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We are the only animals that go through life with the knowledge that we will die one day.
It's that knowledge that makes us human. It makes life precious to us and provides value to good deeds, to love, to compassion and to joy. Death is a valuable part of living that influences our actions and makes it great to be alive.
Certainly it represents the unknown and potentially an eternity of nothingness. But maybe not. There's a song that says something like "everyone says they want to go to heaven, but no one wants to go now".
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