People are scared and I don't blame them.

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Now, I've lurked this thread, I like it a lot, and I yet again observed a pattern among theists; the ones I've seen always seem to be clinging onto a meaning and purpose to life and extend it further out so everything must have a higher purpose or meaning.

Anyway, on a more relevant note, this is mostly directed to MK. So I used to be a muslim around 2 years ago alright and I am familiar with true dreams, they are short and precise, more common among believers. And my dad was raised in a mosque, he had read the Qur'an at least 50 times (he was old, funnily enough, he stopped being religious/a muslim and mentioned some barbaric stuff in the Qur'an like cutting the hands of a thief off but he still believed in Adam and Eve etc.) The role my dad plays in this is he had a book to interpret dreams. I had a short and precise dream, it was a good dream, made me feel good. I was me, in my room, I died and the next moment I was looking at a garden, I was in heaven. Thereafter I saw my dad when I was in my "soul form" floating around, he was in his room reading a book as usual and he saw me. The dream ended there. It was short and precise and made me feel better,  that is considered a true dream in islamic terms.
When I woke up I went to my dad and he interpreted the dream, he said it was a good sign and he was happy. I became an atheist after not too long because I can tell all that bs has no meaning to it, it all originates in my brain, there's nothing holy to it.

The description of a true dream fits my dream. 

Now tell me, how does an atheist go to heaven?

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I took joy in reading that; apologies. Even if it wasn't directed to me.

But I needed to comment with what I believe. Dreams are all about symbolism. Is the heaven you saw was truly heaven? maybe the garden in your dream had a total different meaning, your floating soul too meant something else? 

Dreams mean different stuff to each person, a goat in my dream doesn't mean the same thing your dream:

-Why don't the "soul" representation means that you won't be present in paradise? maybe it means that you're a mere ghost in that place; actually -and try to draw this image in your head- seeing yourself as a floating soul in a certain place, can totally symbolize this exact picture: your ghost haunts that place; wish to be in that place, but you will never be in that place; for you are a mere ghost; mere soul.
Maybe your dad, being in the room and seeing your "ghost form" floating around, means that he saw you slip into atheism and lose faith? the book in his hand had something to do with your transformation; too.

But notice: I would never give you my interpretation to be a 100% correct scenario; your father -just like so many humans- made that mistake, and built a leap of faith on mere line that could be a hoax; one mistake that is indeed fatal. 

Never would I also give my utter complete word that this is a true interpretation. BTW I don't use any books.

Of course... It's all about interpretations isn't it? That's what makes religions such a shitfest, you can interpret it in many different ways so you can deceive whoever you want, doesn't take much to realise it. 

People say religions have an answer for everything (quite shitty answers), that isn't because they're god's wise words, that's because they're constructed in such a way to fill everyones needs.