RE: Does anybody else feel sorry for religious people?
January 31, 2015 at 12:11 pm
(This post was last modified: January 31, 2015 at 12:11 pm by Faith No More.)
(January 31, 2015 at 2:21 am)tantric Wrote: Seriously? I thought the default assumption was that being rational was harder. Working out your ethics and morals in a gray world, digging through philosophies to find meaning - it's a mess. I would be MUCH easier to believe what was pushed at me. If there were some kind of awareness after death, I might feel sorry for all those who wasted their time, but I suspect that most people do/have religion because it works for them. I really don't see a lot of people who are actually trapped by their beliefs. Hell, there are probably more rationalists in that situation - reason is a harsh master.
Sure, reason can be harsh, but I think the benefits outweigh anything gained from religion. You get to recognize the human race for the collection of insanity that it truly is. It allows you to humble yourself before the deep existential question instead of deluding yourself into believing you have all the answers. But most of all, it prevents your brain from atrophying from pretending you've solved life's mysteries and gives you a reason to always be in the pursuit of knowledge.
And yes, I do feel a little sorry for the people that don't have that.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
