Meaning of deathism | Babel Free

Definitions

The belief that death is natural, inevitable, or desirable.

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Examples

“Religions may be the purest offspring of deathism. Most religions promise⟳ rewards in heaven or punishments in hell […]”

“There is no joy of any kind in what I describe⟳ as the deathism paradigm they follow⟳, other than whatever feelings of effectiveness may be derived from killing the infidel and in fulfilling the personal death wish⟳ of religious martyrdom.”

“For this growing set⟳, the idea that we might have⟳ a fixed, natural lifespan is pure defeatism—“deathism” even, a spell⟳ from which we must awaken to realise⟳ our full potential.”

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