That's not weird at all. There are many concepts of an afterlife that do not rely on a deity (or deities). For example reincarnation.
Wanting and hoping for something beyond this life is natural. Attributing such a thing to a deity is an extention of that...people want a way to escape death (which is scary to them) and want to feel like they are protected...so they imagine deities to watch over them.
It is more an agnostic sort of concept than "strict atheism" but IMO it's normal and not weird. It's human nature.
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Re: Question.
Date: 2008-03-17 11:39 pm (UTC)Wanting and hoping for something beyond this life is natural. Attributing such a thing to a deity is an extention of that...people want a way to escape death (which is scary to them) and want to feel like they are protected...so they imagine deities to watch over them.
It is more an agnostic sort of concept than "strict atheism" but IMO it's normal and not weird. It's human nature.