What would have been your take on this Q?

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In the Mahabharata, YudhisThira once had to face the God of Death in the form of[disguse] a yakSha(a kind of celestial being). This yakSha[actually yudhiShThira's father] asks him some 60 questions. Unless he answers them satisfactorily he(yudhiShThira)cannot "wake" his brothers(the other four) from the "sleep" they have fallen into on the banks of a lake puportedly owned by the yakSha. There is one particular question that comes to my mind: The question goes like this:[B] What is the most surprising thing in the world?[/B] Y's answer: [B]ahanyahani bhUtAni gacChanti hi yamaalayam | sheShaaH sthAvaramicChanti kim aashcharyamitaH param ||[/B] I have not given the couplet incorporating the text of the question. The Sanskrit part is meant for my Indian friends on board and other international friends who have an appreciation for the language. The couplet in Sanskrit which translates as follows is Y's answer to y! Every other day there is one or the other passing over to the other side(lit. going to the abode of the Lord of Death, But the rest of them who are living behave as though they are permanently here(lit.the rest desire permanence in this world). What could be more astonishing than this? My point is, times are a changing. Do you agree with Y's answer or do you have something else in the behavior of people that surprises/astonishes/shocks you in people's behavior? My answer to this would have been: There are infinite ways to God. But the follower of each religion thinks [B] his is the only way, and the best way at that !!!!![/B] Please record your answers.Never mind if it doesn't sound lofty. What one needs is an understanding of life to keep evolving in our minds.Please contribute your mite to this effort.