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To speak about Religion; most religions (if not all) define God as existence. The Tetragrammaton (JHVH) is an acronym which reflects the three main aspects of existence itself. The Universe as something inhabiting existence then, is just one face of God that conforms to certain rules of logic/causality and is encapsulated within time. But existence itself is different and could not have become but is that within which all things are becoming. A person could say that the universe is existence, there is nothing but the universe and all things arise in the universe, but then it is senseless to say that the universe has existence - it becomes a redundant statement.
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See there is a linguistic problem with saying that scientists are trying to discover how "the universe came into existence" because it places the universe somewhere inside of this thing called existence.

If it is true that the universe inhabits existence, then shouldn't we be trying to explain existence? See, existence is one of those things that cannot of itself be observed or explained as having any origins what-so-ever. Existence did not come to-be, in the sense of arriving somewhere or gaining any quality which is not already included under its umbrella. Yet, I think this is what is hoped for with the Big Bang theory.
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Interesting to note: That which "personifies" or gives "persona-lity" to these individuals is their relatedness to external phenomena (possession).

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.
Andre Gide
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@varanid

I think some of your answers are at hand.

They all depend on you, who you have become while you are living. Death may catch you off-guard if you have ignored it. Maybe your affairs will not be in order if you had not expected death today. If you had planned on seeing tomorrow. Perhaps if you are ignorant of death you are more fearful for not developing a relationship with it while living.
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Fear of Mortality <- In my field we call this sort of thing a "root cause". As distinct from intermediary causes like "war". By identifying the root cause we can address the issue more directly.
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The only "All" that is lost is a finite set of fantasies that didn't come true. The All persists forever! Tides come in and tides go out, but "never leave the stream of warm impermanence".
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I submit this as a challenge: say something so controversial, so offensive to common sensibilities, and so convoluted that noone comments on it.
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I think we are all primed to burn whatever witches we can. Whatever poor sucker gets "pegged" by the majority. There is always one; if its not Bush, it's Palin, or "the Situation" or Trump, or... the list is endless. We love to hate, and hate to love.
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The majority of those cavities shouldn't be there. There also looks to be a slight discoloration which may be the result of smoking or drug-use.

Intercerebral Hemmhorages are pools of blood collecting inside the brain, the pressure of this blood is enough to destroy delicate brain-cells. The brain's consistency is that of jell-o, and if you remember "Hannibal", you can imagine, it can be scooped up like ice-cream.

Other vocations/hobbies that basically guarantee brain-damage: Anything involving physical trauama, Anything involving low oxygen atmospheres( e.g Firefighting, Mountain-Climbing, Pilot, etc.,)
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