Quote Originally Posted by phx123
"If everything in our world is made up of energy, matter, ideas, etc, then consciousness itself must be energy. While in the normal waking state, consciousness may be present on the physical plane, but in other states (dreaming, meditation, etc)consciousness exists there as well, proving it isn't just connected to physical everyday reality. So we when die, if consciousness continues to be energy, and therefore can never "disappear", then in death it is only freed from our bodies, moving onto another plane."
I've seen similar arguments before, and to many people they're very convincing. But, we know that energy can not be created, nor destroyed, it can only change forms. If consciousness is indeed a form of energy, it is dissipated just like any other energy in our bodies, and we slowly become a cold dead corpse when energy is no longer introduced into our bodies.

But to the topical question at hand... I'm not sure that atheists are more apt to smoking weed, but if it's indeed the case, it might be due to the fact that there's no sky daddy above them becoming upset with their harmless actions.