_number8_@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?message-squaremessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up1332arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1312arrow-down1message-squareShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?_number8_@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square141fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down10·edit-22 months agoThis is like saying that Atheists shouldn’t fear death because they know it will just be blank nothingness that they won’t perceive. Fear of death doesn’t come from the logical part of our brains.
minus-squareUrist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 months agoThis is a stupid take. Of course they should fear death. It means the loss of everything they loved, even though they won’t experience said loss.
minus-squaremasterspace@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down7·2 months agoThere is no loss to you if you don’t experience it.
minus-squareUrist@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 months agoThere is. Also, if you want to mourn or fear that loss, you have to do it beforehand. Thus making the reaction to fear death completely rational for atheists.
This is like saying that Atheists shouldn’t fear death because they know it will just be blank nothingness that they won’t perceive.
Fear of death doesn’t come from the logical part of our brains.
This is a stupid take. Of course they should fear death. It means the loss of everything they loved, even though they won’t experience said loss.
There is no loss to you if you don’t experience it.
There is. Also, if you want to mourn or fear that loss, you have to do it beforehand. Thus making the reaction to fear death completely rational for atheists.