Death — Watchtower ONLINE LIBRARY

suicide: g75 8/8 24-25; g75 9/22 29-30; g75 10/22 31; g72 2/8 23; g72 3/8 30; g72 6/8 30; g72 8/22 30; g72 9/8 31; g72 12/8 29; g71 4/8 30; g71 5/22 30; g71 6/22 5; g71 11/8 30-31; w70 88, 547, 589; g70 3/8 30; w69 99; g69 1/22 30; g69 5/22 29; g69 6/8 30; g69 10/22 7; w68 516; g68 6/22 31; g68 8/22 31; g67 11/8 5-8; g66 2/22 9; g66 10/8 30; g66 11/8 29; g65 2/8 30; g65 2/22 22-23; g65 5/22 29; g65 8/8 15; w64 131; g64 6/22 30-31; g64 7/8 13; g64 9/22 31; g64 10/8 19; g63 6/22 31; g62 2/22 5; g62 5/8 4; w61 259, 496; g61 2/22 30; g61 8/22 24; g61 9/22 30; g61 12/8 29; w59 447-448; g53 5/8 3-4

three main causes of death worldwide: g85 2/8 29

tobacco related: g85 6/22 19

clergy comments on: g71 3/8 28; w70 131; g69 4/22 26; w68 300; g68 7/22 30; w64 325

clinical death: g79 7/22 3-6

revivals from: g79 7/22 3-4

comfort to survivors: g85 4/22 8-9; g85 12/22 28; w80 3/15 6-7; g75 5/8 22-23; g75 10/22 3, 12; g74 12/8 27-28; w73 29; g72 6/8 7-8; w71 708-709; g71 12/8 28; w70 131-134, 576; w69 87; g69 2/8 11-13; w68 433-434, 516; g68 9/8 5-8; g68 11/8 3-7; g66 12/8 25-26; g64 7/22 3-4; w63 260, 541

condition: tr 34-35; dt 9-13; g80 3/22 10; g79 7/22 15; us 18-19; g75 10/22 5-6; ts 60, 90-94, 120-121; g74 6/8 28; w73 133; w73 230-231, 234-235; w73 639-640; g72 3/22 18-19; g72 6/8 6; g72 8/8 27-28; w71 707-708; ad 431, 1516-1517, 1547; te 67-70; g71 3/8 27-28; g71 5/22 27; w70 133, 422, 611-612, 697; w68 199, 452, 659; g68 9/8 4; yl 23-24; g67 1/8 27-28; g66 4/8 28; w65 47-48, 165; ms 143-144; w64 327; g64 11/8 6; w62 551; g62 6/8 27-28; g62 8/22 6; g61 8/8 5-8; w60 517-520; g60 5/22 6; w58 326, 355; g55 9/22 5-6; gn54 10-12; lg 88-99; g49 10/22 25-26; ep 363-364; hp42 41; ci 70-75; g37 2/10 316-317; g36 2/26 347-348; w33 351; af 14-17, 48-50

coping with death of a loved one: g85 4/22 3-13; g85 12/22 26-28; g81 2/8 5-10

how others can help: g85 4/22 8-9; g85 12/22 26-28; g66 9/8 24

how you can cope: g85 4/22 10-13

letters on: g85 9/8 28

normal feelings: g85 2/8 22-24; g85 4/22 3-7; g85 12/22 26

preparing the family to cope: g81 2/8 10-11

what a parent feels: g85 4/22 6-7; g85 12/22 28

what a young person feels: g85 2/8 22-24

customs at death: w80 3/15 6; ts 22, 69-70; g74 12/8 26-27; g63 11/22 21-23

African customs: g60 8/22 21-23

determining whether proper for Christians: w85 4/15 23-25

‘day of death better’ (Ec 7:1): w81 2/15 20-22, 30; ts 15-16; w58 495; w57 471

death a terrible waste: ts 25

death due to Adam’s sin: w65 173-174, 383, 721; im 181; w64 189, 327; g61 9/8 6; w60 484; w59 591-592; w58 68; g58 5/22 6; w53 372; nh 89; el 288

death rates:

infant mortality rate in San Marino: g76 11/8 30

Third World nations: g81 2/22 30-31

with doctors on strike: g80 1/8 27

differing views on: ts 6-8

discussion: w81 8/1 3-8; tr 34-45; hp 103-111; g80 3/22 5-12; g80 7/8 3-4; g79 7/22 3-16; w78 6/1 5-8; g75 10/22 3-13; w73 230-231, 234-235, 239-247; w73 639-640; g72 6/8 5-8; w71 707-710; ad 430-432; g71 3/8 27-28; w68 659-664; g66 10/22 27-28; w64 325-327; g64 11/8 5-7; g58 5/22 5-8; w54 516-520; w53 317-318, 368-375; w50 289-292; hp42 3-62; w40 83-91; w39 189-191; de 3-10

efforts to defeat: g80 3/22 6-8

enemy: w73 604-605; w71 707; ad 518, 1646; w65 383; im 149; w63 259-260; w58 638; g58 1/22 25; g58 5/22 8; w55 601; w44 106

euthanasia (“mercy killing”): g74 5/8 27-28; g65 12/8 29-30; w61 116-118, 285

experiences:

heart attack victim: g65 6/22 24-26

letter from Witness about to be executed in Nazi Germany: w85 9/1 10, 14; g79 7/22 16

mothers’ search for comfort after death of son: g82 11/22 26-27; g62 11/8 15

mourners comforted: g80 3/22 12; g74 12/8 28; yb71 104, 106; yb70 224; w69 639

mourner seeks truth: yb68 116-117

mysterious experiences in connection with the death of a close relative or a friend: g82 10/22 21-23

priest seeks truth about: w75 650

widows cope with loss: g81 2/8 6

Witnesses’ attitude arouses interest: g71 3/8 7; yb62 159-160

young Witness girl explains why it was not hard for her to face death: g79 7/22 16

fate: g80 9/8 3-4; ts 9-12

fear of: w80 1/1 26-27; lp 167; w75 53-54, 57; g75 10/22 4, 12; ts 12-15, 17, 174-175, 190; yb74 182-183; w73 603-606

Gallup poll on life after death: w77 110

“gates of death” (Ps 9:13, 14): ad 432, 628; ms53 90; w49 265-266; w47 249; w35 266

“hurled into lake of fire” (Re 20:14): w79 6/15 20; ts 118-119

indifference to: g64 9/8 11-12

“keys of death and of Hades” (Re 1:18): w79 6/15 20; go 190; w73 239-240, 243; ad 990; w66 27-28; w65 43, 103; bf 426-427, 656; pa 234; nh 348; el 299-300; w49 265

Longfellow’s (Henry Wadsworth) view of: g79 7/22 27

making a will: g77 9/22 7-8; g71 12/22 13-16

meaning of term: w59 331; mn 16; g58 3/8 25-26; g58 5/22 6; w56 331; g56 4/8 5-6; w53 317; ms53 86; rf 47

medical redefining: w74 684

misconceptions: w80 3/15 27; g80 7/8 3-4; g79 7/22 4-12; g75 10/22 5-7; ts 9-12, 26-29, 88-91, 96; g74 6/8 27-28; w73 230-233; w73 603-605; g73 6/8 5-8; g72 3/22 18; g72 4/22 8; w71 709-710; ad 515, 1532-1533; g71 3/8 28; w70 131-132; g69 4/22 12; g69 6/8 27-28; g66 4/8 27; g66 10/22 27; w64 102-103, 188-190, 325, 327; w63 73, 453-454; g63 5/8 8; w60 517-518; g60 7/8 24-26; g58 3/8 25; w55 603; w54 516-517; w53 317; af 46-48

Babylonian view: g77 8/22 9-10

Egyptian view: g77 8/22 10-11

survival after: g76 5/8 30; g61 8/8 5-8; w55 524-542, 560-575, 592-607; dh 3-94

molds life pattern: ts 5-6, 9, 12-15

near-death experiences: g84 10/8 3-8; w82 4/15 30; w81 6/1 26; w80 3/15 27; hp 116; g79 7/22 3-12; g79 11/22 29-30; w78 6/15 11; w77 519

“never see death at all” (Joh 8:51): w74 376-377

not natural: ts 21-23, 25-26; g58 5/22 3; w57 357-358; g57 4/8 6; g57 5/22 26; g49 11/8 16

not physical necessity: w74 375

nothing supports view that death is tied to the concept of life as a physical necessity (quote): g82 10/8 16

of Christ:

different from blood of Christ: w78 6/15 19-21

Jesus’ kind of death (Php 3:10): w51 54

penalty for murder: g77 7/22 5-8

prolonging: g74 5/8 28

proper view: g80 3/22 10; us 18-19; w73 604-606

prospect of never dying: ts 164-166

prospects of living forever: g80 3/22 10-11; w64 134; g63 11/8 28; g61 9/8 5-7; w60 164; w59 219, 594-596; w58 421-423; g57 5/22 26

question of when a patient is truly dead: g69 1/22 30; g68 6/8 18-19; g65 6/22 25

scientists’ comments on: w64 325

second death: g77 6/22 27; hs 182; sl 268-269; g75 10/22 13; w74 238-239; w74 381-383; ts 118-121, 183, 185-186; ka 26, 157-158; ad 432, 1019; fm 125-126; w67 160, 409; w65 111, 383; w60 68; g60 6/8 28; w58 159; pa 237; g56 4/8 7; sr55 357; w54 219; w53 606; lg 293; w51 351; w50 191; w49 27

slaves to: w74 369-370

Solomon’s comment: w77 573

souls: g61 8/8 5, 8; bi6 407; g56 1/8 7-8; g56 1/22 27; w55 120-121, 540-542, 560-563; dh 38-40; bi4 850-851; lg 69-72; w50 32; bi7-50 762-763; w49 320; g49 7/8 26; w48 344-346; w46 119; g43 9/1 17-18; hp42 36-38; w37 29-31; g35 6/19 606; w32 281-283

‘spirit returns to God’ (Ec 12:7): ts 47-53; g72 8/8 27-28

spiritual: w75 286; w74 757-760; w64 716; g62 10/22 28; w59 3-4; w58 243; w56 59; w54 166-167; w51 423; w43 138

statistics: g76 9/22 31; g74 5/22 16; g74 9/8 17-18; g69 4/8 30; g68 5/22 31; g66 11/8 5; g65 2/8 30; g65 2/22 30; g65 5/22 29; w64 325; g64 5/22 30; g64 10/22 31; g63 3/22 30; g63 8/22 30; g62 5/22 31

number dying without wills: g78 6/22 31

rate among unmarried persons: w80 11/15 3; g78 1/22 12

symbolic representations: w74 358-359; fm 56-59; is 126; w65 149; w62 150; pa 182; w57 494; w53 606; w34 72-73; jh 59-61; lt-1-30 77-78, 111

symbolic use of word: ts 103-107

“wages sin pays” (Ro 6:23): w74 607