In article <e8cb8e9e.0202240902.26808e77@posting.google.com>,

christian_strength@hotmail.com (Curtis) wrote:

> Hello, I have my own opinions on the idea of death,

No - really? Who'd a thunk it?

> but I am

> interested in an atheists view of it.

"The atheists" don't exist, except in your fevered little brain. This

is not a formally organized (or informally organized) group. We

happen to be atheists, but that's the only thing that we definitely have

in common.

> Here are a few questions to

> answer, thanks for the insight and God bless.

I didn't sneeze, sheep-boy.

> Do you fear death?

Nope.

I'm definitely cranked off that I'll have to eventually die (barring

serious advances in medical science), but it rarely effects my daily life.

> What do you think will happen when you die?

I know that I will cease to have a consciousness; therefore I will cease

to exist except in the memories of those who knew me. My body will be

cremated.

> What do you HOPE will happen when you die?

It would be kind of cool if the technology in Spider Robinson's

Deathkiller were to happen - but I kind of doubt that physics will ever

be able to work that way.

> By definition and experience, atheists don't believe they will

> remember their own life once dead because there is no such thing as an

> afterlife for them to remember it in. Can anyone tell me what good

> our experiences of reality are right now, without the ability to

> remember our experiences after we die?

What a fucked-up viewpoint. Look around you, son. There's lots of

interesting things impinging on your senses. Many of them are

interesting and enjoyable. May are unpleasant. Some of them will kill

you. It's a good thing that you can draw upon your experiences so that

you can tell the difference.

In the long run, though, you are right. Our lives are pretty

meaningless as far as the universe as a whole goes.

This doesn't bother me.

> Is everything we experience today, absolutely meaningless? If not,

> what's it's purpose?

See above.

> Does your life have a purpose? If so, explain how. If not, that's very

> sad, and I hope no one answers "no".

No. It is, however, a very enjoyable life. Given the odds (considering

human history), I'm pretty pleased by this fact.

> What good is pleasure if you cannot remember pleasure once you die?

Pleasure is it's own reward. Duh.

> Wouldn't you want to remember all of the pleasing experiences you've

> had throughout your life, if they're important to you?

I'd love to. I'd like not to die. But I'm also not prone to believing

in impossible things just because they make me feel better. Them's the

breaks.

> I have more but I'll keep it small! Thanks, I look forward to reading

> the replies. Cheers!

>

> If you have anything to add, feel free! I leave with a poem:

<snip disguto-poem>

What utter barfage. Don't post any more poems, ok?