How Do You Perceive Death?

[shadowdancer]

Hi,

I would like to ask, especially to atheists, on how do you perceive death? your death and the people that you love.

Or have you lost someone you love when you have de-converted to athesists?

Sorry I don't want to ask a gloomy question but the following things happened to me in a row:

1. A friend lose his wife due to maternity death

2. Another someone I don't really know, lose his wife also caused by maternity death. The maternity death rate is high in this place.
Both of them, are returning to their God, believe that the women died will go to heaven and get the highest place. Let's not really discuss this stupidity, as this is just one method to ease pain.

3. An then, I watched movie titled "Patch Adams", and he said

"what's wrong with death? what are we so mortally afraid of? why can't we treat death with a certain amount of humanity and dignity and decency and, God Forbid maybe a sense of humor?"

I still do not have a firm understanding on what death is.

Probably you can also recommend some readings.

Thanks a lot. Hope we live long enough before we die.