Nontheists: have you ever felt rejection in your life?

Question

Does rejection and cynicism reduce naivety and gullibility?

Answer 1

Yes until I learned to wise up and get over it.

Answer 2

truthfully, Sainty, i are not getting it, incredibly. existence is ridiculous a million/2 of the time, yet i'm ridiculous the different a million/2. And if I quit to think of roughly any difficulty, i've got faith ridiculous. interior the top, i'm unsure what to make of all of it. i will by no potential say that there is a appropriate path for existence or a incorrect one, yet there is probably no longer a incorrect one, the two. So, i think that there could be some form of private value in existence that i'm lacking. possibly i'm staring at an more desirable image than what incredibly concerns. possibly i'm looking too small, nonetheless. yet, those moments of organic laughter sense incredible, and that i admire those. So I comprehend what you assert. yet regrettably, provided that I comprehend it, i will no longer be able to truly answer the reasoning at the back of it- if that makes any experience. yet like existence, it probable is basically common previous ridiculous! =)

Answer 3

If your not in pain...then your not hurt. And if you are, then take the time to heal. I think what your asking is "will I become jaded at the occasional but implacable onslaught of discovery that accompanies those tactless Epiphanies, that pretty much lay you out cold". I don't know, sometimes it's real cozy keeping my head in the sand. Other times I just have to buck-up and resolve myself to the fact that I really am an imperfect person.

Answer 4

Depends on what you mean by religion. If by religion you mean belief in a supernatural being and supernatural explanations about life and the universe in general the answer is NO. If you are referring to "religious experiences" Yes. Reading Darwin is one. E=mc2 is another. what about the "Principia" of Newton? Pythagoras maybe? Watson and Creek DNA?? I've had religious experiences like that.

Answer 5

Yes, I think we all have felt rejection at one point or another. I think you can do yourself a huge disservice if you try to label it as "God punishing you" for something, though. To assume, for example, that you missed out on a great job because "God has another plan for your life" belies the fact that perhaps you weren't as qualified as another candidate, or perhaps you messed up the interview. Using "God" as your excuse robs you of the chance to learn from your mistakes and improve yourself, rather than give up trying to get that type of job. Do American Idol rejects assume "God didn't want them to sing", or is it more likely that they didn't have the talent to do so? What of the guy who tried FIVE TIMES to make it, and finally succeeded? Did he do so in spite of God, or BECAUSE of Him? That's the difficulty with a Supreme Being - it's hard to interpret the signs He sends.

Further, if you choose to react to rejection by closing yourself to others or to the outside world, you reduce your ability to easily rebound from that rejection because you've limited your scope of solutions to the problem. We are social creatures, and we gain much comfort and insight when we allow ourselves to openly expose our weaknesses to close friends and relatives.

It sounds like you're going through a challenging time in your life - you will certianly gather strength from those around you whom you can trust to give you comfort and wise advice. I wish you well!

Answer 6

Yes, everyone feels like that sometimes, but hey, you have to learn to move on. Don't let rejection ruin you. Besides, there is no need to feel rejected because there is someone with you, someone who is King of all Glory, and the King of Kings. You should think about GOD, and that should make things better. Besides, what caused you to feel rejected?

Answer 7

Nothing unusual. I love the life I have, It's everything I dreamed of and more. It's pretty much why I don't need a book or other people to tell me how I should feel or what to believe.

Answer 8

Yes and Yes

Answer 9

I don't need religious dogma. Tell your bible thumping buddies to stop handing out those little bibles and telling us we are all going to hell at my college......

Answer 10

ya