The Modesty Writers Guild

thank you to everyone who has kept up, commented, and talked to others about modesty. because of modesty i have been asked to write a alternating-monthly column for lowercasepeople.com (a website that will be coming very soon!) based out of san diego, california! so thank you, thank you, thank you! also sorry it took so long to get this up on the net i want to record more soon, but these were done for $25 in a studio in texas. purevolume.com/stephenchristian thanks, stephen

we may not know when or how we will die, but what we do know is the what. what are we going to do with the time we have. i read through the comments and am amazed that such intelligence still exists, people who think for themselves and are not afraid to state what they think and believe. a person wrote that because someone is Christian they don’t fear death, which from my experience is untrue. everyone subconsciously seeks immortality (the fountain of youth, vampires, etc.) and it is only human to try to hold on to the short life we do have. like i touched on in the first respose to shane, though i have a Greater Hope i am afraid of what i don't know in death i am terrified of getting old. i am scared of not being able to take care of myself, of having to be fed, and living because a machine helps me. as issac asimov said “Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.” i would rather pass away to the unknown than to stay here on this earth i...

'To fear death, gentlemen, is no other than to think oneself wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know. No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew that is is the greatest of evils. And surely it is the most blameworthy ignorance to believe that one knows what one does not know.' -Plato (the apology)

'stephen I guess I'd like to know what your opinion is on an issue that, for as long as I can remember, has been a big struggle for me. Do you think about dying, and if so, how do you cope with the fact? I have no idea why, I've been fortunate to not have to witness much death in my life, but ever since I was a young child I've been haunted by the thought that I will eventually die. My dad used to encourage church, but I had some bad experiences and disagreements with church, and have never gone to church routinely. When I think about dying, I think about myself not existing, I think about it all being over. I can't really conceive it, so I don't think I can explain it well either. I find myself staying up at night distracting myself from wandering thoughts by watching tv or reading books, but sometimes the thought just gets to me, and when it does it has this snowball effect that leads me to this state of panic and fear. I've never read the Bible, which is ...