2007-03-25 07:49:30 · 13 answers · asked by -(O_o)-Roboto 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. I had the delusion of religion for quite long enough. I prefer taking responsibility for my own actions, and credit for my own accomplishments. Using my brain logically is a plus, too.
2007-03-25 07:52:17 · answer #1 · answered by Godfather76 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes I wish I could stop fighting and just follow everyone else. It takes so much effort to be an atheist in this theistic world. Everyone's out to fight with you, to convert you, to gape at you, to compare you to the scum of society and imply that you are amoral and an avatar of all that is evil in the world.
Having faith sounds so easy (well, it's not easy for me, because my brain doesn't work that way), but I would lose all self-respect if I gave in without sufficient and undeniable proof.
The only problem I have with atheism is how other people react to it, and I can't do anything about that. No, I don't really want that delusion.
2007-03-25 14:55:50 · answer #2 · answered by sonreir 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I am an atheist that was formerly a christian. I had the delusion. I am thankful that I am free of it.
Reality is much better than delusion. Especially if you consider that you have to live in reality more often.
2007-03-25 14:57:19 · answer #3 · answered by CC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hoenstly, I do sort of wish for religious delusion. Life would be much easier if I believed that everyone has a purpose and everything happens for a reason and everyone's life is predetermined, et cetera. But I simply don't buy it.
2007-03-25 15:08:18 · answer #4 · answered by midnitesky00 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll be honest. I spent the first twelve years of my life as a christian, and I didn't want to become an atheist. I desperately wanted god to reveal himself to me, to extinguish my doubts and help me believe once again.
I remember being in church, and although I remember the judging and hypocrisy, I do remember the energy -- being part of a group of people who could celebrate because they had found the truth and nothing could "steal their joy".
Sometimes, I do miss it. I miss having something to look forward to. However, I'm not going to hide from the facts just to make my life feel a little easier. There are other things that bring me happiness now, and I can rest assured that they are real.
2007-03-25 15:06:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Delusions never benefitted anyone. And the more deluded the more painful the shock of reality when it finally arrives.
2007-03-25 14:57:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Should I counter with: "Christians. Do you sometimes wish you had the delusion of atheism?"
A really disrepectful question on your part.
2007-03-25 14:57:06 · answer #7 · answered by ignoramus_the_great 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was raised as a Christian, and believed in it until I got old enough to think for myself. When I finally saw the truth, I felt like a blind person who suddenly can see.
So to answer your question, being able to see is much better than being blind.
2007-03-25 15:05:23 · answer #8 · answered by Billybww 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. I'd rather live this life as I see fit and do whatever I can to make the world better while I'm here, rather than sit back and wait on some god or religion to do it for me.
2007-03-25 14:53:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, its rather like that question as to if you could would you sit in a chair and have electrical stimulation of your pleasure senses all your life until you die. Its not a life.
2007-03-25 14:55:19 · answer #10 · answered by fourmorebeers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋