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Atheists & Agnostics

mike_c

(37,160 posts)

10. my thoughts parallel your own

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Sat Jun 20, 2026, 01:52 PM

16 hrs ago

"I" am electrochemical interactions in a kilogram or so of (muchly) cholesterol. The rest is just meat. To me, the really interesting part is that those electrochem interactions produce self awareness, cognition, language, and cheap plastic doodads from China. After that's gone, there's just thermodynamics. Everything decays.

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As an atheist, how do you feel about dead people, specifically, bluntly, dead bodies, including, ultimately, your own? [View all] NNadir 18 hrs ago OP

Very interesting. I agree with your point on death. I try to talk about family and friends who have died. Srkdqltr 18 hrs ago #1

Originally, I was enamored by the tradition of Native Americans where no_hypocrisy 18 hrs ago #2

DNR & cremation duckworth969 18 hrs ago #3

Donation WmChris 18 hrs ago #4

Thank you for that thoughtful post. 1WorldHope 18 hrs ago #5

I read that Socrates was asked what he would like to be done with his body CivicGrief 17 hrs ago #6

Personally, I hope my donation is accepted as the anatomical gift which I have planned. littlemissmartypants 17 hrs ago #7

interesting! and I'd like to dig into this a little more stopdiggin 16 hrs ago #8

I am an atheist LogDog75 16 hrs ago #9

my thoughts parallel your own mike_c 16 hrs ago #10

Some years ago, I concluded the greatest people of cachukis 16 hrs ago #11

Atheist here. Buddyzbuddy 7 hrs ago #12