Expert: Vincent M. Wales - 8/5/2008

Question
Hey...

I just REALLY want to know, that you don't beleive in ANY god whatsoever...but where do you go from death?

Answer
Hiya, John.

Nope... no god or creator-being at all.  

As for death... well... my hunch is that we go nowhere.  Asking where you go after death is like asking where you were before birth.  The only answer that makes sense is "nowhere."

This is, of course, a very difficult thing to accept.  No one likes the thought that when they die, that's it.  Non-existence, in fact, isn't even a concept we can wrap our brains around, because everything we can think of is in some way based on sensory input, and is consciousness-centered.  But non-existence means no senses, no consciousness... so it's literally impossible for us to imagine.

I think this is why so many cling to the idea of an afterlife.  But "not being able to imagine" or "being unwilling to accept" is not a good enough reason for me to believe in something.  I need a reason TO believe in something... not merely an inability to believe the alternative.