text: as a christian turned atheist i am having touble dealing with my own mortality. how can i come to terms? i cant stop thinking about death and how short life is.  i mean compared to an eternity in heaven... even 100 years is pretty short.   maybe there is some hope... maybe there is some kind of god.. but im pretty sure now that when you die thats it. and i cant stop thinking about it. ....anyone else go through this? and what did you do to deal with it.  btw, i already know the christian answer to this question and i dont want to hear it. i'm a pagan sort of otter and i've found that, for myself, there's one god many names and i beleive in the gentler side of the divine. all souls go home when they die. granted, home is different for all of us; but we all go back to god. it doesn't matter what denomination , religion, faith. you're going home, dearheart. we'll have a good time when we get there. blessings.