Is the inner mind of atheists telling them to fear the results of their bad deed that they have committed during their lives?!!
Here in the real world there aren't that many real nontheist people. Most people who are nontheist just don't talk about it, generally.
I used to volunteer at a hospice for dying AIDS patients. These people had every reason to want the release that death brought. The disease is disfiguring, excruciating, and was(at the time) untreatable. The few medications that helped with the symptoms were almost as bad as the illness.
People had strange responses to the problem. Clinging to life, while hating almost every moment of it and knowing that there was no hope of real improvement. It didn't matter much what they believed about religion as far as I could tell.
I think it's just totally ingrained in our instinctive mental process. Billions of years of evolution have made us to stay alive at all costs(mostly). That's our default belief, overcoming it requires a huge conscious effort.
Why do people who believe in an afterlife fear death?
This is much more irrational to me than an atheist fearing death. If someone believes that death doesn't exist, but is a portal to Heaven, why put off death?
Maybe they know in their hearts that those teachings from religion seem unlikely at best?
Fear of the process of dying is perfectly rational given my knowledge and experience of how unpleasant it can be. When people talk about “fear of death”, it’s not often clear which aspect they’re talking about.
This is a biggie.
The afterlife I have Faith in is quite excellent for everyone. From aborted babies to me to Donald Trump. But it will be the same whenever I get there, so I am in no hurry. And I expect the process of becoming dead to be very painful and I am not looking forward to that.
Tom