(December 26, 2009 at 6:06 am)TruthWorthy Wrote:Quote:theVoid:I'm wondering if it's incorrect to remove something from someone that makes them happy, even though my hatred of that believe is probably greater.
The emotional/relational cost of disbelief is far too great for some people to consider.
Should I move on, forgetting the false truths?
Or would that be a weak minded moral victory, so adored by 'people of (no)faith'?!
It is incorrect to take something that makes people happy, but the idea that they need god to be happy is an illusion.
The problem is not that people feel they will be unhappy if they don't believe in God, it's their communities, families and friends who can reach an extreme level of intolerance for other peoples opinions and reject the person who lost their faith - that person will become isolated and alone, something that they fear so much that they won't admit their disbelief publicly and may never feel comfortable doing so.
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