(December 31, 2015 at 7:41 pm)wallym Wrote: I wonder if people put on a happier face on an atheist forum (although that's not the case in this thread, or maybe I just get an inaccurate sample based on the threads I open), because of the Us vs. Them attitude with the Theists. Things like being scared of dying, or that evil people prosper is kind of shoved in the closet as Atheists tout how great not believing in God is?
I think anyone, religious or not, will get the heebie-jeebies if they think about their own mortality too much. It's one thing to imagine sliding down candy-canes or whatever in a dreamy heaven, but then there's the thought of your body on a concrete slab.
But most people have found a pretty effective way of dealing with it-- live your life and stop thinking about it for no reason.
