RE: Atheists ONLY - Are you less happy now that you are an atheist?
November 20, 2013 at 3:40 pm
(November 20, 2013 at 1:50 pm)wallym Wrote: A lot of it has to do with age and situation. If you're living a reasonably comfy life (which having time to log onto a computer and chat about Atheism usually implies), and you don't have to worry about death for a while, there's very little Christianity has to offer.
As we near death, and the threat of ceasing to exist starts to loom, that desire for something more will likely kick in a bit.
I disagree.
I am probably among the older people here, and getting closer to death does not cause me to consider accepting religious beliefs any more than when I was younger.
I did not exist for 14.7 billion years. It doesn't bother me that I will stop existing at some time in the future.
I am a Network Engineer, so it is no problem for me to post while I work.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
