The suffering and/or death of any living thing is abhorrent to most people, atheist or theist.
No one should have to suffer before they die, that is why a lot of atheists subscribe to the view that voluntary euthanasia should be the right of everyone who requests it and is of sound mind.
There is a huge range of atheists - Bertrand Russell - one of the most respected moral philosophers of the 20th century and Stalin - one of the biggest mass murderers in history were both atheists and doubtless had widely different views on suffering.
Suffering can be experienced either personally or by observing it in someone else.
Generally most people (atheists, theists and other group) tend to dislike their own suffering and avoid their own deaths . Some people in these same groups do not seem to care as much about the suffering and deaths of others. This is the result of personal positions on who is doing the suffering and dying. External pressures and positions on who gets to suffer or die often are imposed by philosophy or religion. Atheist have no core beliefs in any external philosophy to religion.
Atheism isn't a belief system, it's an absence of belief in god or gods so there will be a huge range of opinions and thoughts about death and suffering.
Suffering is an unfortunate aspect of existence. Atheists try to avoid it.
An atheist would try to relieve suffering if she could, just the same as most people would.
Like good people of religion (whether Buddhist, Christian, Jew or Muslim), atheists abhor suffering. Many atheists contribute time or money to alleviate the suffering of others.
Suffering and dying exist. Existentialism has no part in atheism.
We believe both suffering and death occur, so that means they exist.
Nothing. Death is an end.
There is no atheistic belief in life after death.
Any atheist is a person who simply doesn't hold a belief in a god or gods. As such, he or she could have any belief about suffering or death, because atheism is not a belief, and it is not dogmatic.
Two points stand out:Nobody lives forever - death is unavoidableSometimes it hurts - however life in a bubble is no fun at allThe suffering and/or death of any living thing is abhorrent to most people, atheist or theist. No one should have to suffer before they die. Many atheists subscribe to the view that voluntary euthanasia should be the right of every person who requests it. Atheistic existentialists hold that when we die we simply cease to exist. They accept death as an inevitability and as the end of life.Generally, atheists feel much suffering is random. True, along the lines of existentialist thinking--- some do contribute to the onset of their own suffering, such as smokers who come down with lung cancer.Yet, for the most part, much suffering is random. Parents whose child comes down with a horrific disease have not contributed. In such situations, all parents struggle with the question, "Why MY child?" but atheists are free from the perceived answers that popped into their minds 'from a god', or from their religious friends/pastors saying things like:"It's god's way of getting your attention.""God works in mysterious ways.""God wanted you to be closer to Him/pray more/appreciate life more/learn patience/learn grace/etc etc".What kind of god would crumple up an innocent child to cause their parents (who may already be religious) to pray more.
Yes. Because there is no suffering after death.
The suffering and death of Jesus is normally referred to as "The Passion."
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She suffered during the Civil War with all of the death that was going on.
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