Come on now, don't be afraid to say yes.
2006-12-23 12:10:08 · 22 answers · asked by Atlas 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know I wish such a place existed.
2006-12-23 12:11:38 · update #1
Last year my father died. Of course I wish fairy tales were true. And it's not only a small part of me that wishes that.
2006-12-23 12:12:46 · answer #1 · answered by Thinx 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No because if it were the light to heaven, that would mean I was wrong and going to be judged and go to hell for the life I lead and my atheist beliefs. Why would any atheist wish for that? But since it is a fairytale I have no worries!
2006-12-23 20:34:22 · answer #2 · answered by Danny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be honest, there is no such thing as an atheist. In fact it takes way more faith to be an atheist than a Christian.
The knowledge of God is written on the hearts of men. So called atheists, just choose to ignore it.
Kind of like gravity, just because I do not wish to believe does not mean it does not exist.
2006-12-23 20:18:42 · answer #3 · answered by Ray G 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I am perfectly comfortable with being obliviated when my life ends. No small part of me wants to continue in some other, new, strange way or place. I am glad to be alive and want to make the best of my time while I am, but there is nothing about being dead and wiped out of existence that troubles me in the least. So its imminent arrival isn't going to change that. I fear you only betray your own failure of imagination in not being able to understand that. Not my problem.
2006-12-23 20:26:05 · answer #4 · answered by Bad Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm not afraid to say yes, the answer is no. Heaven doesn't exist, except as part of some faith-based religion. I intend to be intelligent and believe in the truth all the way to the end.
2006-12-23 20:13:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
Probably not because according to the devoted religious I've renounced God by not following the bible, and therefor it would more likely be a passage to hell. Perhaps that wouldn't be so bad since it's where most of the people I know would end up anyway.
2006-12-23 20:18:12 · answer #6 · answered by Ghapy 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When one is dying, the brain is beginning to go haywire, not enough blood, not enough oxygen, electrical impulses misfiring and the ability to properly record is going as well; no telling WHAT one might "think".
I'm an atheist, but can't predict what a dying, broken brain might do.
2006-12-23 20:14:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If the choice is heaven or Hell, I choose heaven. But if I can sustain myself in a different world on Earth, I would accomplish the goal of my death passage.
2006-12-23 20:16:01 · answer #8 · answered by Leighton H 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Not at all. Not in any sense of the word. I have no desire to live forever, or to be in one place for all of eternity, or to do one thing for an eternity -- no matter HOW awesome it is. In fact, the thought of being stuck anywhere forever actually scares the crap out of me. I'm not even making that up; the thought actually bothers me that much. I would lose my mind in that kind of place. So no, I wouldn't hope for that.
2006-12-23 20:14:10 · answer #9 · answered by . 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
No. Because the thought of being eternally and mindlessly happy like a drone (i.e., what I would be like in Heaven) terrifies me and makes my life here on Earth pointless.
If Heaven and Hell existed... I'd rather go to Hell. At least there my personality would stay intact.
2006-12-23 20:13:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋