Comments on: Atheist Feelings Toward Death

By: cag

cag — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:01:50 +0000

Haziq, have you ever seen a scam prospectus? Plenty of promise, promises which are too good to be true, with threats that if you don't act now you'll miss out on all the wonderful benefits. Your Quran, like the bible, makes promises and threats but it is all a scam prospectus. You have been indoctrinated into your religion without being given access to any counterbalancing information. This is a form of brainwashing, and you are working to continue the indoctrination without determining if what you are typing has any relation to reality. You are just a parrot, regurgitating what you have been fed. Think for yourself instead of having others do it for you. Do you really think that the thousands of gods that have been worshipped or feared by humans are false but your god actually exists? The Aztecs practiced human sacrifice. I would classify that as being quite committed to a god we now know is a human invention. Belief is not truth, believing in allah does not make allah any more real than any of the other discredited gods. Come back when you have evidence instead of hyperbole.

By: ubi dubium

ubi dubium — Mon, 21 May 2012 02:27:01 +0000

Haziq, you are using the “god of the gaps” argument. It boils down to “we don’t know (X), therefore it was god. This is an unconvincing argument to use on non-believers. Saying “We don’t know something yet” does not lead to the conclusion “A magic man in the sky did it”. And every time we discover something new, those gaps in our knowledge get smaller, so your god gets smaller. The universe is really too enormous to attribute to a small and shrinking human-created god.

People are children as long as they cling to fairy-tales about gods. Time to grow up and take charge of our own destinies.

By: Haziq

Haziq — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:58:39 +0000

BTW im muslim. It doesnt matter what religion u believe in… Always remember theres a god. Its even mentioned in the Quran that more atheists will apoear and deny. Look here. Dozens of atheists looking at my comment. Our mindaet cant be compared to that of a divine creator. Its like comparing a university graduate to a nursery child in human terms. We are the children…

By: Haziq

Haziq — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:51:24 +0000

Friends, if you do think it like that, you would think there is no god. But in another point, think… on how science even started. Why are our human anatomies so complex? Where do brains come from? Even if you deduce to the very beginning and tell me the first particle of matter that started everything, then tell me… Where did that particle come from? You ask me, “Where does God come from?” If he’s God who can create humans and planets, even galaxies, why does he need a source? You see, our thinkong is very limited

By: Stavros

Stavros — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:34:48 +0000

I’m an agnostic, I guess: sometimes I believe in something transcendent (God, if you wish), other times I do not. Regardless, death scares the crap out of me. I mean, not only does it quite possibly (probably) mean the end of me, of this self, the process itself almost always sucks. For instance, my mom just died last week of pancreatic cancer. She couldn’t eat for about the last 2 months, vomiting up even liquids she couldn’t hold down, and slowly starved to death. She also required as much as 100 mg of morphine daily through intravenous because her pain was so severe. She was on morphine and in pain for almost 6 months. Yeah, not often do people peacefully slip away. Death is the scariest of all things, in my opinion. It’s messy. Sorry to be a downer!

By: Ubi Dubium

Ubi Dubium — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:37:57 +0000

Welcome Tim! The military can be a difficult place for an atheist, since the chaplain corps is so overwhelmingly evangelical. There are groups for “Atheists in Foxholes” out there, I hope you can find one if you are ever feeling isolated. Also, have you checked out http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/ ? If you ever find yourself being unfairly treated over your lack of religion, they’re the ones to contact.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 19 May 2011 07:31:49 +0000

I’m a Atheist. Once I lost my faith I started looking at not only life but the whole universe in a totally different way. I feel enlightened, as if my mind isn’t being held back anymore. And the subject of death has always frighted me, and there will always be that little fear there no matter what. I’ve always hoped their to be an after life even thought I cant believe in God. But now I’m at ease with the idea that we will all one day die and actually joined the military. Death is inevitable, that is why I’d give my life for my country…

By: Dick Roe II

Dick Roe II — Wed, 12 May 2010 01:05:15 +0000

What “church” did all you ex-Christians attend that you were seldom sure of being saved, and fearful of judgement after death? I feel sorry for the average “Joe” out there with no certainty about life and any hereafter; cuz, unless you’re like Abe Lincoln or Mother Teresa or other famous folk, you’ll be COMPLETELY forgotten within two generations.

By: Dick Roe II

Dick Roe II — Wed, 12 May 2010 01:04:22 +0000

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 01:20:23 +0000

As a teenager when I first came to the conclusion that death was theAs a teenager when I first came to the conclusion that death was the end, , I found it agonizing, my fear of death consumed my entire life and I even thought of killing myself to end the pain and fear, than I came to accept death as a natural part of life.

Last year I went through a scare where they thought I might have cancer (it turned out to be a benign cyst) and during that time I realized I no longer have any fear of death, it seems peaceful
end, , I found it agonizing, my fear of death consumed my entire life and I even thought of killing myself to end the pain and fear, than I came to accept death as a natural part of life.

Last year I went through a scare where they thought I might have cancer (it turned out to be a benign cyst) and during that time I realized I no longer have any fear of death, it seems peaceful