If you don't believe in God, Armeggedon, or hell, why are you so angry?

Question

Like the Old Man said, "You ain't foolin' nobody but yourself!"

Anthony Silva
USA

Answer 1

The forerunner to Anger is a mental factor called Inappropriate Attention. *Inappropriate Attention exaggerates the negative qualties of a person, object, situation, or idea and projects onto it negative qualties that are not really there, thus creating an incorrect story about it.
*Thubten Chodron has an excellent book out called "Working With Anger" - it teaches effective techniques on How to Cultivate Patience-which is the alternative to anger; teaches what to do when our buttons are pushed; how to effectively cope with negative criticism; letting go of grudges and resentments for healing; teaches how to cultivate love, kindness and compassion; and the wisdom that cools the flames and much more. She goes around the Country giving talks on How to Cultivate/Develop Patience in our lives. *Thubten Chodron defines Patience as the ability to remain internally and externally calm and undisturbed in the face of harm and difficulties in life. She's a terrific author and anyone choosing to read Working With Anger would benefit immensely from this book.

"Working With Anger" would help anyone who even occasionally has difficulties with anger in their lives. *Patience {the ability to remain internally and externally calm and undisturbed in the face of harm and difficulties in life) is a quality we all could learn to cultivate better in our lives.

Answer 2

This is a really silly question. I don't believe in God, etc, and I'm certainly not an angry person. Also, I can't see any connections whatsoever between a normal belief in God, Armageddon, etc, and being a more or less angry person.

If you say a person who believes in God, Armageddon and hell has more reason than other people to be angry, that's your problem.

However, probably a too strong emphasis on hell and punishment in your worldview could make you a more frightened person, generally speaking, and fear and anger has of course a very strong connection.

Answer 3

because i think that other people are wasting time, effort and money on loving the first, and fearing the second two. it just seems like a waste of intelligent minds. and there are so many things about religions to be angry about. the catholic church's aversion to gays, lesbians, euthanasia and abortion, for example. and the fact that some parents not only have their kids christened, but confirm them and, even worse, send them off to church schools where they are taught that evolution (scientific FACT) is utter rubbish and that bible stories are true.
the fact that muslim and sikh women are treated as less than their husbands, are subjected to arranged marriages and are not allowed to have a career of their own. the film 'bend it like beckham' is for some of these girls all too familiar.
the fact that small children are beaten and tortured because they are thought to be possessed by evil spirits.

i don't understand how anyone could fail to be angry about these things. in my opinion, the fact that these things happen all over the world every day, in the name of 'God' is appaling, and contradicts evrything that 'god' is supposed to represent. god is love, is forgivness, is acceptance! how can you look at the world, with people blowing each other up left right and centre, women living miserable lives doing housework for their husbands in an age of supposed equality between sexes, children being born into a belief and blinkered to all others, and roman catholics lablelling practically every culture, lifestyle or practise that is different from theirs as sinful and immoral, and not come to the conclusion that religion is doing more harm than good?
in short, when i look at the world's religions, and consider their hypocrisy and the harm they do to each other, i cannot fail to be angry.

Answer 4

Infact, it is devilish to be angry. It is sinful and nothing to be proud of.Honestly, there are people who think there is no God.The truth is that the five vices are omnipresent and not God and now the pain, suffering and sorrow are becoming unberable. So they think there is no God.They have forgotten that anything which has a name should exist and that being the case it means God exists.
However, one has the right to believe or not to believe in God and for anybody to be angry about that is rather unfortunate.
Like it is said:"It is only the fool that says in his heart that there is no God."

Answer 5

Good point. I suspect that many atheists are fakes: having a desire to disbelief rather than disbelief itself.
Certainly the disillusioned Byronic atheist is a romantic role, popular among teenagers. But the poor dudes who can't outgrow the masquerade must feel a lot of inner tension after a while. They overplay the part, know they've overplayed it, but turn nasty when criticized: typical third-rate actors.

Answer 6

I'm angry. Religion keeps on trying to mess with my life, and the lives of those around me.

Just stop the interference in laws, politics, medicine, science, reproduction, education, sexuality and war, and I'll cheer up a great deal, I assure you.

CD

Answer 7

i don't know this old man but he could do with some proper English lessons. I'm a really happy person and i think the bible should be put on the shelf next to little red ridding hood and Rapunzel. its just a story someone wrote that doesn't make it true.

Answer 8

Because they have nothing to believe in,.
only materialistic self delusion life,,
They think we are trying to be holy,
I'm not' I am human' with all the faults of man. swear' look at women' drink' if you like pick my nose.
but I have a belief in God, and my philosophy is the continuous of the personality [soul], They are dead in there souls, hence'' angry people.

Answer 9

You are only angry if you do not accept the truth of the obvious out come of your life. Accept it and you will stop being angry and move on and live life instead of trying to discover what you already know.

Answer 10

Because religion is a control system. Man created god' not the other way round. More to the point it causes wars and genocide.