(August 22, 2013 at 5:19 pm)Faith No More Wrote: And it is a misconception that atheists have to invest their happiness in anything, which seems to stem from the theist view of materialism. It is very possible for an atheist to find internal happiness that isn't completely dependent upon worldly things.
You could still build up a kind of narcissism or inflated view of yourself as self sufficient without the need of others. Even something like Buddhism is really focused toward a higher power it just happens to be found within by emptying yourself of your self which is illusionary. Epicureanism was an attempt in ancient Greece to find a state of inner bliss within a purely naturalistic framework without a belief in any higher power, though even then some of them went mad and/or committed suicide. So as the original article suggested the human brain was probably not wired up for atheism. Or at any rate you make life more difficult for yourself than it needs to be. You just need a bit of faith in there, in Christ ideally not that the mainstream alternatives are terrible.
