why do you think theist cannot comprehned a life of happiness without having some sort of higher power being in their life?
do you pity them the way i do?
2006-07-11 06:13:23 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am a little surprised in you. This is a loaded biased question. I firmly 100% believe in G-d. I also believe that you can not believe in G-d and have a very happy fulfilling life. I also believe that your not believing in G-d will not affect your afterlife or have other negative effects on you.
So who is being judgmental here? You or me?
Also you are assigning attributes from some on all of us believers. Honestly I expected more from you.
2006-07-11 06:18:36 · answer #1 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I agree it must be quite different for those of faith to ultimately rely on an intangible source for at least part of their gratification. That being said, however, I always try to empathize rather than pity. To pity someone is to travel a fairly slippery slope bordered by both ignorance and hate.
Hope This Helps,
Jim
2006-07-11 13:22:54 · answer #2 · answered by King of the Couch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's like being taught that the earth is flat all your life. If a small percentage of people say it's not flat, but round, but most of the people around you believe it is flat, then it is hard to conceive of it being round. The person thinks, "the earth is round?? that's just ridiculous!" Likewise a person who believes in god thinks, "no god? HA! That's ridiculous!" Neither is ridiculous, they are just so used to believing what they believe that anything different seems absurd.
They also have good reasons to hold onto their belief in God, because there are other beliefs tied to it.
Like being able to live forever is a big one. If you don't believe in some religion then it is much harder to believe in an afterlife! The alternative to believing in an afterlife is believing that when you die, you really really die!
And like the promise of (divine) justice to come in the future (since life on earth is quite unfair and since many times we are hurt and do not get any justice, but most religions teach that the evil doers will be punished in hell, and the good people (most people believe themselves to be good) who were mistreated (or who starved to death or who were afflicted by terrible diseases) on earth will get to go to to heaven and live very nicely in perfection!
Do I pity people who depend on these false beliefs? Yes, of course, very much so. However I pity all human beings, because as I said before, life on earth is very hard and very unfair, and has very little justice, and is very short.
2006-07-11 13:26:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creation through a higher being makes more sense than the idea that creation created itself.
Obviously atheist are the most idiotic human beings when it comes to logic. How can you expect them to comprehend anything about life?
2006-07-11 13:23:21 · answer #4 · answered by Jerry H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah, no pity. Some people need the third party in their lives to turn to in times of weakness.
I was raised in a very superstitious enviroment. My Mom was "hell bent" on religion. Then the local preacher knocked her up and together they convinced my dad, that it was his.
Dad, being no ones fool (for too long at least), knew better and the little christian love child was put up for adoption. Two years later, when Mom killed herself, the preacher was no where to be found. I think he knew better.
2006-07-11 13:17:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I guess I do, but for some, I think the pressure of life would have been too much for them long ago wihout that crutch. People believe because deep down they feel they must. If not, people would not be so defensive about their religions and what other people believe.
2006-07-11 13:18:05 · answer #6 · answered by Jester 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well the stupid and gullible do seem to need some sort of emotional crutch and an intellectual refuge where they can hide from the nasty science and reality when it confronts them.
Yes, I pity them.
2006-07-11 13:17:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I pity them
2006-07-11 13:15:11 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some people just need to believe things that will help them live better lives. Religious people pick a religion and follow it. Atheists are happier not believing in anything. What's the problem?
2006-07-11 13:17:13 · answer #9 · answered by truthyness 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I don't. It takes all types. Whatever it takes to make someone a happier person makes the world that much better.
Actually sometimes I'm envious. It would be so much easier to just give everything up to god.
Of course I'd have to be lobotomized first.
2006-07-11 13:18:45 · answer #10 · answered by firefly 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋