Is life more satisfying as an atheist or religionist?

[FrustratedFool]

Fair enough.  But their texts weren't religious texts, and that's the important point.

Well, we were talking about comedy. So their worldview is at least relevant.

Sure.  Context is important.
But the issue is whether the best cultural artifacts are religious.  I think that is a false idea.

And, I will go further.  I think the list of non-religious cultural things is more preferable to live with than the religious, and that religion is not required to create great works, and that as the future becomes less religious the number of great secular works will increase and outsize by an increasing amount the great religious works.  But those are all side points.

Regarding comedy, I've laughed more at Blackadder than either Swift or Voltaire.