RE: Atheism and Sadness
January 29, 2016 at 1:21 am
(This post was last modified: January 29, 2016 at 1:26 am by Heat.)
Sure we could "not buy into it" and delude ourselves to preserve mental safe guard surrounding death, sure we could trick ourselves for personal benefit sacrificing the truth.
However, i'd choose to believe that Atheism is a more noble life to live. It's the realization that yes, we won't live forever, and this magical sky daddy won't come down and save us from all the horrors of the world. It's to face up to the cold, bitterness, and despair in the world, to face up to this, the universe, and bravely and boldly treck on, and keep going.
So to answer your question of if I personally feel sad because i'm an atheist; I think it would be a great tragedy if accepting the truth meant eternal despair. Not only would it be a great tragedy, but a waste of time. Living is it's own reward. Would I like to live forever? Most certainly. However, I know that's not even an option in the first place, so i'm not going to sulk about not deluding myself in to choosing so.
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” - Mark Twain
However, i'd choose to believe that Atheism is a more noble life to live. It's the realization that yes, we won't live forever, and this magical sky daddy won't come down and save us from all the horrors of the world. It's to face up to the cold, bitterness, and despair in the world, to face up to this, the universe, and bravely and boldly treck on, and keep going.
So to answer your question of if I personally feel sad because i'm an atheist; I think it would be a great tragedy if accepting the truth meant eternal despair. Not only would it be a great tragedy, but a waste of time. Living is it's own reward. Would I like to live forever? Most certainly. However, I know that's not even an option in the first place, so i'm not going to sulk about not deluding myself in to choosing so.
“I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.” - Mark Twain
Which is better:
To die with ignorance, or to live with intelligence?
Truth doesn't accommodate to personal opinions.
The choice is yours.
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