What a hard, hard life they have.
Can't imagine living thinking this life was all there was and then nothingness.
Who do they turn to for comfort when tragedy hits?
Who gives them solace, salvation and eternal life?
No one.
They do not even know the peace and comfort they are missing here and especially in life after death. What in the world do they have to look forward to?
20 years of earthly life? 40 years of earthly life?
Believers are blessed, given purpose, given comfort in sorrow and given one that paid for their sins so that they can have eternal life with God.
So little asked of man, so much given by God. And, they, in their "wisdom", choose nothingness.
And the weird thing, they do not even realize what we receive here on earth by accepting God - we have the Holy Spirit living in us and a partner for all of life.
One has to feel a bit sorry for the avowed athiest. For them, death is the end. For those of us who believe in God and the Afterlife, the adventure continues.