RE: Show me your proof
April 7, 2013 at 10:12 am
(This post was last modified: April 7, 2013 at 10:19 am by Mystic.)
(April 7, 2013 at 9:40 am)Maelstrom Wrote:(April 7, 2013 at 9:33 am)MysticKnight Wrote: Is this true? Or do studies show religion makes people happier?
Is it real happiness when it is based on a lie? I believe that true happiness is nearly impossible to attain and maintain. That is why people wear masks in public to hide how they are truly feeling. Have you seen some of the crazy, psychotic smiles that religious people have? That is not from real happiness. Those smiles are formed from delusions.
Maybe you're self-projecting? I think a lot of religious people are happy and relatively at peace, and a lot of is due to the sense of value their religion gives them.
Yes happiness can be based on a lie. For example, you can be married, and your wife has cheated on you. But you don't know that. And you are happy because your wife is over all great to you. Your wife told you she would never cheat on you even if the whole world was offered to her. You believed her. You are happy. But it's on a lie.
This is just an example. So yes, true happiness can be based on lies often.
