And do they have fear of death?
2007-02-25 21:21:31 · 16 answers · asked by spring 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What faith? Faith in probability. "I have two hands" - some say. Is it a fact? No, it is not a fact. The fact is "I seem to see 2 hands". Probability is nothing. "Tomorrow I will go to school." Do they know the future? No, they don't. But there is a probability, as some say, "there is a very low probability that I will die tomorrow", so in ignorance they say "I will go to school", instead of "I am going to go to school".
2007-02-25 21:37:51 · update #1
Atheism is a religion based on belief in probability. Do you not believe in your evedences? Do you have any evidence without "if" and "most likely"? All your knowledge is your faith, a knowledge is a belief.
2007-02-25 22:05:41 · update #2
To a person. Death is not 100% guaranteed. Relying on probability is relying on nothing. Do you know a probability to see a dinosaur in your room? One say: "50/50, because either I see him, or not." Another say: 0%, because I never saw dinasaurs". The third say: I have already seen him there. Calculating probability is an inspiration.
2007-02-25 22:24:24 · update #3
What faith? We have facts and hypothesis and/or theories.
But we accept, that their hypothesis and/or theories, (the best conclusion for now), we don't delude ourselves and call it faith.
I don't waste time worrying about death, but I'll fear not existing when it comes knocking.
2007-02-25 21:24:40 · answer #1 · answered by lilith 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
1) I have no religious faith. Therefore I am unlikely to die for it.
2) When I joined the Army, I did, in fact, face death. During the immediate time it happened, my thoughts were not on "I might die", but were more "I'm gonna get that bastard!" The shakes came later.
I don't look forward to death, and i do fear it to a degree. But I will face it if the stakes are high enough.
2007-02-26 05:28:00 · answer #2 · answered by Scott M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I can only assume that by "faith", you mean my belief in scientific & historical facts. I'd like to think that I would die to defend that, but as I'm not in one of those cults I doubt the need will ever arise. My only fear of death is knowing what I will be missing once I die.
2007-02-26 05:58:29 · answer #3 · answered by MaxPower 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Atheists do not have faith. Atheists are simply people who require evidence before believing in extraordinary things. Atheists realize that no thought, memory or any kind of cognitive experience is possible without a living brain. Atheists have no fear of death.
On the contrary, it is people with personalities that fear death that imagine such absurdities as an "afterlife" experience.
2007-02-26 05:30:48 · answer #4 · answered by Dendronbat Crocoduck 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You cannot have faith in atheism - it's not a religion. It's the absence of belief and not a belief itself. Therefore, having the courage to die for an absense of faith sounds as absurd as it is.
Do atheists fear death? No more than theists. Some do, some do not.
2007-02-26 05:36:50 · answer #5 · answered by The Truth 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
faith is something you have in something to live.not to die. everyone has faith in life first of all that, they will live to do things,what they want to do.
if you do not have that basic faith in life, you cannot do anything.
atheism is sort of groupism, where people have their own way of thinking.
there are two ways of living.
one is to learn and follow , what is already existing;
another one is to find new ways, face the minus and plus in that, then arrive a standard new style and way.
but , mostly, i think almost all the ways are tried, and only existing ways are seem to be final to choose.
so, please understand that no one wants to die for anything. if some one says so , show this piece of thinking.
2007-02-26 05:56:23 · answer #6 · answered by rk 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wonder how much courage it takes to die for one's faith, really. Most people are not asked to do this, nor do they place themselves in situations where "dying for their faith" is required of them, so I suspect that the "dying for their faith" idea is just a romantic pose. One sees a moment of glorious sacrifice and then the struggle is over.
The real courage lies in living for one's faith. Day after dull, dry, unrewarding day, acting in a manner that is consistent with one professes to believe is much more challenging than the last ditch stand at the barricades of righteousness.
2007-02-26 08:32:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Athiest or not. Whats the point in being afraid of death when it is the only 100% guarenteed thing in life.
2007-02-26 05:58:20 · answer #8 · answered by copsedream2k7 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some do
Giordano Bruno, was burnt to death, after being given a few chances to repent and believe in christianity. He would rather.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giordano_Bruno
I say bravo to him, and the many other heretics. I would also.
Also, atheism is not a faith.
peace
2007-02-26 05:45:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a silly question, since atheists don't live by faith.
Everyone is different. Some people are afraid of death, others are not. Doesn't matter whether one is an atheist or a Christian - fear of death is pretty evenly divided up between all groups of people.
2007-02-26 05:26:58 · answer #10 · answered by pasdeberet 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Of course I don't want to die for my belief, that would be stupid. How about you would you die for your belief?
2007-02-26 07:29:07 · answer #11 · answered by jetthrustpy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋