Death - a reason to fear?

My (so far) one and only television appearance was on an experimental quiz programme which formed part of the BBC's early attempts to fill the Sunday evening 'watershed'. In previous times they had shut down for an hour following the children's' programmes. I was just eighteen and still at school, but I was an enthusiastic evangelical and keen to make my moment of fame count for God. One question they put to each member of …showed first 75 words of 1052 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1052 total…creative, whichever you prefer). I look for reason because reason is there to be found, and my destination will also prove reasonable. I can't prove it, but I am prepared to trust. So I end up with a religious commitment that fits my twentieth century reasoning, but complies equally with Paul's first century exhortation. "Present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service" * . I'll take a chance on that.