Why is the Grim Reaper demonized?

I don't know! I was the Grim Reaper for Halloween like the whole time I was growing up! I would guess though, it has to do with the Grim Reaper bringing us into the great unknown. And there seems to be some sort of fear of the unknown. Even when people know they don't know, when questioned will at first most often say they know what it is.

I have come to think of death as a way of starting over, or creating a blank slate, so that one can start all over again. Sort of like when a painting goes bad and it needs to be whited over so that the artist can have a fresh start - but still learning from the previous attempt.

Rich

Life is valuable, and death is the deprivation of life, so the Reaper is demonized for taking away life, as opposed to an angel which giveth life.