Which culture has the best view/acceptance of death?

[IloveTHIS]

We all gonna kick the bucket one day. many people devote a lot of time and energy into trying to avoid it as long as possible. some cultures have a relatively low fear because of what they believe is on the other side. but theres also the Samurai code where its death before dishonor. I think about that a lot. also knights back the the old days used to view dying in a bloody battle as a good thing. Surviving often implied cowardice and avoiding the battle.

Any others?

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

Many warrior classes throughout history. French Hussards in the napoleonic era were known not to reach their 30's i think.

 

[Kowboy On Sherdog]

1800 Cowboys

 

[IloveTHIS]

1800 Cowboys

How could I forget. So noble and classy to have a fair duel. You'd never see that these days

 

[Tone C]

Different cultures, hard to judge....

 

[TribalDrumz]

Tibet. they cut up your corpse and feed it to the vultures.

 

[Sakuraba'sEar]

Norse paganism, Celtic Paganism was heavy on concepts of reincarnation/naturalism. This aided them when it came to things like fighting or taking risks. But other times would hurt them in terms of social or cultural conservation

 

[spina bifida]

I like the tao view of death. They say your consciousness stops being isolated and joins the consciousness of the universe. The lessons learned from being an isolated consciousness are used to strengthen the combined consciousness. With the end goal of spreading nature to the places that currently have no nature. Eventually when nature is spread everywhere and there are no lifeless zones, the need for isolated consciousness ends and humans will become extinct and evolution of all species will stop. Eve ryone who has ever lived will be connected as one from that moment onwards and we will all have the joint memories that we all created.

There is an added branch of thought that this is what true "hell" could be. If we do too much evil, cause too much suffering. We will all remember and experience the suffering forever when we become one.

 

[Cole train]

Fin paganism

Everyone goes to hell when they die,no matter what type of hero or saint you are. Just straight down the shitter to river of souls and to suffer for eternity

Only pussies need a promise of happy afterlife like heaven or valhalla.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

The muslims of course.

 

[Ponchik]

Tibet. they cut up your corpse and feed it to the vultures.

In ancient latvia you didn't even need to be a corpse. As soon as someone became a burden (too old or too sick), they were blindfolded, so neither they, nor their spirit can find their way back, taken to a forrest and left there, so they get maulled by wolves and bears.

 

[fingercuffs]

The muslims of course.

Kill a bunch then suicide yourself to be congratulated with 72 virgins definitely.
Disclaimer: I know not all Muslims hold this belief.

 

[Osculater]

Vikings and Mesoamerican Indians

 

[Osculater]

The muslims of course.

Can't beat the 72 virgins

 

[Osculater]

We all gonna kick the bucket one day. many people devote a lot of time and energy into trying to avoid it as long as possible. some cultures have a relatively low fear because of what they believe is on the other side. but theres also the Samurai code where its death before dishonor. I think about that a lot. also knights back the the old days used to view dying in a bloody battle as a good thing. Surviving often implied cowardice and avoiding the battle.

Any others?

They held captured Knights as ransom

 

[Osculater]

Kill a bunch then suicide yourself to be congratulated with 72 virgins definitely.
Disclaimer: I know not all Muslims hold this belief.

I'm not Muslim but I believe

 

[badascan]

Canadians? They accept death if you're just feeling a little blue, that's about as accepting as a culture can get...

 

[mozfonky]

We all gonna kick the bucket one day. many people devote a lot of time and energy into trying to avoid it as long as possible. some cultures have a relatively low fear because of what they believe is on the other side. but theres also the Samurai code where its death before dishonor. I think about that a lot. also knights back the the old days used to view dying in a bloody battle as a good thing. Surviving often implied cowardice and avoiding the battle.

Any others?

Don't know every single culture but recently been listening to a lot of info on Mexican culture, they have a day for the dead and quasi worship this reaper like figure. That's a pretty morbid thing to me but they do it.

 

[mozfonky]

Vikings and Mesoamerican Indians

If you're referring to the practice of human sacrifice, I hear different things, the tribes that were exploited for human sacrifice were the main reason the Aztecs fell when the spaniards got here, they had so many enemies. However,from what I understand about the aztecs, they didn't look at the human sacrifice as actual murder or killing, but as sacrifice, it was a variation on the savior/crucifixion only reenacted thousands and thousands of times.

The Native American warriors had a saying, "it's a good day to die", many native americans were pretty brave, it was often the old and the young that made things impossible for them to continue fighting.

I suppose the japanese code of Bushido or whichever one that the Kamikaze pilots embodied was pretty bold. Like the Indians, if the destruction they were facing from the nuclear bombs weren't so all inclusive to the civilians, the war with the troops would have dragged on a lot longer. The Japanese were plenty fierce.

Muslims and their 72 virgins has already been mentioned. But you wonder if these folks really believe this stuff though.

 

[dildos]

Which ever culture realises it’s just nothing more than a person taking a dirt nap.