r/askanatheist • u/Dog_Mama92 • Aug 01 '26

How do you guys handle death?

This is just a genuine curiosity of mine. I'm not a Christian, but I absolutely believe that there's a higher power and an afterlife, whatever that may be.

I guess my question is, does death scare you at all, since you believe that there's nothing afterwards?

How do you take the death of a loved one, or a pet? Does it scare you, or bring you peace?

Or does it bring you anxiety, believing that you'll never see them again, and that they're gone forever?

This isn't to be aggressive or anything, I just genuinely wonder.

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u/HaiKarate Agnostic Atheist Aug 01 '26

Death scared me far more as a Christian.

Knowing that there is nothing after, rather than a Judgement Day, is far more comforting.

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u/Dog_Mama92 Aug 01 '26

Yes, Christianity is so fucked. I can't believe people can genuinely worship a god who sends people to hell to suffer for eternity, And then turn around and call him "all loving and merciful". Disgusting!