RE: Psychological research - Atheists, Christians and quality of life
January 24, 2013 at 4:40 pm
Oh, I am well aware that it's a false sense of security brought on by delusion, Min., but I think the important issue is that atheists do not have this false security to fall back on. Don't get me wrong, though. I think I am a much better person for having gone through my struggles without surrendering my intellectual integrity and taking the easy way out by deluding myself that I am special in a god's eyes. That journey, however, can be quite arduous. My original point, though, was that it has been my experience that the lack of such a delusion does make a person more likely to struggle severely with depression.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
