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Atheism is a disbelief in god(s) and doesn't say anything about life after death. To the extent that an atheist might take an evidence based approach to belief
by deadsy 13y ago
Atheism is a disbelief in god(s) and doesn't say anything about life after death. To the extent that an atheist might take an evidence based approach to belief they may also disbelieve in life after death. Given what we know about consciousness and brain function it's not unreasonable to say that we know there is no life after death because there is no known mechanism for it. ie - no brain, no electrical activity, no sense of self. That the belief in life after death remains so prevalent indicates a prodigious ability for wishful thinking.
- gojomo 13y agoIndeed, but here is a person (Harris) who avowedly disbelieves in god(s) but says "we don't know what happens after death", which seems to allow for something happening. That same sort of fuzzy allowing-for-possibilities, if applied to the question of god(s), would yield something other than what I understand Harris's position to be.