Atheist but somewhat unwillingly. The idea of there being "nothing" after death scares the shit out of me. How does something go from having consciousness to not even existing? Even just thinking on it now freaks me out. Atleast religious folks can go to death happy.
I have to applaud your unwillingness. It should hardly be an accomplishment but it is; I find it extremely depressing that I'm a member of a species apparently (usually) capable of simply deciding what to believe.
It's actually on both sides. Even as an atheist, I'm baffled by atheists who were formerly religious, become angry with God, and decide not to believe in him as a result. How the flying fuck does that work? My brain simply doesn't work even remotely like that. What I _want_ to be true means jack shit.
I've simply spent far too much of my life studying physics for religiosity to be an option for me. I don't really want this to be so but, unless science cures aging, I'll eventually be toast and that's that.
As for the loss of consciousness, comfort yourself with this: You won't be around to have an opinion regarding it. Look at it like this: How did you feel about it all before you were born? That's how you're going to feel about it after you die. All the matter that composes you existed before you were born and all of it will continue to after you die, but you're only going to have any thoughts on it one way or the other while particles are arranged in a way that yields your consciousness.
Death isn't so comparable to how you feel when you sleep; it's identical to how you felt when the dinosaurs were roaming the Earth.
It'll be like going to sleep but just never waking up. You won't even notice! Does that make you feel better?
But, an alternative to religion is simulation theory. Maybe none of this is "real" and death is actually "waking up". Or something. Sometimes I look around at everything and it all seems so absurd to me, like what even is all this stuff? A habitable orb in space that we walk around on, breathing air, experiencing things, feeling feelings, it's fucking weird! It's too damn weird. There's probably some explanation for this other than it just happened out of dumb luck.
Would it, though? I mean even when you're asleep there's moments were you know you're asleep, right? I suppose if you want to get "Deep" with it you could make a catchy question like, "Do dead people dream?" Lol.
Nah, I don't think it would be comparable to sleeping but if it was then I wouldn't be afraid of when my time comes. The simulation theory would be awesome too tbh. Basically anything that would allow me to keep some sort of consciousness would be awesome.
why are you atheist? why are you theist?
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Atheist but somewhat unwillingly. The idea of there being "nothing" after death scares the shit out of me. How does something go from having consciousness to not even existing? Even just thinking on it now freaks me out. Atleast religious folks can go to death happy.
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I have to applaud your unwillingness. It should hardly be an accomplishment but it is; I find it extremely depressing that I'm a member of a species apparently (usually) capable of simply deciding what to believe.
It's actually on both sides. Even as an atheist, I'm baffled by atheists who were formerly religious, become angry with God, and decide not to believe in him as a result. How the flying fuck does that work? My brain simply doesn't work even remotely like that. What I _want_ to be true means jack shit.
I've simply spent far too much of my life studying physics for religiosity to be an option for me. I don't really want this to be so but, unless science cures aging, I'll eventually be toast and that's that.
As for the loss of consciousness, comfort yourself with this: You won't be around to have an opinion regarding it. Look at it like this: How did you feel about it all before you were born? That's how you're going to feel about it after you die. All the matter that composes you existed before you were born and all of it will continue to after you die, but you're only going to have any thoughts on it one way or the other while particles are arranged in a way that yields your consciousness.
Death isn't so comparable to how you feel when you sleep; it's identical to how you felt when the dinosaurs were roaming the Earth.
It'll be like going to sleep but just never waking up. You won't even notice! Does that make you feel better?
But, an alternative to religion is simulation theory. Maybe none of this is "real" and death is actually "waking up". Or something. Sometimes I look around at everything and it all seems so absurd to me, like what even is all this stuff? A habitable orb in space that we walk around on, breathing air, experiencing things, feeling feelings, it's fucking weird! It's too damn weird. There's probably some explanation for this other than it just happened out of dumb luck.
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Would it, though? I mean even when you're asleep there's moments were you know you're asleep, right? I suppose if you want to get "Deep" with it you could make a catchy question like, "Do dead people dream?" Lol.
Nah, I don't think it would be comparable to sleeping but if it was then I wouldn't be afraid of when my time comes. The simulation theory would be awesome too tbh. Basically anything that would allow me to keep some sort of consciousness would be awesome.