(February 9, 2018 at 8:57 am)Grandizer Wrote:(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?
We posted at the same time earlier. I don't think that we are that far apart on this.
Also you may note, that I didn't exclude these reasons (see part in parenthesis above). I was just flipping it around, to get the OP to think through it more.
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