Fear of the unknown is the reason we generally fear death. Plus our instinct for self preservation, I suppose.

Apart from going to sleep and not waking up, I can't imagine any way of dying comes without some pain. Even a heart attack may be fairly quick, but not painless. Euthanasia is an odd one really. We allow it for animals and in fact promote it over allowing them to go slowly and in pain, yet we don't allow it for people who are able to say whether they want it or not? I saw a programme on some British people who were going to Holland (I think it was Holland) to be euthanised. There was just so much more dignity in it for them, but ridiculous that they had to go to another country for it.

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