Psychological research - Atheists, Christians and quality of life

[Angrboda]

Oh, my bad. I thought it was a survey for atheists. *ding* Another angel got her wings!

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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).

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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.