When you think about societies accepting inevitability, the first thing that comes to mind is the Catholic funeral mass. It’s a carefully choreographed ritual that turns the moment of death into a communal transition, with incense, liturgy, music, and the promise of resurrection. The whole ceremony signals that the individual’s life is no longer the main focus; it’s become part of a larger narrative that everybody can share. And that, in a very practical sense, is the most powerful way a culture can say, “We’ve seen it before, we’re going to see it again, and we’ll handle it together.”