RE: Is life more satisfying as an atheist or religionist?
November 8, 2023 at 12:21 pm
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2023 at 12:25 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
If a person believed in gods and they were satisfying gods, whatever that means to them personally, then it would be conceivable that they found life more satisfying than a person who wanted the same things, but didn't believe in those same gods. Then again, a person who didn't want those same things would lose nothing in that department by not believing in said gods. Similarly, a person who does believe in gods but does not want whatever that person believes they offer will gain nothing in that department over not believing in gods at all.
The whole thing is actually short-circuited by the combination of atheism and religion, which offers both sets of putative goods and contain no gods, though this seems less clear or obvious when we conflate a belief in gods with religion.
The whole thing is actually short-circuited by the combination of atheism and religion, which offers both sets of putative goods and contain no gods, though this seems less clear or obvious when we conflate a belief in gods with religion.
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