Love makes us poets and the approach of death should make us philosophers.
--George Santayana

Dealing With Mortality:
A Skeptic's Guide

or: Kirk's Big Fun Pages O' Inevitable Death

Coming to grips with mortality- this is the biggest personal issue that every one of us will have to deal with. It can be especially difficult for people who don't believe that there's an afterlife waiting for them. To contemplate the end of our selves in this world is frightening; to not convince yourself that there is life after this world requires a special kind of bravery. This site is here to try to share the thoughts that have allowed me to understand and accept the situation. This text is now available as a comic with gorgeous art by James Harvey, available as a physical book for $10 (full preview available online) But if you prefer all-text: Start: My Experience

My Experience The Mission of this Site Lifespan And Our Perception of Time Sleep and its Relationship to The End The Dangerous Myth of Eternity Time to Waste

Time Isn't Lost Finding The Point More Quotes About Mortality Appendix A: A Hero's Letter Appendix B: Philosophy as Fire Prevention

Back to kisrael.com / contact: kirk@kisrael.com

Dealing With Mortality: A Skeptic's Guide by Kirk Israel is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Based on a work at mortals.be and kisrael.com/mortal.