What is even worse is that the final comfort we give to many animals, is often denied to humans because of the historical legacy of theism.

I think it depends on how entrenched someone is in their beliefs. If they’re early in their questioning, then maybe. But for folks who’ve thought long and hard about it and are convinced there’s no god, why would they suddenly think there is one?

This would be akin to a person who’s devoutly religious suddenly becoming an atheist on their deathbed. Why would that happen?

I will die as I live. I will not start believing in fairytales because of the inevitability of death. The suffering and discomfort will not change one way or another because of a belief in an imaginary being.

I have survived 27 days on life support, 11 surgeries on my leg along with other medical problems and have never found God. I have talked with multiple people who claim to have found God while on their deathbed or who were facing lengthy prison sentences. How come everyone finds him when their down and out or at their worse but don't even look for him when they are doing well or are comfortable with where they are.

I would hope that I would be able to use the proper logic and reasoning I have now in order to remain atheist til death, but who knows what state my brain would be in at that time? That said, if I am able to use my logic and reasoning as well as I can today, you can bet your ass I'm gonna remain atheist on my deathbed.

Why would I need to turn to Christianity for comfort after death?
The problem with alot of people on this page is that they have to equal life after death to religion and I'm here to tell you don't have to. Yes, your consciousness survives after death. No you don't need to be afraid of the tunnel of light. Yes you have to be afraid of the black hooded being coming for you after you have passed. If you do go with the black hooded being, you'll discover that hell is basically work without pay.
There are three sciences that people like to ignore.
The science of evolution
The science of climate
The science of consciousness.

I don't know what comfort it would add. I have come to terms with dying and I assume it will be much like the period before I existed, which means I won't be aware of that either.

No, I just lived through cancer and it was not even a thought. Pissed me off when I got all those toys & pears. I had a co-worker who still has cancer that I need to find jesus. It was all I could do to not tell him jesus wasn't saving him. He's still living, but going down hill.

Since I would be the engineer on the train bound for hell if there was a god, nope. I'm good with my lack of existence when I die.

I might give a quiet "shout out" to the big man upstairs just in case, like so many athletes do when they've won some grand contest.

I will remain atheist until I die. Fake gods provide no comfort for me.

Dying doesn't bother me in the least. I do however worry about my children. Luckily I raised strong ones so I know they will be okay

I seriously doubt I will turn to God, but you never know. I did have a scare a few years back with a heart attack. I remember waking up after quadruple bypass surgery with a respirator. I was told that I would be attached to that, and until I can show them I can breath without it, they will keep me attached.

I kept holding my breath to see if I could trigger it (I never did which was probably a good thing since my daughter and father were in the room). Even when I'm under the influence I'm an asshole.

Woody Allen says he doesn't mind dying. He just doesn't want to be there when it happens

100% will stay true. I've never been anything except atheist and the entire concept of religion is fascinating, but very troubling to me. I love Hitch. I can't believe it's been nearly 8 years since he's passed!

Miss you, Hitch

Iwould stay with being atheist, I believe in eternal youth. and no suffering, I would turn to the doctors and nurses and cable TV for comfort before I croaked.

personally, i don’t think i would. i don’t find the idea of god very comforting anymore. supernatural belief as a whole is different though. i say i don’t believe in an afterlife and that’s true, but when my depression and anxiety kick in, sometimes i have to let myself hope for one. so i might turn to some sort of supernatural belief if i was dying but god? nope. even if the god i was raised believing in was real, i’d still say fuck him.

Depends on how I die. If I die with a sound mind, No. Unless credible evidence is presented to support the god assertion. (I'm not holding my breath expecting any testable evidence supporting god) I would not enter the darkness of superstition at the end of my life.

However, If I develop a degenerative brain disease that severely reduces my cognitive ability, (no longer recognize anybody I once knew, become unable to differentiate up from down, I would suppose it may (unlikely) be possible, with a malfunctioning brain, I would accept the god assertion. I really don't anticipate this outcome.

I always thought I would imagine myself as a crew member of the U.S.S. Enterprise 1701-D. That would be a comforting death fantasy.

I wouldn’t turn to a god for comfort. However, I would appreciate positive people for comfort.

i know for a fact i would not.

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Yup stay the same

NO way in hell. I am prepared. I am 82 years old and have just found out that my heart function is declining. I am not afraid, and know that this the course of nature.

No - as the concept is of no comfort to me at all. In fact, if I'm on my deathbed, or whatever, and anyone should start praying near me, if I'm at all able, I'll smack 'em !

I cannot speak for "normal" people, but as a High-functioning Asperger's Syndrome person, when I though I was going to die (had stage four cancer in the Spring-Summer of 2018 ) I did not turn to god. As an Aspy, the concept of heaven is off-putting...a social place where god and everyone else is all up in one's business. For me, there is no lure to the concept of a heaven...nothing that I would want to involved in. Eternal oblivion strikes me as way more appealing.
So no, I would rather turn to the "comfort" of morphine when I am dying.