Atheist parents comfort children about death without talk of God or heaven

[Walk away]

4. I have been an Atheist for as long as I have memory...

and I have never felt the need for a god or a heaven to explain loss. When someone dies it's important to understand that life is limited to the time you spend here on Earth loving and living with your family and friends.

I find it so strange that people who believe in god and such, think Atheists have no way to cope with tragedy. We cope just fine. We simply have a love and respect for life as it actually exists. We don't need a mythology to explain the value of even the briefest time spent alive.

Religious folk seek their solace in prayers, crosses candles and life after death. Atheists find comfort in the wonderful fact that the person they love touched their lives and always will. Life is a beautiful, simple, perfect, closed circle and that is enough for us.