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Incorrect. tehre is no one proper atheist answer to that. To many it woudl be as you say. Other atheists might well believe in an afterlife or re-incarnation... just no gods involved.

Sorry, it is correct. "I don't know" is the trademark phrase of the agnostic. You must at least have some inkling. What I want to know is what YOU think will happen to you after you die? For you to answer "I dunno" when this question is put to you is the equivalent of saying "I don't care."

The pint being: a flat satement that an atheist won;t ahve anything to say when asked what he/she beleives, or that an atheists believes *nothing*, is silly. Atheism only deals with the question of God. Many atheists believe in rather a lot of things. Just not gods, by definition.

Exactly. You'll notice, I didn't say that atheists believed in nothing. They believe in all variety of bizarre and wacky things. This is where the conflicts among them come from and where their idiosyncratic notions fall utterly flat when exposed to the light of day. What's the old saying? If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything. It's also why atheists spend most of their time attacking Christians and precious little time defending their own "beliefs."

Is it ok if you want to, say, mash your TV? Is it ok if some total stranger does with without your permission? Is it even *possible* for you to steal your own TV from you?

What I'm saying is, what difference does it make if one conglomeration of proteins and chemicals mashes another one? The idea of "possession" is just an abstract, artificial construct. You can't see "possession" or feel it or hear it or taste it or smell it. Therefore, I don't believe it even exists? :-)

> For you to answer "I dunno" when this question is put to you is the equivalent of saying "I don't care."

Hardly. Who will be President in 2007? Be honest... you *don't* know. But I bet you care.

Lack of data does not imply lack of interest.

> They believe in all variety of bizarre and wacky things.

Yes, like family, country, capitalism, morality, right and wrong...

> If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

Fine. What makes you think atheists don;t stand for anything? They simply don;t stand for God. There's considerably mroe to life than that.

> what difference does it make if one conglomeration of proteins and chemicals mashes another one?

Because some conglomerations have greater value than others.