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Debate: Are fear of death and sorrow compatible with faith? (view source)
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== Only Sorrow is compatible ==
== Only Sorrow is compatible ==
Not only is sorrow Biblically compatible, it's preferable to laughter in certain cases. Biblically, you increase sorrow by increasing wisdom, and we are called to be wise.
Not only is sorrow Biblically compatible, it's preferable to laughter in certain cases. Biblically, you increase sorrow by increasing wisdom, and we are called to be wise.
{{cquote|Ecclesiastes 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
{{cquote|Ecclesiastes 1:18 For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
However, fear of death is something Christians should not have. It is a slavery that as Christians we are called to be free of:
However, fear of death is something Christians should not have. It is a slavery that as Christians we are called to be free of:
{{cquote|Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
{{cquote|Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
15 And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.