What do atheists believe happens when you die?

[Majikthise]

Sounds to me like you have already proven your competance.All I ever did was ride on the back of the engine and do what I was told for the most part.I'm sorry if I offended you .I'm proud of my service however short it might have been.After my first tour of duty I went reserve and got activated right away(while at academy).When it was over they let me out.Never got back into it ,too much politics.I'll shut up now.

 

[Snowbear]

I'm sorry if I offended you .

You didn't offend me at all.... I was just responding to your post...

Here.... have some frubals as a token of my apology for the misunderstanding

 

[The Voice of Reason]

Doing good things doesn't make me a good person.

Well, I guess I have to disagree with you on this point. In my world, doing good deeds does make you a good person - as NetDoc pointed out - go mow a lawn for someone, help an elderly person shop for their groceries or shovel their driveway, volunteer at the Red Cross, etc. Those are good deeds, and they DO make you a good person. In your view of religion, being a good person may not get you into Heaven (it's your religion, not mine), but it does make you a more pleasant person to be around, and more accessible to others.

Concommitantly, doing bad deeds does make you a bad person. If you steal from others, kick defenseless animals, etc. then, in my world, you are a bad person...

Thanks,
TVOR

 

[amylong]

If there's nothing there after you die, if there is no spirit, then how do deal with the total inequities of life?

If there's life after death, or other lives to live again, then there can be balance in the universe, but if there's nothing when you die, then life would be so unbelievable unfair as to be unfathomable.

Any thoughts?

--Amy

 

[The Voice of Reason]

If there's nothing there after you die, if there is no spirit, then how do deal with the total inequities of life?

If there's life after death, or other lives to live again, then there can be balance in the universe, but if there's nothing when you die, then life would be so unbelievable unfair as to be unfathomable.

Any thoughts?

--Amy

Amy -
I don't mean to sound flippant, but what in the world makes you think that life is (or is meant to be) fair? In my mind, there are no inequities in life. Some people are born beautiful, some are born rich, some are born ugly, some are born poor - but what would lead one to believe that life will somehow "balance out" in the long run?

I'm an Agnostic, and my goal is to (at the end of the ride) leave this earth in as good a shape as I can, for the sake of my offspring and my fellow man, and have as much fun as I can cram into the journey along the way. I hope that I can do so without hurting others, unless they "need to be hurt".

Am I missing something that would lead me to believe that life owes me some type of compensation for not being born into the ultra-rich, ultra-beautiful, or ultra-powerful families of the world?

Thanks,
TVOR

 

[linwood]

If there's nothing there after you die, if there is no spirit, then how do deal with the total inequities of life?

What inequities would those be?

 

[Doc]

karebear,

I am a Christian also and reincarnation does not seem so far fetched for me either. I take all kinds of beliefs from all kinds of religions. Buddhism, Christianity, Humanism, and plenty more. God said we would one day be brought before him for judgement but never specified whether it was after our immediate life or perhaps one we have lived before.

Reincarnation is about the only thing in about the afterlife I reallly have ever thought about. But really, the afterlife does not concern me too much. I have to live this life first before I die. I will live this life to the fullest hopefully doing something to help someone and in the end be relieved peacefully of course of my human life on Earth. Then I could come back as a turtle and do nothing for about 200 years.

O

 

[Majikthise]

Don't hold your breath waiting for takers on that.:areyoucra BYE!

 

[groovydancer88]

Welcome to the forums, easter.

From your website, I understand that you HATE me. You're entitled to that, indeed. However, I'd rather you not call my shoes 'pathetic'. That's just crossing the line, man. (Unless of course you were talking about my feet, in which case I beg your pardon.)

 

[Majikthise]

oh but I shall... christian ***.

I'm an atheist you dingleberry!!:biglaugh:

 

[groovydancer88]

Try dictionary.com... let that rock you. Find out what a sole really is.

 

[Snowbear]

A sole is a flat fish
Why would you hate those?

 

[Majikthise]

must be something in the water.

 

[Circle_One]

oh but I shall... christian ***.

The one question I have here is, you can clearly type all this religious intolerance bull**** coming out from under your fingertips, but are you in the slightest bit able to read? Because it clearly states on every one of Majickthise's posts that he is an Atheist.

 

[Pah]

oh, sorry

No, you're not sorry - what you are is intentionally offensive

 

[Saw11_2000]

No mods online.

 

[Majikthise]

And as an atheist I can still show respect for the christians you fear so much.It must be terrible to live in fear.

 

[jimbob]

So what is the point of life? If we are all just food for the worms when we die? Why would it matter if say, I went on a killing spree. It doesnt really matter right? Life doesnt mean anything right? There is no purpose, no justice, just nothingness. What drives us or motivates us to do anything at all?

you just answered your own question. the point of life is to provide food for worms

 

[fallguy]

i think that death is the same thing as pre-life. can you remember anything before you were born? no. did it hurt? to your knowledge, no. i don't think it's a big deal, then, to be afraid of death, since just like before we were all born, we had no concept of time or pain or happiness or anything because we didn't exist. it's tough to wrap one's mind around, and i have trouble with it too, but i think it's pure logic that death equates pre-birth.

plus, about the killing spree question, i'm an athiest, but i don't kill people because i know it's wrong. it's wrong to take the life of another human being, regardless of what kind of afterlife (or lack thereof) that you believe in. actually, i find that certain religious individuals (coughgeorgewbushcough) have no problems with killing, so i can only say the question about morality and killing sprees doesn't simply apply to those who believe in no afterlife.

 

[Faust]

Question: Knowing what we know from the above (because none can be 100% sure that there is no god and so forth), would you logically live a life of sin and vice in contempt and rejection of god for at most 100-120 years (if even that) knowing that you have a 99% chance of being of the hook, but risking even a small 1% chance of spending eternity in hell, that is, a second life trillions of times longer than our lifetime in perpetual misery? Or would you play it safe and live a life worshipping god and abstaining from sin, just for the sake of that 1% chance of going to heaven where all of your desires are fullfilled?

Why do you set the odds at 99 to 1?
Why not 99.9 to .1? ect....
The point is that this is a scare tactic that's used quite often in an effort to get people to follow the piper on the outside chance that it is the right thing to do.
It's used instead of meaningful information.
Besides, I don't believe you to be Gods bookie.
Faust.