@[email protected] to Ask [email protected]English • 8 months agoShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?message-square145fedilinkarrow-up1332file-text
arrow-up1332message-squareShouldn't most religious people in theory be excited to die because then they get to experience the afterlife?@[email protected] to Ask [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square145fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•8 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoThere is no loss to you if you don’t experience it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•8 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 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.