| OTHER
PEOPLE DYING: |
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Are there special
rites or ceremonies performed when a person dies? |
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What happens to
a person's remains after death? (cremation, burial, etc.) |
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What is the mourning
process? |
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Is the death of
a loved one considered a joyful or a sorrowful occasion? |
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How do you cope
with the death of someone special? What are some ways which
you can help a family which has just experienced the death
of a family member? |
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Would you want your
cremated remains to be part of a fireworks show? It's possible
- a San Francisco area company will do it for you. |
| BIOLOGICAL/MEDICAL
ISSUES |
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Is organ donation/transplants
an option where you live? Would you consider it? Why/why not? |
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Are "Living
Wills" available where you live? (A will in which the
signer requests not to be kept alive by medical life-support
systems in the event of a terminal illness "DNR"). |
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Is physician-assisted
suicide / euthanasia an option in your country? |
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Would you consider
physician-assisted suicide if you were suffering a painful
dying experience? |
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What do you think
of people who commit suicide? |
| PHILOSOPHICAL
QUESTIONS: |
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Are you afraid of
death? |
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Why are so many
people afraid of death, when it is unavoidable? |
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Do you believe in
life after death? |
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Do you often think
of death? |
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Who do you think
would mourn for you after your death? |
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If you could choose
how you were going to die, what would you choose your death
to be? |
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Do you want to know
the date of your death? Why or why not? |
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What do you think
of cryogenics? Would you like to have your body frozen, so
that you could be thawed out and brought back to life sometime
in the future? Do you think it will ever be possible? |
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Do you think that
there is anything worth dying for?
- would you die for your country?
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What about getting
called up for a war in another country (Iraq for example) |
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Is there any person
you would die for in order to save? Who is it? |
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What do you think
would happen if there were no death for human beings? |
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If you were on death
row, what would you request for your last meal? |
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Have you ever had
to put a pet to sleep? |
| AFTERLIFE
/ RELIGION / GOD |
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Do you believe in
a God? Why? |
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Why do other people
believe in God? |
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Where do we go when
we die? What are your beliefs pertaining to a person's soul
once they have died? |
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Is there an afterlife?
Heaven? Hell? Reincarnation?
- What are the requirements to get sent to one
of these places? |
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Picking on the Catholics:
- Can someone do a "presto-chango" deathbed confession
and thus avoid hell?
- Do you believe in Transubstantiation?
If not you cant be a Catholic! |
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Is yours the "One
True God" i.e. are all other religions are wrong? |
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If someone else
has a different religion are they going to hell (worshipping
false idols - Commandment #1) |
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Is the bible exactly
true or a book of stories? - How old is the earth?
- Do you believe in Evolution?
- Why are humans
so different from animals? Many mammals have emotions, language,
society, kinship, tool building, trickery, and even what
looks like burial/mourning practices (chimps/elephants). |
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If God is omnipotent
and loving why is there war/bad stuff? |
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Do you believe in
free will? How can this be reconciled with God having "a plan"? |
