2007-10-06 20:19:13 · 33 answers · asked by Moe Hawk 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Simple. We don't worship a sadistic, immoral, killer God who drowns, plagues, and slaughters millions (more than Hitler), and tortures his own children for eternity, so WE aren't hopeless in the first place. WE have plenty of meaning in our lives - we just don't base OURS on a heinous killer God.
There is great peace and joy in NOT worshiping the evil God of the Bible. WE don't need a sky daddy or a book or a list to tell us not to steal, hurt, or kill people. WE are naturally good.
2007-10-06 20:22:03 · answer #1 · answered by gelfling 7 · 9⤊ 7⤋
um thanks for asking? So experiencing pain, suffering, hopelessness, and pondering meaning about ones existence leads to need a deity? If so then I'm better off not trying to bring so much misery into my life with such thoughts and unhappiness. If this is a new thing with theists to get people to join I would think to scrape it and come up with something else.
From the sounds of this question it takes a really low self esteemed person to find some sort of faith namely a deity.
2007-10-06 20:55:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anytime I have felt hopeless it has been a symptom of depression that either went away or was treated with medication.
Pain and suffering - if physical, I deal with it medically. If emotional, I deal with it by leaning on the people who love me... just like everyone else. The bonus here is that I can see, touch, and hear those people.
Meaning to life - I choose and make my meaning. So does everyone else - I mean, even a theist must decide that their meaning is religion or belief, and in doing so, they choose their own meaning.
2007-10-06 20:26:31 · answer #3 · answered by Snark 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Why is it that all non athiests are jumping to conclusions about how we deal with our lives? Just because we dont believe in the crap that you guys do doesnt mean that we are all around bad people and are all alcoholics! Im sorry if I dont want to follow your CULT and I stray off and be my own damn person! I LOVE BEING AN ATHEIST! You know how I deal with my problems? The same damn way you guys do! Except I dont look to an imaginary friend for answers. I look within myself which makes it easier for me to get over something. I dont dwell on it forever and hope that out of nowhere all my problems will be solved by some being that doesnt exist! I fix my problems and move on!
2007-10-06 23:11:50 · answer #4 · answered by crazydazy13 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If more people used reason in dealing with others rather than religion there would probably be a lot less pain, suffering, hopelessness, etc.
"The abolition of religion as the illusory happiness of the people is the demand for their real happiness. To call on them to give up their illusions about their condition is to call on them to give up a condition that requires illusions. The criticism of religion is therefore in embryo the criticism of that vale of tears of which religion is the halo."
2007-10-06 20:38:11 · answer #5 · answered by Anne_WI 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, even with an absence of religion people still have friends and family to support them and help them deal with these things. As for the meaning of existence, maybe life is too short to question why we are really here.
2007-10-06 20:30:31 · answer #6 · answered by bitemarksandbloodloss 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the only reason you believe in a god is because your life would otherwise be hopeless and meaningless, well, that isn't exactly proof that the god actually exists, is it... How do you deal with having an imaginary friend and adding a more grandiose meaning to life just to make yourself feel better?
That was rude of me, yes? Put in that light, isn't your question a little presumptuous and arrogant?
How do I deal with life... I live it. I love it.
2007-10-06 20:26:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Most of the atheists I know are humanists. We are very big on sharing our problems with others. You know, the old line about a burden shared is a burden halved; a joy shared is a joy doubled.
For example, I belong to the Ethical Society of St. Louis, a part of the Ethical Culture movement. We have ceremonies for the stages of life, such as birth, coming of age, mating/bonding, and death. We share our experience and understanding with one another, and believe in the significance of such values as honesty, compassion and courage. Many, if not most, of the Society members are atheists (BTW, no need to capitalize it), but many are not, as well.
2007-10-06 20:26:12 · answer #8 · answered by auntb93 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
As an Atheist myself, I just sort of deal with my problems as they come, and help myself. I am a former Catholic, and never received any benefit from it. I came to a realization that I was putting faith in a simple psychological reserve, which, if success came to the situation, I would attribute it to that reserve. It's all psychology, my life is horrible, but I get through it somehow, I just sleep things off I guess.
wait screw it, why am i dignifying this with a response? youre fulla crap.
2007-10-06 20:24:29 · answer #9 · answered by Freezerburn 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
does it really matter if you believe in a god or not? we're all gonna die whether we believe in a god or not. I went to church and all of the other stuff for 17 yrs... it doesn't matter I still have the hopelessness, pain and suffering... the question is how do you deal with it?????
2007-10-06 20:27:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm sorry.
Do atheists have these things? None that I met expressed them. None of the Buddhists I know report these things ... Buddhists are atheists. None of the humanists I know report this ... they know that the impact they make in this life is their legacy, so they strive to do what they can.
I think you don't understand atheism.
2007-10-06 20:26:54 · answer #11 · answered by Deirdre H 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋