RE313 Quiz: quiz 2 notes

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Steve is called a philosopher, a poet, an angel of death by tim. Steve"s worldview is an example of a very healthy and constructive way to face our mortality. According to steve, death makes us human beings: the crucible of making human beings is death . it"s not success, it"s not growth, it"s not happiness, it"s death. That"s the cradle of your love of life: the fact that it ends. Steve says people who are dying say they are most afraid of pain and suffering. But he says that is not what they are afraid of, because after the pain is controlled, they are still afraid. Steve thinks our death phobia comes from the judeo-christian heritage that underpins the dominant north american culture. Whether we are jewish or christian, or neither, it doesn"t matter. Steve"s indigenous spirituality is a very healthy illusion that allows him to face his death, his fear of death, with courage.