Hi welcome!
I never felt depressed. Just relief.
I'm glad there isn't an afterlife because I knew people who've died who weren't xtians and I used to think about them burning in hell all the time, it was very difficult to cope. And I always worried about those nonxtians who're still alive and I would pray for god to make them believe so they wouldn't end up in hell. I worried about myself ending up in hell AND in heaven because towards the end I was convinced god was one evil asshole.
So you get the idea XD. I think Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials had this "hell" or purgatory where a lot of kids were at. They died, but they couldn't die, they really were still alive but living in this horrible place. The protagonist freed them and they turned into atoms, and returned to the universe to be recycled. That's what death is. And it's not that bad, staying alive forever is not something our minds are built for. And it's what makes what you have right now precious. What more reason do you need to be happy with what you have?
I never felt depressed. Just relief.
I'm glad there isn't an afterlife because I knew people who've died who weren't xtians and I used to think about them burning in hell all the time, it was very difficult to cope. And I always worried about those nonxtians who're still alive and I would pray for god to make them believe so they wouldn't end up in hell. I worried about myself ending up in hell AND in heaven because towards the end I was convinced god was one evil asshole.
So you get the idea XD. I think Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials had this "hell" or purgatory where a lot of kids were at. They died, but they couldn't die, they really were still alive but living in this horrible place. The protagonist freed them and they turned into atoms, and returned to the universe to be recycled. That's what death is. And it's not that bad, staying alive forever is not something our minds are built for. And it's what makes what you have right now precious. What more reason do you need to be happy with what you have?
