What is death and why you die?

Answer 1

Boy, deep questions here. We've been trying to figure these out for thousands of years. Death is commonly defined as the cessation of neuro-transmitter activity in the brain (as far as humans go), and cessation of respiration, growth, or metabolism. All living things die, sooner or later. It is a part of nature. Whether you're a person, a rose bush, or a squirrel, you follow the same basic path - you're born (or germinated), you grow and mature, and after a period of time, you die. What theologians and philosophers argue about is what happens next? Do humans have a 'spirt' which lives on, somewhere and someplace else? If humans, why not avocados too? Do you have to have 'intelligence' to have a spirit? If so, how do you measure intelligence? Some religions believe that your spirit is born and reborn any number of times, and each time it gets closer and closer to the ultimate conscienceness - other religions believe that when you die, your spirit goes to 'heaven', and you sit on a cloud and play a harp all day. We don't know exactly what happens - since no one has come back and described the process with any scientific detail. However, I would not recommend doing any experiments yourself. It may turn out that when you die, nothing at all happens. ANd you can't come back. You'll have to decide which sounds more likely.