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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 ==
== Atheists and fear of hell ==
[[File:Damned souls going to hell.jpg|thumbnail|360px|right|Last Judgment by Johann Georg Unruhe - Damned souls going to [[Hell]]. See: [[Atheism and hell]] ]]
[[File:Damned souls going to hell.jpg|thumbnail|360px|right|Last Judgment by Johann Georg Unruhe - Damned souls going to [[Hell]]. See: [[Atheism and hell]] ]]
''See also:'' [[Atheism and Hell]]
''See also:'' [[Atheism and Hell]]
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 [[Atheism and hell|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>}}
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 [[Atheism and hell|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>}}
In December of 2012, an atheist posted in an atheist forum:
{{cquote|I have been an atheist for about a year and a half. I wasn't
heavily indoctrinated or raised religious but I did believe in god
for the first 16 years of my life. I always believed in a hell but
I thought that only murders and people like that went there.
It wasn't until I went through this like 6 month religious phase
that I learned all the rules and that a lot more things can get
you sent to hell then I thought. During this time my anxiety and
ocd got really bad. Now I am an atheist but I still suffer from
[[Atheism and hell|a fear in hell]].
I get negative thoughts about satan and hell and I don't believe
in god but I worry "what if I'm wrong?". It's really frustrating because
I feel like a hypocrite that I don't believe in god but I keep getting
worried and anxiety about what if I'm wrong.
I was just wondering if any of you feel the same thing I do or
any tips on how to get over it.<ref>[http://www.thethinkingatheist.com/forum/Thread-I-have-a-fear-of-Hell I have a fear of hell], Thinkingatheist.com forum, posted 28-12-2012, 04:50 AM</ref>}}
In his letter to the Romans the [[Apostle Paul]] declared:
In his letter to the Romans the [[Apostle Paul]] declared: