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lanlady

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8. Atheist here. I'm not afraid of death

Fri Sep 10, 2021, 01:19 PM

Sep 2021

I don’t want to die, no one does, but in dying you make way for the young and the yet-to-be-born. Steve Jobs said shortly before he passed away that death is life’s way of renewing itself. It’s hard to argue with that.

I’m more afraid of being old and feeble and unable to take care of myself. I’ve always been an independent type and the thought of dependency scares me a lot more than the thought of my future death.

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I wonder if people who don't believe in God are more likely to [View all] Raven Sep 2021 OP

The very religious and atheists have the least fear of death. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #1

I know a hospice nurse who told me that religious people seem more afraid to die liberal_mama Sep 2021 #2

God is soooo vengeful. Omnipresent Sep 2021 #11

The people I know who claim to be very religious seem very afraid of death. zuul Sep 2021 #16

That's definitely true for my super-religious sister. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2021 #20

I think it's because, deep down inside, they're afraid they are wrong about it all. Earth-shine Sep 2021 #23

Did God say there was a hell??? Or did the people that wrote the Bible say there was a hell??? a kennedy Sep 2021 #32

Nope. Why would you think so? LakeArenal Sep 2021 #3

Same Piasladic Sep 2021 #37

Losing your partner is a whole different problem altogether. LakeArenal Sep 2021 #38

was it tosh or marley who said 'Everyone wants to go to Heaven but nobody wants to die'... samnsara Sep 2021 #4

I don't believe in Heaven or Hell, but I do believe in reincarnation. Haggard Celine Sep 2021 #5

I sorta believe in reincarnation because energy cannot be be destroyed so it has to go somewhere. LakeArenal Sep 2021 #39

yeah -but the odds Piasladic Sep 2021 #41

Not as unlikely as a deity. LakeArenal Sep 2021 #44

That's how I think of it as well. Luciferous Sep 2021 #46

Mainly no one knows. I might die here, go through a worm hole and come out in another dimension . LakeArenal Sep 2021 #47

Ha, that would be pretty cool! Luciferous Sep 2021 #49

Not me... MiHale Sep 2021 #6

Not Faux pas Sep 2021 #7

Atheist here. I'm not afraid of death lanlady Sep 2021 #8

Steve Jobs is definitely in Hell! Omnipresent Sep 2021 #12

I have a relative who is Pentecostal, and she believes more in Hell than she does in God viva la Sep 2021 #9

Nope. Sibelius Fan Sep 2021 #10

No, just the opposite I would think. Croney Sep 2021 #13

I think it's just the opposite. As a non believer, I accept that death is simply the end of life. sinkingfeeling Sep 2021 #14

What's to be afraid of? sarge43 Sep 2021 #15

I don't think so. nancy1942 Sep 2021 #17

Afraid? No, not me... ret5hd Sep 2021 #18

Not me. Lunabell Sep 2021 #19

Uuhhhh, rownesheck Sep 2021 #21

There is nothing that I feared about the time before I was born alphafemale Sep 2021 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Sep 2021 #30

lol. What I think is funny is the number of people claiming to remember past lives alphafemale Sep 2021 #31

Yes past lives seem almost better. No one past life says I was a slave in India. LakeArenal Sep 2021 #40

oh god - I remember it all Piasladic Sep 2021 #42

Geez. I missed out on the affluent. I hope I do better in the next round. LakeArenal Sep 2021 #45

I don't. Lady Freedom Returns Sep 2021 #24

Why would we? It's not as if we're the ones concerned about what comes next. Solly Mack Sep 2021 #25

why would they be more likely? Skittles Sep 2021 #26

I am a hard-core atheist and I'm not especially afraid of dying. Laffy Kat Sep 2021 #27

No, check my tagline HAB911 Sep 2021 #28

The only way to avoid dying is to avoid being born. NNadir Sep 2021 #29

and still love Ron Reagan's "this is Ron Reagan, not afraid to burn in hell" a kennedy Sep 2021 #33

Not in my experience, and personally, no. malthaussen Sep 2021 #34

Nope we can do it Sep 2021 #35

Not at all for this Atheist. Mr.Bill Sep 2021 #36

This isn't lounge material. Mosby Sep 2021 #43

Why so harsh? Piasladic Sep 2021 #48