Since I don't believe Hell exists, then obviously I don't believe anyone is going there whether they are atheist or not.
Actually, Lon can be sort of like me...........am I really saying that! I like asking questions, aka, like The Enquire magazine.
I never really thought about it. I guess I would simply say that, as with all of us, that's between them and God.
I'm a Jewish Atheist. Jews don't believe in hell. Atheists don't believe in hell. Nope! I don't believe I'm going to hell.
And many religions don't have such a concept. There are more religions in the world than those with heavy representations in the U.S.
@Gloria Mitchell He is thus "driven by the devil"? I had a friend when we were still in grade school who truthfully believed EVERY event which had any kind of negative connotation was caused by the devil. I thought he was terribly misguided. Now, I am here being judged as "misguided", too, apparently because of the devil intervening against me. Can you detect my facetiousness? Frank
Yeah, sometimes bad things happen when we make bad decisions. At other times, they just happen, but I wouldn't rule the devil out entirely.
@Joyce Senior It is obvious to me that "hell" certainly does exist! It exists as a figment of the imagination, firmly within the minds of believers, but nowhere else. Sammy Davis, Jr. always felt discriminated against, and once remarked to a certain Jewish comedian, "You think you've seen prejudice? Try being a BLACK JEW!" Frank