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Why are believers still afraid of death?

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Why are believers still afraid of death?
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RE: Why are believers still afraid of death?
February 9, 2018 at 8:57 am
(February 9, 2018 at 8:52 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Why do atheist cry at funerals?  If life is meaningless and there is nothing afterwords, then what does the non-believer have to fear (apart from the change and immediate loss I already mentioned)?

Speaking for myself, I don't cry at funerals for people I have no emotional attachment to. I will cry, however, for someone whom I did have love and affection for. It's nothing to do with fear, but rather with the prospect that I will never get to enjoy bonding with them ever again.

And why exclude change and immediate loss as if they couldn't be the totality of reasons for why some atheists cry at funerals for loved ones?
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Why are believers still afraid of death?

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RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Grandizer - February 9, 2018 at 8:50 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by vorlon13 - February 9, 2018 at 8:51 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Grandizer - February 9, 2018 at 8:57 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Succubus - February 9, 2018 at 12:48 pm
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by brewer - February 9, 2018 at 10:52 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Grandizer - February 9, 2018 at 11:01 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by mlmooney89 - February 9, 2018 at 11:06 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by brewer - February 9, 2018 at 11:13 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by mlmooney89 - February 9, 2018 at 11:16 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Minimalist - February 9, 2018 at 1:06 pm
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by SaStrike - February 12, 2018 at 4:26 pm
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Silver - February 12, 2018 at 4:30 pm
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by vorlon13 - February 12, 2018 at 4:48 pm
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by vorlon13 - February 12, 2018 at 4:58 pm
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Imabeliever - February 12, 2018 at 5:05 pm
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Ravenshire - February 12, 2018 at 10:24 pm
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by vorlon13 - February 12, 2018 at 7:13 pm
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by vorlon13 - February 13, 2018 at 11:57 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Godscreated - February 13, 2018 at 12:39 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Amarok - February 13, 2018 at 9:07 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Little Rik - February 13, 2018 at 10:20 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Cod - February 13, 2018 at 10:27 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Little Rik - February 13, 2018 at 10:42 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Cod - February 14, 2018 at 6:24 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Little Rik - February 15, 2018 at 5:45 am
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Amarok - March 4, 2018 at 11:18 pm
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by KittyAnn - February 13, 2018 at 12:13 pm
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by vorlon13 - February 13, 2018 at 5:59 pm
RE: Why are believers still afraid of death? - by Little Rik - February 14, 2018 at 6:01 am

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