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Message: <blockquote data-quote="PragueGuy" data-source="post: 2049739" data-attributes="member: 718768"><p>At the very centre of religion is our fear of death.  Religion makes the claim that without it, you will endure eternal torment in hell; with it, you have eternal bliss in heaven.  If you buy into this story, then you will always live in fear: "did I make the right choice?" is the question that will keep you up at night.  For myself, I'm a non-believer.  I'm almost certain that when I close my eyes for the last time, I won't open them on any kind of afterlife.  I will simply cease to be.  When I was a believer, I was afraid of death and what it might hold for me.  Now, I'm no longer afraid (though the dying process does scare the crap out of me).  I hope you find the answers you need to this, but I guarantee you one thing above all else, you won't find those answers in religion.</p></blockquote><p></p>