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Do Atheists like the idea of existence after death?

I neither like nor dislike the idea....The question doesn't compute. I don't believe there is an "existence" after life. Death means "ceases to exist"...life after death is an oxymoron.
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brooklyn44 said:
I neither like nor dislike the idea....The question doesn't compute. I don't believe there is an "existence" after life. Death means "ceases to exist"...life after death is an oxymoron.
b44
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Righto. You get shot. The doc pronounces you dead. Instead of nothingness, you wake up somewhere cool.

Does that idea give you a kick?
 
wraith said:
Righto. You get shot. The doc pronounces you dead. Instead of nothingness, you wake up somewhere cool.

Does that idea give you a kick?
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Perhaps better than waking up somewhere hot! :D

Ba dump, tschh!

I'll be here till Tuesday, remember to tip your waitress.

DR
 
I like the idea of being able to hang around, watching what goes on in the world. Being able to float into the Super Bowl without a ticket, unseen... that would be cool. Seeing how my son does after I'm gone.

Unfortunately I don't see the slightest chance that that's the way the world works.
 
Tanstaafl said:
Unfortunately I don't see the slightest chance that that's the way the world works.
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Well, what kind of existence are we talking about here? I still have fond memories of my grandmother. I carry some of her DNA around with me. I have some of her mannerisms.

That's a sort of a continued existence after her death.
 
wraith said:
Yeah, pretty much what the title of this thread said.
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Sure I'd like to continue to exist after I die, but it's just a concept to keep the simple-minded happy and under the control of religion. "Your life may suck, but it's a small price to pay for eternal happiness." "Grandpa's in a better place and we'll be with him again if we live a good life."
 
Who wants to live forever? I do. Seems to me death is pretty much the end of the world as _I_ know it though.
 
Is it a pleasing idea? That depends. If it's something pleasant then certainly I find it appealing. I also like the idea of dragons, Hobbits, flying like Superman, defeating my enemies with the Force and being enslaved by a 20 something Bettie Page look-alike with a bull-whip.
 
I think it's worth pointing out that we can't actually experience our own non-existence. Personally, we can reach the threshold of death, but in a sense, life is all we have. So I see no reason to fear the lack of an afterlife. I fear death only in the sense that I want to experience as much of life as I can, but I find nothing to fear after death so I want to make the most of this short life I have.
 
There is life after death. My grandmother died in December of 2000 and I'm still alive.

Other than that, there are just bed time stories.

/food for worms
 
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