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Today, the atheist/agnostic community is largely skeptical of the cryonics movement. For example, in 2001, the atheist/agnostic [[Michael Shermer]] said of cryonics, "Is it? That depends on how much time, effort and money ($120,000 for a full-body freeze or $50,000 for just the head) you are willing to invest for odds of success only slightly higher than zero... I want to believe the cryonicists. Really I do. I gave up on religion in college, but I often slip back into my former evangelical fervor, now directed toward the wonders of science and nature."<ref>[http://www.michaelshermer.com/2001/09/nano-nonsense-and-cryonics/ Nano Nonsense & Cryonics], Michael Shermer, published September 2001</ref>
Today, the atheist/agnostic community is largely skeptical of the cryonics movement. For example, in 2001, the atheist/agnostic [[Michael Shermer]] said of cryonics, "Is it? That depends on how much time, effort and money ($120,000 for a full-body freeze or $50,000 for just the head) you are willing to invest for odds of success only slightly higher than zero... I want to believe the cryonicists. Really I do. I gave up on religion in college, but I often slip back into my former evangelical fervor, now directed toward the wonders of science and nature."<ref>[http://www.michaelshermer.com/2001/09/nano-nonsense-and-cryonics/ Nano Nonsense & Cryonics], Michael Shermer, published September 2001</ref>
== Child/teen atheists and death anxiety ==
A child/teen atheist wrote to the atheist psychologist Dr. Darrell Ray:
Dear Darrel,
I have recently decided that I am an atheist. The problem is that I am now much more anxious about my own mortality, and the mortality of the people I care about. It is scary to suddenly feel like there isn’t a God looking out for us, and that there will just be nothing after we die. Also I can’t help being afraid that if I am wrong I will go to Hell. How should I cope with these fears?<ref>[http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ueb3ZvezKZoJ:kidswithoutgod.com/teens/ask/how-do-atheists-handle-the-fear-of-death/+&cd=6&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a Google cache of How do atheists handle the fear of death at: http://kidswithoutgod.com/teens/ask/how-do-atheists-handle-the-fear-of-death/]</ref>
== See also ==
== See also ==