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Whatever one’s view of death, death will come to each person. Shakespeare was right when he wrote:

Golden lads and girls all must,As chimney-sweepers, come to dust.6

Many people face death with some misgivings, as they face any new experience. Some do not want the subject mentioned. However, to refuse to face death realistically is as ridiculous as it is to refuse to face life realistically. Two views of death are common.

The first view asserts that death is the end. Those with this outlook usually maintain, “There is no God and death ends all.” That philosophy changes ones s view of the world. It makes the universe a mad, haphazard one composed of billions of atoms swirling everywhere, going nowhere. It makes it a scramble of old elements thrown toget…