spudboy100 via Everything List wrote:
And, the question *not* to ask Twain would have been, "did you feel like
this when your young daughter died?" See, its not just about the
splendid ego of the jolly, smug, atheist; but involves everybody. As
good as the atheist is at shuffling off to Buffalo, there' other
individuals involved. Its not just about us.
"I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for
billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered
the slightest inconvenience from it."'
--- Mark Twain
You are confusing a number of issues. A person can grieve for the loss
of a loved one -- the death of the child or close friend, but that does
not mean that one fears death, or that one should feel that life has
been 'stolen' from the dead child. The dead child is not around to
suffer any loss. It is only those who survive that can suffer loss. The
child is not still there somewhere grieving because "bugger me, I am
dead, and I have lost all the joys that are possible in a long and
healthy life." The dead are not in a position to suffer -- loss or
anything else.
Bruce
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