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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.
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Yes, I am less happy overall, ignorance is bliss.
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Atheists ONLY - Are you less happy now that you are an atheist?
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RE: Atheists ONLY - Are you less happy now that you are an atheist?
November 20, 2013 at 4:32 pm
I'm overall a pretty happy person. I don't know if it has anything to do with being an Atheist, I've been one my entire adult life so I don't have a good comparison. I think being an Atheist has been empowering though. It means that ultimately I'm responsible for the actions in my life, not some external supernatural force. I think that ethos of personal responsibility has really influenced my life and the accepting that one day I won't exist has caused me to do all kinds of crazy (and fun) things that I might have never done if I believed in any variety of afterlives. I think the idea of an afterlife makes people waste their precious short lives.
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RE: Atheists ONLY - Are you less happy now that you are an atheist? - by CapnAwesome - November 20, 2013 at 4:32 pm

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