Tag: death

 In “Dying: a memoir,” she delivers a moving reflection on the end of life.

Even with modern medicine to supply a few repair parts for some breakdowns, too much of the internal plumbing isn't amenable to that. 

All the atheists I know of don't believe in afterlives either, but I'm not aware of surveys on this insofar as nonbelievers are concerned generally.

Yes, Mormons definitely believe that after death is the only acceptable time to be cremated. (Sorry, I couldn’t resist!)

Kayla Mueller's beautiful letter to her family while being held by ISIS is an eloquent testament of faith in the midst of adversity that continues to inspire after her death.

Add language and written messages to the mix and you get an even more interesting process. We humans can achieve an "immortality" quite independent of death, cellular or multicellular.

There is no such thing as a “good death.” There is only a “good enough death.”