Discussion Is there any way for an atheist to believe in an afterlife just in order to CTB?

[Aknu132]

I can't conceive that almost my entire life has been a misfortune and that I'll never have a good life, due to physical and mental health reasons and because of the environment. I'll have to die. The issue here is that it's so difficult to accept this, to accept that I'll never have the life I've always wanted. I desire it so much, but at the same time I can't have anything, nothing is within my reach. I try to force my brain to believe in some kind of afterlife so that it will be easier for me to finally achieve death, but it seems impossible. I'm quite an atheist, although I wish I wasn't. I want to have the feeling that I'll have the life I've always wanted after death. Is there any remedy, something, a way to achieve this?

 

[peacebenow]

I think using your imagination to believe in whatever brings you the most peace such as telling yourself a story is lovely thing to do.

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

I used to think eternal oblivion wasn't scary, only hell was scary.

Then I became suicidal as an atheist and thought whoa, nothing forever...I don't think I'm ready for that.

Then when non-suicidal I went back to believing in heaven and hell anyway.

 

[bl33ding_heart]

You don't have to believe in god to believe in an afterlife, if that's something making it difficult for you.

 

[Cauliflour]

Philosophy is complex anyway. Just because you're an atheist doesn't mean you have to believe in the "and then nothing" afterlife theory cause really, nobody knows what happens when we die. Let your imagination go wild, might as well.

 

[DeadnDusted]

That's something ive been thinking about the past few days too. I know it's just a coping mechanism but to alleviate the fact that it's all shit and going to cut to nothingness I simply decided to believe in the possibility of an afterlife where I get the life ive always wanted, in my opinion thats better than spending my last breaths agonizing and cursing at world.

 

[ZeroRedz02]

It's nothing to have with death itself, but when i was in pharmalogically coma, i did dream weird things and they was looking so realistic like i was there..

 

[v0wkeeper]

being an atheist doesn't mean you can't believe in an afterlife. after all no one of us know if there's an afterlife, especially if it's a good one.