(January 23, 2015 at 10:55 am)Strider Wrote: Where all religions have a concept of an afterlife in one way or another (reincarnation, heaven, nirvana, etc.), atheists are about the only ones who face up to the oblivion that death promises without having to resort to fairy tales for false comfort.
In Hinduism and Buddhism, reincarnation is a curse, not a blessing, and nirvana is the end of rebirth. Before you generalize about other religions maybe you should know what you're talking about first.