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When I was 20ish, I would say, when asked, that I was afraid of pain, but not of death. Mostly this didn't get much reaction, but when it did, the reaction was "just wait 'til you are old."
Well, for those who said that too me 40ish years ago, I'm old. I no longer fear pain. I don't like it, but I don't fear it.
A great side effect of being atheist, is that I see death as a complete end of me, my thoughts, and feelings. All done. Nothing going forward from that point. Not the absence of something or a difference in my existence. Just an end. Nothing to fear there. No boring heaven or heated hell. No better life or worse life. Nothing.
I don't recall ever being afraid of nothing. :)
Well, for those who said that too me 40ish years ago, I'm old. I no longer fear pain. I don't like it, but I don't fear it.
A great side effect of being atheist, is that I see death as a complete end of me, my thoughts, and feelings. All done. Nothing going forward from that point. Not the absence of something or a difference in my existence. Just an end. Nothing to fear there. No boring heaven or heated hell. No better life or worse life. Nothing.
I don't recall ever being afraid of nothing. :)
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This is precisely what atheists believe they will get automatically whether they want it or not.
Lately I find this amusing.
(I'm an atheist Buddhist.)