I was 7 years old when I realized there was no god and death would mean the permanent end of my consciousness. I also saw the myriad ways people have of dying e

I was 7 years old when I realized there was no god and death would mean the permanent end of my consciousness. I also saw the myriad ways people have of dying early on and really didn't want to end up among them. The world might not be that scary, but existence (particularly the inevitable but delayable end of it) is. I suppose it's a Nietzsche thing; the "Death of God" turns us into "The Last Man".