-This is no attack on athiesm at all-
What goes through the head of a dying athiest?
2007-12-12 07:31:19 · 6 answers · asked by Pedro! 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I can't give a general answer for that. I suppose that every atheist would be different.
In general, some may convert, and some may stick true to their beliefs. It's hard to tell on a general basis.
2007-12-12 07:42:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would probably be thinking, "Oh crap, I'm going to die!" or something to that effect.
I'm not really sure where you are going with this question. Are you asking if I would re-evaluate my athiesm because I was dying? The answer to that is no. I am an athiest because I don't believe in God, not because I want to "sin" or live my life without the presence of a Divine being.
2007-12-12 15:40:32 · answer #2 · answered by cyranothe2nd 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Same thing that goes threw everyone's head I'd imagine. There is no heroic struggle - you don't have time to think about anything. Your thoughts diminish slowly. The most strong willed of people will not put up a fight. It's like fainting, there comes a point when you know it's going to happen but there's nothing you can do.
2007-12-12 15:53:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As a hospice nurse, I observed that as death approaches, people of all faiths and all spiritualities gravitate to essentially the same place of grace. Although the majority of people report that they believe in God as a being, as death approaches and they are no longer threatened or compromised by social pressures and belief systems, the majority of people report during the final days of their lives that they do not believe in God as a being but as a greater, more diffused mystery than mere human conceptualizations and personifications. Atheists wind up essentially at the same place, reporting that, although they do not believe in man-made conceptualizations of a God, that as they near their deaths they sense some mysterious meaningful magnificent grace in the Universe that encompasses all of us.
2007-12-12 15:59:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Prolly the same thing as everyone elses
why did I waste so much time doing that stupid thing and not more with my family/friends having fun?
2007-12-12 15:35:18 · answer #5 · answered by devinthedragon 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The old saying holds true for MANY of these folks (i.e., "there are no atheists in foxholes"). The deathbed is the ultimate and final "foxhole" of life.
2007-12-12 15:34:34 · answer #6 · answered by michele 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋