2007-01-14 04:48:55 · 32 answers · asked by Zefram 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It makes it all the more important to enjoy this life. Death scares me... it scares me a lot. I tend not to think about. But the basic reality is that I don't get any life after this life is over, so that motivates me to find meaning and joy everywhere I can during my one turn at being.
2007-01-14 04:51:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 12⤊ 1⤋
No, quite the opposite, it makes life all the more enjoyable because as an Atheist I know this is the only life I have to life so I live it to the fullest. Make sense?
The grieving process might be seem harder, but it is in fact not as drawn out as a Christians (for example) would be because I didn't get hung up on the denial part of the finality of death. I think you guys really cheat yourselves of fulling being able to grieve the loss of a loved one.
I took little enjoyment in this life when I was a Christian because I figured this life was only temporary, only a test, only a shadow of things to come. Basically I was just studying the bible and waiting to die.
2007-01-14 05:37:19 · answer #2 · answered by OneBadAsp 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes yes. Sometimes it is more liberating. I handle death as a complete inevitability and a finality. No memories, no regrets, no loose ends. Simply ... poof.
Many people are saying it makes life more precious and that can be true for them, but I have to say that they haven't really thought out the consequences of the atheistic world view. Nothing is precious, nothing means anything. I try to still do things that I enjoy, but if I don't "get to it", oh well. What does it matter?
These lists like "10 things to do before I die"
1. CLimb Mt. Everst
2. Go to Italy
etc...
are silly to me, because after I die, waht will it matter if I climbed that mountain or not? I'm dead
It's not dreamless sleep, it's over ... done.
2007-01-14 04:54:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
It makes life (all life) even more valuable, not only for the atheist him- or- herself, but for all people.
Regardless of an individual’s personal beliefs, fixating on death while alive is just a waste of time and emotional energy. This is no empirical data on the post-death experience, and there never will be. Therefore, there is nothing to be accomplished my making-up imaginary scenarios about it, unless you just happen to enjoy pondering such possibilities.
2007-01-14 05:05:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. If anything it makes life easier to enjoy. If I believed that life was just a few decades of waiting before I got into heaven, that would probably make life harder to enjoy.
2007-01-14 05:00:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I handle death realistically. It does make my grief a little more intense, because I don't believe in the afterlife or the soul, so I can't console myself with visions of the person in heaven or hovering around in spirit form. I think that, however difficult this is, it is a healthy approach to death in that there is no psychological "safety net", no form of denial in which I can indulge. It makes life easier to enjoy, and it gives me a sense both of freedom and responsibility that I can't quite explain. I find the notion of an "afterlife" both absurd and self-indulgent, so I concern myself with doing the best I can with this one life I have, and I hope only to be remembered as a good person.
2007-01-14 04:57:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
You wish. The truth is Atheist handle death much better than Christians. Atheist know the end will bring nothing but peace. Christians have to face the unknown reality of Heaven or Hell it can bring a terrible fear of dying. BB
2007-01-14 05:04:59 · answer #7 · answered by Betty Boop 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it makes life easier to enjoy, because I spend more of it living and just trying to experience as much as I can in the time that I have here death is a natural thing, and I don't usually mourn for too long (though I haven't lost anyone close to me yet, just aunts uncles and grandparents)
2007-01-14 05:02:08 · answer #8 · answered by Scott Justice 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
this was an interesting question .....but you know I think most of us even believers try to make this life our best ..would be a sad state if we didn't wouldn't it.
I work for a doctor, and he has studied the Bible extensively and has taught night classes on parts of it.....I have asked him about ones on their death beds when he is with them and knows they are non-believers....he told me that many have asked in their last few days knowing the end would be soon, they begin to question him more about the "what if" and "after life"....he doesn't preach to them he said just explains his belief....after all he is a doctor first not a preacher...
My own mother led a life doing her own thing, lived a life of what she wanted to do...she ended up wtih brain cancer and lived her last 3 years with us. She called our local, very down to earth preacher who really talks to a person...not AT you but WITH you.....I knew when she was dying because she got the most peaceful look on her face I had ever seen her with.....she had gone somewhere in peace for her....
2007-01-14 05:13:44 · answer #9 · answered by Gypsygrl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As an Atheist, you realize how beautiful life is. And although it's not easy to leave it all behind, it's a part of life (nothing lasts forever). With that in mind, life is a lot easier to enjoy.
2007-01-14 04:59:01 · answer #10 · answered by untilyoucamealong04 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋