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That's basically what this thread boils down to, people worried about death, possibly sparked by Saddam Hussiens execution.


If a killer stands before court, I don't think its helping him to claim that death is just a part of life and people just should not be so worried about it.

Religious people tend to be a lot more worried and anxious about death than Atheists - otherwise they probably weren't so religious, won't you agree? Fear of death is a huge motivation, if not the main reason, for religion.

This does not mean that Atheists have no problems with pain, suffering, and death. But as they don't have anyone to blame, nor believe in any tales about sitting in heaven with a harp, normally their consolation is some philosophy, like Stoicism.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism

And how can an Atheist imagine God standing before a court? Well, Atheists can imagine almost anything. We just assumed for this thread that God really exists, really has killed all the people in the bible, and really can decide about earthquakes. Unless God proves us otherwise, of course. Maybe his lawyer still has an ace up his sleeve?