I don't fear death, I know its coming. I wont go looking for it though. I fear losing those I love more than I fear for myself, especially my children. As an atheist I don't feel I personally got anything to lose by dying anyhow, I will either cease to consciously function. Or if there is some form of afterlife where I get to sit on a cloud playing a harp for a googolplex years while they work out my job assignment I would stand a good chance of gaining entry, because I have lived my life according to morals and principles in a non hypocritical manner. I believe its called the atheist's wager.
Actually, knowing how tedious it can be waiting for a bus in the rain on a cold and wet December morning I think I prefer non existence to an infinitely long and probably infinitely boring after life. And if that is the option I prefer then why fear it?
Actually, knowing how tedious it can be waiting for a bus in the rain on a cold and wet December morning I think I prefer non existence to an infinitely long and probably infinitely boring after life. And if that is the option I prefer then why fear it?
