Most of us can identify in one way or another with Thomas, the disciple who was not afraid to flamboyantly declare his doubts about the resurrection of Jesus. Actually, even though the other disciples had seen the resurrected Jesus come into their presence, I suspect that there were some disciples who welcomed Thomas' courage in saying he wanted know a whole lot more before he made any kind of commitment. Because he spoke up, they didn't have to. For most of us death is a lot more comfortable to deal with than resurrection life.
Death is fixed, definitive, sure, predictable, a closed chapter.
We have learned from experience all about death in its many faces and the tombs that death builds. We know about the emotional and spiritual deaths that come from traumatic and unhappy childhoods, failed friendships and failed marriages, complicated and debilitating physical or mental health problems, job losses, dashed expectations of ourselves and others. And this little listing of mine doesn't even begin to scratch the surface. Death, in one form or another, touches all of us in a myriad of ways. That is why death is so believable, so much easier to accept than is resurrection life.