Are Atheists more Religious than Christians?

The idea that Atheists could be more religious than Christians is a thought conflict. However, if you dig deeper you can see that this argument has some merit. What is religion based on? Religion is based fundamentally upon belief. I would argue that Atheists have more belief in their ideal than Christians.

We all know that Christians belive in some form or fashion in a higher being and an afterlife. There are numerous interpretations of the being and the versions of afterlife, but those two basic assumptions can be left in tact. Atheists on the other hand believe that when you die that is the end of life as we know it and thought for the deceased individual stops. And that is where I posit that Atheists are more religious than Christians.

You see, Christians live their lives with the assumption that after they die they go to an afterlife. Whether it is heaven or hell has no bearing on this argument. I would argue that any state of being, where one is continued the ability to free think, is a better state of being than that of an Atheists version of the afterlife. Can you imagine ever not being able to think? It is the scariest thought I can imagine. Being in eternal pain, in a hell so unimaginable, is more appealing to me than not being able to at least recognize that I am feeling that pain and thinking that it sucks big time.

Christians can live life with a greater sense of ease knowing that they have an afterlife, even more so if they end up in Heaven. With the overwhelming majority of the population believing in some form of god and afterlife, believe me when I tell you that I am an Atheist for a belief so strong I can accept a future where I can't think. That is Belief my friends, on a scale no Christian can match. Not being able to think is more dire than any hell a Christian could come up with to scare me into belief with.

There is no possibility for a happy ending for me. When I die, I no longer think. When a Christian dies depending on if he or she has absolved him/herself of their sins, they can go somewhere to think. The fact that I can't do that because I don't believe in God, and that I continue to believe that shows how strongly I believe there is no afterlife. So, make a point that I am not more religious than Christians, but you can not make a point that I believe less fully in something than a Christian.