Regarding atheists who don’t believe in anything but are also terrified: I totally get that
My whole life people have been telling me that I’m going to hell. I believe that heaven and hell are a construction / fantasy of man, and there really isn’t anything to suggest otherwise.
But when people keep insisting on a lie, after a while you might start to believe it. Even if you don’t believe in it. If that makes sense at all.
I’m not sure what you’d call that either though. Technically I think it might jump the gap from atheism to agnosticism, but I’m no theologian.
In their case, it was more like they believed after death it was total nonexistence and void, but also that concept was scary. Like they didn’t actually want the thing they believed, if that makes sense. Their beliefs were just another source of anxiety for them. For context, they were raised in a non-religious household.
Regarding atheists who don’t believe in anything but are also terrified: I totally get that
My whole life people have been telling me that I’m going to hell. I believe that heaven and hell are a construction / fantasy of man, and there really isn’t anything to suggest otherwise.
But when people keep insisting on a lie, after a while you might start to believe it. Even if you don’t believe in it. If that makes sense at all.
I’m not sure what you’d call that either though. Technically I think it might jump the gap from atheism to agnosticism, but I’m no theologian.
In their case, it was more like they believed after death it was total nonexistence and void, but also that concept was scary. Like they didn’t actually want the thing they believed, if that makes sense. Their beliefs were just another source of anxiety for them. For context, they were raised in a non-religious household.
I think you just get recycled back, and THAT’s what I’m terrified of.