RE: It's time
May 12, 2023 at 4:42 pm
(This post was last modified: May 12, 2023 at 4:50 pm by The End of Atheism.)
(May 12, 2023 at 4:34 pm)emjay Wrote:(May 12, 2023 at 4:14 pm)The End of Atheism Wrote: [...]
How can one not benefit from the belief of being taken care of by a very powerful being ?
I can't speak for everyone of course but in my case, I don't seek that sort of dependence any more. I did while I was a Christian, but now my perspective is very different, based around a kind of Stoic/Buddhist philosophy of not trying to control my environment so much as my own mind. So in other words, no longer constantly praying to a god or any other external thing to change my circumstances... to do that would just seem to create an endless state of 'learned helplessness'... but instead learning to accept whatever comes my way.
While this is a respectable pov, you're being unfair to religious people. Their very religion (I mean any major world religion) teaches them to accept whatever comes their way, with the additional promise of other worldly happiness.
Why not do both ? why not nourish a comforting belief in a caring being, while also doing everything you can to improve your life ?
