feel saddened when a loved one or pet passes but I know it was going to happen eventually whether or not I would be around to hear about it or witness it.
7. Does your religious outlook (or lack thereof) make you feel better or worse about death?
I think my lack of religious/religious influence makes me feel more comfortable about dying as I don't have anything to worry about in life that would make death a worse experience for me if I was held responsible for what I did or did not do in life according to religious tenets.
Maz / 22
2. Is your family religious? (if so what religion)
Yes, mom is Luthern, my dad says he's Catholic (unpracticing.) We all went to an independent bible church for awhile.
3. Are you religious? (if so what religion)?
Buddhist philosophy + unity Christian
4. If you are religious, what does your religion say about death?
As long as we're loyal and do good for our God and fellow human beings we go to heaven.
5. What do you believe about death?
I believe some can have a second life even after spending little or no time in heaven. Whether human or not death is a way of us to part from our earthly bodies and become anew. When in heaven, one's body can stay eternally young and healthy. While on earth our bodies and material possessions are prone to become broken, sick, and eventually fade away. On earth, if something or someone breaks we are emotionally attached and are sad when that something is gone and it takes time to mourn and move on. This can also be applied to losing a loved one.
However, many *Christians* have an attitude towards many whom are different from them. An example of this would be how some deem that homosexuals will go to hell without valid evidence, as I'll explain: Loads of text have been added and mistranslated from the bible. In fact, there hasn't been the word "homosexuality" thrown in the bible until the 1940's. In another instance, a certain word got mistranslated from old text to "homosexual" when the correct word was to mean "pedophile." Other's use the verse in Leviticus about "a man lying with another man" as a way to say homosexuality is a sin. But get this, Old Testament is old law which we no longer live by. There were tons of other mentions in the bible about other things including being stoned to death, not eating "unclean" animals (pigs, etc.) Yet, those seem to be okay and our time and are overlooked and kept below the homosexuality matter. Even though none of this things in our common time matter anymore. Who one loves and what kind or lifestyle they have doesn't always determine if the person does good. In fact, no matter how bad or evil something might seem, there is always good things in them. Even Satan was once good. In fact, he was one of God's angels until he was cast away for rebelling. Even the church of Satan has some good principles in them.
Upon death and entering heaven we are either told or given a list of our wrong doings, then if we apologize we are in. Even good people are capable of not so good deeds. Humans aren't flawless.
6. How do you feel about death?
I feel although sad sometimes, death is necessary to cleanse us of our earthly bodies and wrongdoings. It's a way to start anew.
7. Does your religious outlook (or lack thereof) make you feel better or worse about death?
I'm a bit neutral to death right now.