Hello all, hope you're well?
Bit of a tricky day today - Mum rushed back into hospital today with pains, may be another heart "event" after the heart attack the other week. Just when we thought it was all ok!
As an atheist i do not believe in a soul or that anything of the ego survives after death. I think you have the one life and to try and live a good one, be happy, and make the most of it.
I believe that when my loved ones die then they're gone, if they live on in any way it's in their children and in people's memories of them, and the mark they left on people's lives.
Personally i think religion is largely about fear of death, as well as ignorance about the universe and how things work.
So i think that whilst atheists don't have the false comfort of life after death and their loved ones being "in a better place" it does mean facing that fear of death which is very strong.
She should be ok, but it just makes me think about stuff and i wanted to share it with my secular alcoholic buddies.