[LemonJam]

Originally Posted by Livia

Surely, everyone is fearful of death.

True :P what I mean to say is that I think people who do believe in an afterlife of some sort take comfort in that, because they may not like the idea of life just ending with nothing else afterwards. So I'll reword myself, I think that the idea of an afterlife is a much nicer alternative than just nothingness and it puts people more at ease with the idea of passing on.