RE: Psychological research - Atheists, Christians and quality of life
February 23, 2013 at 3:07 pm
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2013 at 3:09 pm by Angrboda.)
Oh, my bad. I thought it was a survey for atheists. *ding* Another angel got her wings!
(January 24, 2013 at 4:40 pm)Faith No More Wrote: 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.
I can't help but wonder if vocal atheists and many dedicated religionists don't trend toward the same end of the scale in their tolerance of ambiguity (or lack thereof).
As to CD worrying about his illness skewing the results: not to worry. I've done an outstanding job of skewing the results for the theist side in the same direction.