Hey there,
I'm a recently realized atheist, within the last two months, and today my father died suddenly at age 67. I have no desire to pray. My family decided to have a priest come In and read him his last rights, which brought some comfort to a couple of my family members. The priest was a nice man, with a genuine heart and concern for our family, which I really appreciated. I do feel grateful that I have found myself to be an atheist before this happened. I have, thus far, been able to accept my father's death in a much more tolerable way than if I had believed in god. If I believed, Imagine I would have a lot more anger and a lot more questions as to why a loving god would have taken my father so soon. At this moment, though still in shock, with a broken heart, I am a grateful and proud, yet devastated atheist.
I'm a recently realized atheist, within the last two months, and today my father died suddenly at age 67. I have no desire to pray. My family decided to have a priest come In and read him his last rights, which brought some comfort to a couple of my family members. The priest was a nice man, with a genuine heart and concern for our family, which I really appreciated. I do feel grateful that I have found myself to be an atheist before this happened. I have, thus far, been able to accept my father's death in a much more tolerable way than if I had believed in god. If I believed, Imagine I would have a lot more anger and a lot more questions as to why a loving god would have taken my father so soon. At this moment, though still in shock, with a broken heart, I am a grateful and proud, yet devastated atheist.
