Deconversion

[bladevalant546]

Well I have indifference towars and afterlife leprechaun could exist if you count irish migets hahaha. Thanks for the input though, it is an interesting journey.

Not all atheists are so convinced there is no existence after death. Some do take the agnostic route that you seem to want to. I even knew one who said he believed in reincarnation. All atheism means is the lack of belief in any god or gods. The afterlife is really another philosophical issue.

Think of it like a quadrant:

1. God exists, afterlife exists. (example: Christianity)
2. God does not exist, afterlife exists (example: Buddhism)
3. God exists, afterlife does not exist (example: some parts of the OT)
4. God does not exist, afterlife does not exist.

Just because there is a god doesn't mean that god gives a crap about us enough to preserve our consciousness after death (many deists reject the idea of the afterlife). On the other hand, just because there is no god doesn't mean that there isn't some natural mechanic behind consciousness that survives the death of the brain.

I'm agnostic about the whole afterlife issue myself and choose to worry about this life only.

Indeed, I hold an opinion that this entity that help generate the universe is not a supernatural being but merely a being of far superior scientific and technological knowledge. I think the common presupposition of this being is we presuppose what supernatural is/means, with that causes another presupposition that this being is in fact the traditional "god".

In terms of afterlife, I do not know but I do hope. So I am agnostic currently concerning the afterlife.