A review by timpurches
Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do with God by Greta Christina

4.0

I've been reading Greta Christina's blog for some while, but this is the first time I've read anything longer by her. It's only a short book - just over 60 pages - but written with clarity and passion. In it Christina makes a convincing case that atheists and humanists have good reason to face death with courage, and indeed do so, as her own experience shows. Not surprisingly there's a bias towards countering the particular difficulties non-believers face in the States. This means the arguments against the claim religion is uniquely placed to provide comfort to those facing, or dealing with the aftermath of, death consume a large proportion of the book. I'd have like to have read more about the ways atheists and humanists do find comfort, but there are sources of further reading at the end of the book.