I'm an atheist, I probably score a 6.5 on Richard Dawkins' 1 to 7 scale, with 7 being complete non belief.
I was watching Ghost Whisperer yesterday (this is my 0.5% failure) even though I don't believe in the supernatural I do enjoy fiction about it.
Anyway, it set me thinking about death and what happens afterwards and I decided that I prefer the idea of non-existence to any form of afterlife.
I don't want to be reincarnated, I don't want to be judged or have my sins forgiven or paraded before my family and friends. When I'm dead that's it.
In many respects I believe that death can be a mercy, if someone is suffering, either mentally or physically and decides to end it, the last thing they need is an afterlife where either the mental pain can continue or they get sent to hell for committing suicide.
I don't want to die yet and the idea of being dead doesn't worry me, it's just the process of dying that scares me and to a certain extent that won't matter as once I'm dead I will have no conciousness and therefore it won't matter to me.
Does anyone have any similar or conflicting beliefs? Can you convince me that an afterlife is a good thing?