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Originally Posted by Ribos

I say Heaven and Hell > Dehumanizer > The Devil You Know > Mob Rules, making Dehumanizer totally worth getting as a stand-alone if you can find it. H&H, meanwhile, is the Dio version of Paranoid. Except better. But then, I never liked Paranoid much anyways (the debut was better, as was Sabbath Bloody Sabbath).

Anyways, back on ze topic:


Next time, you might want to consider spelling "Savvy" properly before assuming you're in the superior position.

I'll let Joseph Smith Sphinx reply to the actual point, though. I'm in agreeance with her general position anyhow.

But my take is that you are lying. You are not unafraid of death. I have two reasons proving that you - at least unconsciously - have not "transcended" your innate fear of death.

1. You find "thrill ride"-type activities fun. The fun derived from these activities is based off the adrenaline rush one gets from, say, bungee jumping (using this only as an example). The adrenaline rush is achieved because the body senses it is in a state of danger, and activates the fight-or-flight response, which is associated with fear. If you did not fear for your life, you would not receive this adrenaline rush and thus you would not find the activity fun.

2. You are a Christian. As a Christian, your body is a temple to the Lord. God gave you the gift of life, and to refuse one of God's gifts is to refuse God. That's why people who commit suicide are damned to suffering in Hell. One who legitimately has no fear of death (with the rare exception of genetic anomalies) would not truly care if they live or die, which, by the above points, is something akin to blaspheming. So from a Christian perspective, the people who are unafraid of death are the ones who truly deserve to be afraid.

I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a great speller. In fact a lot of things I post I have to check. Nothing to hide.

1.) Good argument, however my opinion actually coincides with this. Although now that I look at it closer I should have been more specific. The fear of death is inherent in people, and when I mentioned that it could be transcended, I meant that you can rest fine with the idea. Now obviously this doesn't negate feelings (fears, etc.) associated with the dying process.

2.) Clever, but a misinterpretation. You’re confusing not fearing death with showing no regard for your life.

Originally Posted by Richard Strauss

It's not transcending the fear of death, it's deciding that some benefits are worth the risk of dying. Not having this ability would still be an evolutionary disadvantage, because everything has some risk of dying.

Two different things. But your point is valid.