Atheism not needed for a life of greater value/pleasure

[Welsh cake]

Atheism and Hedonism are addressing two fundamentally different topic matters altogether.

[Rampant.A.I.]

Yes. You are too stupid to provide an actual response.

You're such a good little parrot! Yes you are! Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy?

Aww, yes, you's a good boy!

[naimless]

[Mudhammam]

Religious faith does more harm than good, if it does any good, which is debatable. It pits ideologies against one another that share one common trait: extreme narcissistic delusion that each respective truth is incapable of error. Religion also advocates human suffering, either by the hands of believers in this life or the hand of God in the next. They create fear in people, prey on underdeveloped minds, and castrate the desire or opportunity to genuinely understand the beauty and complexity of this life, including our incredible unlikelihood of existence, by trading in commitment to scientific principles and rational thinking for ancient babble that values the "afterlife" above all else. Religion generally treats the material world, including the body, as bad or sinful, and the "soul" or "mind" that indulges in fantasy as somehow redeemed.

I could say more but this is clearly enough to repudiate your ridiculous notion that religion, often nothing but deceit and fear, is "good."

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I agree that atheism, particularly of the Dawkinsian variety, can often-times be the cause of severe depression and end up diminishing the standard of one's living.

Clearly you don't understand Dawkins.

[LastPoet]

And he clearly lacks the ability to demonstrate what is and where is this " 7/7 Dawksinian Atheism" he speaks of.

The XKCD figures clearly demonstrate these idiots stance.