Is death painful?

Jane | September 26, 2001

Q. Is death painful? (I mean, even if you are brutally murdered, does it hurt after your heart stops and everything becomes pitch black?) – Muriel A. Pain only exists if someone is there to feel it. When you die (heart stops-pitch black) you stop existing- so there is nothing/no one there to feel the [...]

Why is earth a woman?

Jane | September 24, 2001

Q. Why is earth a woman? (Mother Earth…) – Muriel A. Humans personify things that are important to them and engendering a thing is part of personification. Earth is a woman because it is much more like a woman than a man and Earth is a woman because humans named Earth and humans all come [...]