Why Can't others See?

[Pippy]

Then what do atheists fear?

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Then what do atheists fear?

Me? Discovering the fundies are right and the total cunt described in the Torah really IS in charge!.

[leo-rcc]

I fear ladders, I can't stand on them without breaking into a cold sweat.

[Kyuuketsuki]

Then what do atheists fear?

Poverty (I'm not wealthy but I'm not poor either), incurable illness, loss of friends and most particularly of family (children) and death generally (at least I do ... not so much the idea of dying just the not being any more) are some ... of course I'm not so concerned about dying so much as no longer being. My greatest fear I suppose, linked to the idea of death/no longer being) is loss of my ability to think, to evaluate, to be objective.

Of course, as theists, this won't concern you as much because you believe in things without evidence so you're already one step closer to insanity and brain death

Kyu

[Dotard]

Mine is I'll be in a crowded room and I'll have so much intestinal pressure I'd be in pain. So I'll try to squeeze out a silent one and it will turn out to be not a fart.

Greatest fear ever.

[Kyuuketsuki]

Mine is I'll be in a crowded room and I'll have so much intestinal pressure I'd be in pain. So I'll try to squeeze out a silent one and it will turn out to be not a fart.

Greatest fear ever.

Kyu

[Minimalist]

At least that is a reasonable fear....unlike these childish visions of "hell."

[Edwardo Piet]

At the very least! - It's fucking scary!!

EvF

[Violet]

Insects, water, insect swarms, wolves, insects, tigers, insect swarms, bears, beetles, arachnids, insect swarms (in particular butterflies, dragonflys and moths), bad odors (cigarette, wood smoke, gasoline fumes, etc.), insects, rodents, insect swarms, a pit of snakes, insects, loss of people and things i love, insects, bottomless pits materializing underneath my feet, a single insect in my room, and of course fear itself.

Did i mention insects?

[dry land fish]

I have asked this question to a lot of people. Why do we see tonnes of intellectuals (scientists, philosophers, doctors) who are all perfectly sane fall for ideas like birth without sex, paradise, angels, demons etc..... What are you all's view on this? Thank you

I don't know many scientists that are true blue bible thumpers. Some of them believe in something....but most are actually Atheist. As for Doctors and other people who are intelligent...I don't know. Sometimes you are raised to believe in God and you have it pounded into your head and you become brainwashed enough to believe it. Even still some Atheists had that happen to them and called B.S. on it...not everyone has as much of a back bone to go against the grain as others. I see many intelligent non science people who believe in God. I think it's a shame but whatever...as long as they don't take it to the voting booths then I could care less what they believe. As long as I know I'm not wasting my time praying, going to church, and repenting for all of my sins then I could care less.

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Mine is I'll be in a crowded room and I'll have so much intestinal pressure I'd be in pain. So I'll try to squeeze out a silent one and it will turn out to be not a fart.

Greatest fear ever.

LOL. I have never known of anyone that has happened to in my life. I think you are safe. One thing that will cause gas is gum. I used to chew gum a lot and then I had this class at a specific time every day and I got bad gas in that class. I never have bad gas like that and I started looking for a cause. Being the scientific minded person I am I started looking up reasons for gas. I realized it was my gum chewing!!! I stopped chewing gum in the morning of the days that I had that class and my gas stopped. I looked it up and apparently when you chew gum you swallow air more often than if you don't chew gum. Apparently if I chewed gum from 8AM until noon every day I'd get gas around 1:30PM. It never failed. Just some useless info.

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Then what do atheists fear?

Honestly one of my fears is rape. I've had that fear since I found out what rape was as a young girl. I have nighmares pretty often about being raped and when I think of someone breaking into my home I fear that they would rape me. I think it's a normal fear for most women. I also fear losing my child or someone abducting them and I also think that's normal for parents.