RE: How do you deal with life now that you are an atheist? (With a little of my life)
August 25, 2016 at 11:10 pm
(This post was last modified: August 25, 2016 at 11:16 pm by Whateverist.)
(August 25, 2016 at 5:39 pm)Gemini Wrote:(August 25, 2016 at 7:14 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: I have a very difficult time with this still. I wish I had some advice for you. In all honesty, the thought frequently keeps me awake at night. I think maybe it just takes time to emotionally process the realization, and perhaps it takes longer for some than for others.
You and me both. I know some atheists don't seem to be troubled by it, but I can't seem to help it. The thought that gives me the most comfort is that other people will live after I'm gone. And possibly other universes will be born.
Or...and I hate to admit it...the thought that maybe we're wrong. Maybe there is some kind of afterlife.
I know there's no evidence for it at all. It's just a thought. Like thinking that finding a time-forgotten valley full of dinosaurs in the Amazon would be cool. Ain't gonna happen, but...would be cool.
I admire the self esteem necessary to require as compensation for death not just other lives continuing after you go but also other universes. I'd like to think that the end of my existence too could only be adequately balanced by the birth of a universe or two .. but I'm not quite there. As a life long narcissist I tip my hat to you.
