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Why are believers still afraid of death?
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 (February 9, 2018 at 8:52 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Why do atheist cry at funerals? If life is meaningless and there is nothing afterwords, then what does the non-believer have to fear (apart from the change and immediate loss I already mentioned)? Um I think you are putting more on the word atheist than it deserves. That word just means we don't believe in a deity it doesn't automatically mean we think life is meaningless. The meaning of life is to survive and be happy. I know 100% without a doubt I am living a meaningful life working, helping others, loving my family, and now raising my child to be a good person.
“What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be.”
Also if your signature makes my scrolling mess up "you're tacky and I hate you." 
I wish I could go back to the days were I didn't gave a fuck about this shit. But sadly it isn't possible.
 (February 9, 2018 at 11:06 am)mlmooney89 Wrote:(February 9, 2018 at 8:52 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: Why do atheist cry at funerals? If life is meaningless and there is nothing afterwords, then what does the non-believer have to fear (apart from the change and immediate loss I already mentioned)? Yep, it's not that life is meaningless, just afterlife.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
(February 9, 2018 at 8:33 am)Die Atheistin Wrote: If they think there is an afterlife then why do they fear death? In the case of christians, many of them believe in Hell, so this might explain it. But why do they still cry if a loved one dies who respected all the christian rules in their lifetime? I find the first question a bit childish and the second one completely facetious. It doesn't matter who you are or what you believe in unless you are really depressed or reallllllly laid back you will not -want- to die. I think there is even a country song about it lol "Lord I want to go to heaven but I don't want to go tonight." The idea of heaven is nice for a 'one day' kind of thing but not to willingly want to go right away. As for crying, seriously what kind of question is this? Have you never cried over someone leaving before? You've never had a friend move away and think you won't ever see them again? Do you not miss a single person that has passed through your life?
“What screws us up the most in life is the picture in our head of what it's supposed to be.”
Also if your signature makes my scrolling mess up "you're tacky and I hate you." RE: Why are believers still afraid of death?
February 9, 2018 at 12:06 pm
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2018 at 12:07 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
We cry for the lost because we feel grief, regardless of where or what one was lost to. Religious indoctrination may be able to subvert our humanity..but it's not capable of overriding it.
That's not really all that remarkable in context..when you consider that the grief we feel has a 2billion year headstart on the stories we tell.
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 (February 9, 2018 at 8:52 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: ...(Are you His?) This is without question the saddest thing I've seen in a long time. You relinquish every aspect of your personality and intellect to 'him'? Do you have no aspirations, desires or hopes? Is your imagination this barren?
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
 (February 9, 2018 at 8:51 am)vorlon13 Wrote: Not following all 600+ Laws in Leviticus otta give most of 'em cause for concern . . . . Jerry DeWitt a fallen pentecostal (I think) rebukes them for just that in this video. Skip to 11:40. It starts very slowly.  (February 9, 2018 at 8:33 am)Die Atheistin Wrote: If they think there is an afterlife then why do they fear death? In the case of christians, many of them believe in Hell, so this might explain it. But why do they still cry if a loved one dies who respected all the christian rules in their lifetime? Because deep down they are all full of shit.  (February 9, 2018 at 12:48 pm)Succubus Wrote:(February 9, 2018 at 8:52 am)RoadRunner79 Wrote: ...(Are you His?) Nope... don’t know what you are talking about.
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