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Atheists ONLY - Are you less happy now that you are an atheist?

Poll: Are you less happy now that you are an atheist because of just loosing the belief?
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No, I am just as happy or happier discovering reality, not withstanding any outside effects by the believers.
97.30%
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Yes, I am less happy overall, ignorance is bliss.
2.70%
 1 2.70%
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RE: Atheists ONLY - Are you less happy now that you are an atheist?
November 20, 2013 at 3:55 pm
(November 20, 2013 at 3:40 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: 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.

Remembering some public figure or other (Dawkins?) saying something to that effect, I remembered this comic, which I posted some time ago, and which pretty much encapsulates why I really don't feel depressed.

We are star stuff. We are not made by something outside the universe, but are OF the universe, bound in every atom to everything else. The universe is ours in a way no supernatural being could ever give it to us.

"The Most Astounding Fact"


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RE: Atheists ONLY - Are you less happy now that you are an atheist? - by thesummerqueen - November 20, 2013 at 3:55 pm

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