2006-12-08 02:10:40 · 14 answers · asked by Shit Ban 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I expect that the afterlife will be pretty much like my prelife so no, I don't worry too much about only having the present.
2006-12-08 02:19:12 · answer #1 · answered by hot carl sagan: ninja for hire 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is it frightening to believe that life ends in death?
No... why would that be frightening? Oblivion is exactly that. After death one ceases to exist and therefore has no ability to feel or experience anything at all.
It's completely ridiculous to imagine the personified emotional posture of one who is no longer capable of being a person or having any emotional experience at all. Is a wooden chair afraid if being burned up in a fire? After it is gone does it miss being a chair?
The experience of after death is most obviously no different than the experience of before life. Do you recall being frightened before you were born? Do you remember knowing anything at all from before you were alive?... of course you don't. It's just silly to think that after death will have any impact upon you at all... You can't know anything when you are not anything.
As to the idea that people have a soul which outlasts them after death, the atheist view is simply that the conjecture is certainly one filled by fanciful notions. There has been no evidence found to support the existance of a soul, so why would anyone give it the least bit of credence? To spend one's living time in worry and prepation for the fate of his bodiless, unfounded, non-existing 'spirit' is just a sinful waste of a time-limited ability. It is as pointless as feeding pigions on a daily diet of imaginary seeds.
The moment of death and the possibility of pain and suffering up to and through death are the only things to be feared by an atheist (or anyone), moreover, in adapting the atheist belief, there is comfort in realizing that once ones death is final, there is nothing - and that's really a heavenly thought.
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2006-12-08 10:38:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why should only the present life be frightening? Shouldn't it be much more frightening to believe in and worship a being so evil as to condemn his creations to everlasting brutal torment for not bowing down and worshipping him? Would you brutalize your children in such a way if they did not achieve your idea of perfection?
And why are Christians and other deists so afraid of their own mortality,that's the real question if you ask me.
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2006-12-08 11:36:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think for most athiests, yeah. This would be their only life, and when they die they'll go nowhere. Most of the athiests I've met have not feared this idea much at all. I'm atheist, and I'm scared as hell. Less scared as I am frustrated. But, I see this as a the most likely of scenarios. I wish I could believe in some kind of afterlife, but I can't just make myself believe something with, what I consider, very little logical proof.
2006-12-08 10:16:19 · answer #4 · answered by ...... 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I believe that I'll only have this one life, and that in this limited amount of time, I'll have to accomplish all of the the goals I've set for myself. I don't find it frightening. Instead, I consider it motivating, because I have the ultimate responsibility for making my life into something good and worthwhile.
2006-12-08 11:04:19 · answer #5 · answered by Let Me Think 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Atheists don't believe in any god. That's the only thing they all have in common. Most of them don't believe in any afterlife either. I personally don't believe in an afterlife. I think this life is all we get and no, that is not frightening to me. :)
2006-12-08 10:16:57 · answer #6 · answered by undir 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The only thing Atheists have in common is that they have no belief in any gods. The rest can be different depending on who you talk to.
I personally do not believe in any life after this one. Its not scary at all, its very liberating. It means I have to do my best now with what I have, because there is no second chance.
2006-12-08 10:21:36 · answer #7 · answered by Kutekymmee 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From your perspective, it probably would be frightening. I know. I used to be a Christian, and the thought terrified me.
By comparison, how upset were you as a child, when you discovered there was no Santa Claus? How did your view of the world change?
That's the easiest way to describe it, imo...
2006-12-08 10:42:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why would living in the present be frightening?
Live for today for there are no guarantees for tomorrow!
2006-12-08 10:13:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The one who is frightened is you.
2006-12-08 11:28:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋