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Genocet_10-325
11/04/18 3:53:15 PM
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Its comforting knowing that when you die, theres nothing. No need to worry about eternal suffering and burning in hell. Just nothing. When you're dead you won't even know you're dead. It'll be the same as before you were born. Just nothing.
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AlphaCuck
11/04/18 3:55:23 PM
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So an atheist's death is much like an atheist's life.
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ArchiePeck
11/04/18 3:55:44 PM
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I'm pretty much atheist, but I still nevertheless have a fairly primal fear of the concept off not existing anymore.

I can't fathom infinity passing after me - but I use that to channel my energy into trying to lead as fulfilling a life as possible.
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MorbidFaithless
11/04/18 4:01:07 PM
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As an atheist, that's not comforting at all. I want to live, damn it!
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Pepys Monster
11/04/18 4:02:23 PM
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MorbidFaithless posted...
As an atheist, that's not comforting at all. I want to live, damn it!

Why?
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YUHH
11/04/18 4:03:05 PM
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SaithSayer
11/04/18 4:03:41 PM
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MorbidFaithless posted...
As an atheist, that's not comforting at all. I want to live, damn it!

Yeah but not forever. I can't imagine someone living forever and enjoying it forever.
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Damn_Underscore
11/04/18 4:03:55 PM
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This is BS. When the end is of your life is approaching, if you really are an atheist, you'll suddenly think "this is it" and you'll be very scared.
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ImTheMacheteGuy
11/04/18 4:08:48 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
This is BS. When the end is of your life is approaching, if you really are an atheist, you'll suddenly think "this is it" and you'll be very scared.


What if we are all already dead though?
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Paper_Okami
11/04/18 4:25:27 PM
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speak for yourself i'm an atheist and i have a life long fear of death
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Lorenzo_2003
11/04/18 4:52:03 PM
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TC is speaking for all of us. That is presumptuous.
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11/04/18 4:53:11 PM
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RebelElite791
11/04/18 4:54:10 PM
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Uhh no lol
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SaithSayer
11/04/18 4:54:34 PM
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I would think that if you aren't afraid to die then you have little to live for and/or nothing to lose.
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username191
11/04/18 4:56:39 PM
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Religion lessens the fear of death because people view death as a transition, not an end.

If it makes you fear death less though, that's good.
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Zanzenburger
11/04/18 5:02:20 PM
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In many religions, the Biblical definition of Hell is a state of nonexistence, not a firey oblivion as is popularized in the media.

So hell is no life after death (or nonexistence) whereas heaven is eternal life after death.
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hockeybub89
11/04/18 5:03:03 PM
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Paper_Okami posted...
speak for yourself i'm an atheist and i have a life long fear of death

tbh
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ThyCorndog
11/04/18 5:08:15 PM
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the older I get and the less contact with religion I have, the less and less I think about it. I thought atheists were just being edgelords when they call religions fairy tales (even tho I've been an atheist my whole life). but it's getting harder and harder to see them any different than any other mythological/fantasy type stories
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alimajor
11/04/18 5:18:36 PM
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Its funny, the more spiritual and the closer Ive become to god over the last year, the less Im afraid to die whereas when I wasnt I was scared af.
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MorbidFaithless
11/04/18 7:40:58 PM
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SaithSayer posted...
MorbidFaithless posted...
As an atheist, that's not comforting at all. I want to live, damn it!

Yeah but not forever. I can't imagine someone living forever and enjoying it forever.

I don't really care if I enjoyed it. At least I wouldn't be dead.
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SaithSayer
11/04/18 7:42:07 PM
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MorbidFaithless posted...
SaithSayer posted...
MorbidFaithless posted...
As an atheist, that's not comforting at all. I want to live, damn it!

Yeah but not forever. I can't imagine someone living forever and enjoying it forever.

I don't really care if I enjoyed it. At least I wouldn't be dead.

You'd end up miserable and everything would leave a been there done that taste in your mouth. It would be a torture.
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FortuneCookie
11/04/18 7:43:48 PM
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Genocet_10-325 posted...
Its comforting knowing that when you die, theres nothing. No need to worry about eternal suffering and burning in hell. Just nothing. When you're dead you won't even know you're dead. It'll be the same as before you were born. Just nothing.


What have you done, my brother, that your soul would be in fear of Hell if you believed in it? Hmmm?
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nemu
11/04/18 7:45:23 PM
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Nah, I absolutely fear the concept of nothingness. Trying to imagine not existing is one of the few things that legit terrifies me. I don't want to ever die. I truly wish there was some objective way to believe in a heaven, but that's impossible. I'll have to hope cryogenics are super advanced by the time I'm dying or I'm going to freak out.
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SauI_Goodman
11/04/18 7:45:30 PM
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So is this topic trying to say that a believer of <x> fears death? I find that hard to believe.
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MorbidFaithless
11/04/18 7:48:40 PM
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SaithSayer posted...
MorbidFaithless posted...
SaithSayer posted...
MorbidFaithless posted...
As an atheist, that's not comforting at all. I want to live, damn it!

Yeah but not forever. I can't imagine someone living forever and enjoying it forever.

I don't really care if I enjoyed it. At least I wouldn't be dead.

You'd end up miserable and everything would leave a been there done that taste in your mouth. It would be a torture.

Don't think I haven't already thought about this for way too many hours in the middle of the night while I should be sleeping.

Sign me up boss :)
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CoolMaskGuy
11/04/18 7:49:10 PM
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Genocet_10-325 posted...
Its comforting knowing that when you die, theres nothing.


That's not comforting.
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SaithSayer
11/04/18 7:54:09 PM
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CoolMaskGuy posted...
Genocet_10-325 posted...
Its comforting knowing that when you die, theres nothing.


That's not comforting.

It is in a way. It's like when a kid is afraid of a monster being in his closet and then a parent comes in, opens the door and says "See? There's nothing in there. No reason to be afraid."

Plus it takes some of the weight off of your shoulders. Things matter as much as you decide they do.
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AsAnIndependent
11/04/18 7:55:19 PM
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any atheist claiming they know what happens after death isn't really an atheist
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RoboLaserGandhi
11/04/18 7:57:42 PM
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AsAnIndependent posted...
any atheist claiming they know what happens after death isn't really an atheist

I have no reason to believe there's anything that happens to my consciousness after the thing containing the entirety of it stops functioning/existing. Therefore, I stay with the default position.
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FL81
11/04/18 8:01:13 PM
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MorbidFaithless posted...
As an atheist, that's not comforting at all. I want to live, damn it!

just live forever, man
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Tyranthraxus
11/04/18 8:01:14 PM
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Genocet_10-325 posted...
Its comforting knowing that when you die, theres nothing. No need to worry about eternal suffering and burning in hell. Just nothing. When you're dead you won't even know you're dead. It'll be the same as before you were born. Just nothing.

"When you are dead, you don't know that you are dead. There is only suffering for others. It is the same when you are stupid."
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JimCarrysToe
11/04/18 9:03:21 PM
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Genocet_10-325 posted...
Its comforting knowing that when you die, theres nothing. No need to worry about eternal suffering and burning in hell. Just nothing. When you're dead you won't even know you're dead. It'll be the same as before you were born. Just nothing.

It is, its relaxing to just think about. All the embarassing things I've said and done, all my failures, my dread for the future, will all disappear once I die. . * .(). * .
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eggcorn
11/04/18 9:05:57 PM
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I don't know where you got the idea that religious people fear death.
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RaptorLC
11/04/18 9:09:45 PM
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Damn_Underscore posted...
This is BS. When the end is of your life is approaching, if you really are an atheist, you'll suddenly think "this is it" and you'll be very scared.


Eh, I mostly thought "Welp. It's been a good run" and couldn't think of any regrets offhand. Fear? Eh, that didn't really come in too much. I accepted that death was probably imminent, and most of the fear was just that may be painful. Beyond that, I mostly worked towards maximizing my chances of survival.

And hey, I survived.
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LinksLiege
11/04/18 9:14:46 PM
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Iunno, I'm an atheist and I don't fear the idea of death - like, the concept of the cessation of consciousness. There's a difference between that and not wanting to die - if a car is heading straight for me on the street, I'm gonna get out of the way. To pretend those aren't clearly distinct things is stupid. But being comforted by the cessation of consciousness? That seems almost paradoxical, being comforted by a state in which you can't experience comfort. I prefer it to an afterlife but, still.

My favorite part about being an atheist is not needing to attend religious services or follow silly dietary restrictions.
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Genocet_10-325
11/04/18 9:22:14 PM
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RaptorLC posted...
Damn_Underscore posted...
This is BS. When the end is of your life is approaching, if you really are an atheist, you'll suddenly think "this is it" and you'll be very scared.


Eh, I mostly thought "Welp. It's been a good run" and couldn't think of any regrets offhand. Fear? Eh, that didn't really come in too much. I accepted that death was probably imminent, and most of the fear was just that may be painful. Beyond that, I mostly worked towards maximizing my chances of survival.

And hey, I survived.


Yeah, I certainly fear dying because it might be painful. But not death itself.
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Kisai
11/04/18 9:23:59 PM
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Just reading the first post, OP strikes me as one of those, "Where's their moral barometer" type of people.
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LimboTraveller
11/04/18 9:24:42 PM
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VideoboysaysCube
11/04/18 9:26:23 PM
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For thousands of years philosophers have debated the existence of an afterlife, and it turns out the whole time it was a GameFAQs user that had all the answers. Who would have thought.
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FortuneCookie
11/04/18 9:31:31 PM
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The last time I read TC's argument, it was from a guy wanting to justify his beast fetish.
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Genocet_10-325
11/04/18 10:08:29 PM
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FortuneCookie posted...
The last time I read TC's argument, it was from a guy wanting to justify his beast fetish.

Wut
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LiqiudusSnake
11/04/18 10:17:37 PM
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I feel like the only kinds of atheists who would think this way, knowingly did a bunch of bad shit in their lives
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Genocet_10-325
11/04/18 10:20:21 PM
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LiqiudusSnake posted...
I feel like the only kinds of atheists who would think this way, knowingly did a bunch of bad shit in their lives

I've had loads of sex with people I had no intention of marrying, so, yes.
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JimCarrysToe
11/04/18 11:21:27 PM
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LiqiudusSnake posted...
I feel like the only kinds of atheists who would think this way, knowingly did a bunch of bad shit in their lives

I lied a lot as a kid and sometimes stole things, so yea.
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Dragonblade01
11/04/18 11:26:56 PM
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I fear the process of dying moreso than death itself.
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