Is that why they visit R & S . Because misery loves company. By the way I do not go to church or gatherings of any kind.
2007-09-27 18:04:55 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
What ever.
2007-09-28 12:05:07 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, unless you are content with ignorant bliss. It's difficult, and you may go through some existential crises once you realize you won't live forever, but once you understand that your happiness is purely within your control, you won't feel the need for an imaginary albeit comforting father figure to grant you eternal life.
In my experience, it's also a more complete happiness, because there is no cognitive dissonance. I've found that atheists are the people that love thinking about and discussing the idea of God endlessly. It's religious people that ultimately skirt the issue, get angry, avoid thinking about it, etc, because they can't reconcile what they want to believe with what they would know to be untrue if they simply thought about it for a few weeks/months/years depending on how thoroughly inculcated they were as a child.
Also, props to dialectic's answer :P
2007-09-28 01:29:42 · answer #2 · answered by Mer? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a way, yes... atheism and misery are very close friends. But atheism is also very close friends with joy, happiness, elation, sharing, sorrow and many other emotions.
Seeing the world for what it is can be a miserable experience. Everything is not coated with fuzzy happy thoughts because god is there to help us feel better. We have to rely on reality... cold, hard facts that people are not good to one another, no matter how hard we try to get them to be and there are people around every corner, waiting to hurt us because we don't believe as they do.
But I truly think that's the same for every belief system.
2007-09-28 01:13:28 · answer #3 · answered by Rogue Scrapbooker 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually it's not a bad question. I am an atheist. I come to R&S frequently. I'm also often depressed. I wonder if there IS any corrolation. hmmmmmm...
I will say, however, that I was FAR MORE DEPRESSED WHEN I WAS CHRISTIAN!
Flash wrote:
"Yeah I guess it normally does. Fortunately, there is a lot of porn around to keep us happy."
Flash, you are freaking hilarious! But I'm dying to know what you actually believe. Come on, spill it, please?
btw, I nominate rlrose63 for best answer.
2007-09-28 01:09:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
as i see it, whether one beleives in something or not, each side is only there to make the other miserable. religion brings down atheism, atheism brings down religion and a continious flow of misery is brought about. whether one is depressed should not be because of their beliefs but their surroundings.
2007-09-28 01:15:43 · answer #5 · answered by Conley f 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you then the miserable company I MUST be here to "enjoy"?
I like coming here because it is one of the few categories where people actually THINK and use their brains.
Sorry to disillusion you, but I'm actually a pretty happy person- online and off.
2007-09-28 01:10:15 · answer #6 · answered by Cheese Fairy - Mummified 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why are you here? Misery loves company?
2007-09-28 01:09:57 · answer #7 · answered by Darth Cheney 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You'll have to ask an atheist. Seems like the ones who identify themselves as such aren't bored or miserable.
2007-09-28 01:14:29 · answer #8 · answered by BAL 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Troll/Spammer Alert. Ignore them.
2007-09-28 01:13:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, there are some pretty miserable theists. Just look at some of their Yahoo questions.
2007-09-28 01:10:25 · answer #10 · answered by Dan H 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
misery...no like anyone else some times good or bad things happen to us all believers or non believers it's this old world we live in.
I'm looking for a better one to come.
2007-09-28 01:13:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋