Atheist, polyamorous, skeptics. Dangerous Talk. Why Evolution Is True. Greta Christina's Blog. This piece was originally published on AlterNet. In a society that reflexively copes with death by using religion, grieving atheists are turning to each other. How do you deal with death -- your own, or that of people you love -- when you don't believe in God or an afterlife?
Especially when our culture so commonly handles grief with religion... in ways that are so deeply ingrained, people often aren't aware of it? A new online faith-free grief support group, Grief Beyond Belief, is grappling with that very question. And the launch of the group -- along with its rapid growth -- presents another compelling question: Why do so many atheists need and want a separate godless sub-culture... for grief support, or anything else? Grief Beyond Belief was launched by Rebecca Hensler after the death of her three-month-old son. So about a year later, she started a Facebook page, Grief Beyond Belief.
So why do atheists need this? Salt in the Wound But these beliefs aren't universally shared. Choice in Dying.