Death

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8 questions

• QHow can one cope with the death of their beloved ones? Why should we pray for the sick; if they are going to die anyway?
• QDo the people in paradise (or in Hades) feel the time as we do?
• QIs it a true statement that God terminates our lives on earth when we are ready the most?
• QIs it wrong to fear death? If you do, does it necessarily mean that you are on a wrong path? Is it just part of our weak nature? I read that even St. Gregory the…
• QWhat is the Coptic Church's view concerning death, including suicide, cremation, euthanasia, etc.?
• QDoes our Lord delimit age a specific number of years of humans? I have heard that God knows when a man dies, but does He not specify the day of his death?
• QI am freaking out at the moment. It has hit me all of a sudden that I am going to die one day. I am terrified. Really terrified. To the point that I have had panic…
• QMy son, who is 6 years old, asked if when humans die, their physical bodies remain on earth and their spirits go to heaven, where is God's body? How does He look like?…

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