If you don't believe in God/Creator of you, then how lonely are you?

Question

Is it not lonely and empty to feel as though you're just an accident and completely unimportant to this life. We all need boundaries as you know, especially children otherwise they turned into thugs and criminals. So is it not true if you chose not to believe in our Creator that you have no boundaries and do whatever your instincts tells you to do? Isn't it sad?

So you guys claim it's not lonely because you have friends and family around but isn't all creatures of God? Whatever we have here on earth is from our Creator. So without the Creator of you wouldn't have you and your friends. You are so blind to see that if you don't have friends then what else is there? You're thought are alone, you feel alone, your pain is your pain alone, you came into this world alone and will leave this world alone as one soul. By the way, I'm don't claim to be a Christian nor involved with any religious oraganizations, I just believe from my own observation.

Answer 1

I'm not lonely.... I'm actually very much at peace with the world and I know, without a doubt that when I die, I'll be remembered very fondly.

BTW: Guess what? I was born into a non-religious home.... and I'm not a thug, nor a criminal. In fact..... I can't even tell a lie without feeling like a jerk.

I also don't know where you got that assumption, but I can certainly tell you where to put it... good day.

Answer 2

I don't feel that way although this is not the first time I've heard a religious person suggest this. Maybe there is some fundamental difference in the way we perceive the world, life and meaning? I don't know. At any rate I think my life has the meaning that I give it and I find that more empowering in many ways than the idea that I am suppose to be filling some prescripted role someone else determined. I feel fortunate to find myself here with the opportunity to enjoy life and make a difference in the world in my own way. If you raise a happy child was your life meaningless? If you love another and that love brings their life more joy was your life meaningless? Every life impacts others and even future generations in ways. As for no boundaries there are consequences for all actions. Those are adequate boundaries for me and I think most thoughtful people. I'm neither a thug nor a criminal and I don't think my children are likely to be either regardless of not having a deity belief.

Answer 3

I'm not. And I'm not empty either. Why do idiotic Christians think that if I don't believe in any god, I must be lonely and empty? I have family and I have a life, I don't need a god to be happy.

yes, I have boundaries, I actually use my brain instead of say "gawd diddit" and "if I ask forgiveness from god, I can do what I want". It doesn't take alot of brains to understand "If I hurt someone else, they'll hurt me". In fact, I probably value life more than you do because I realize that this is the only life I'll have and I won't get a "do over" chance, so I better make my life a good one.

And you, honey, are the reason why we Atheists fight against you so hard. Because your ignorance, arrogance, and condescension are the problem with Christians.

Answer 4

I am not lonely at all. Nor am I an accident or unimportant. Nor am I any more likely than a Christian to be a thug or a criminal.

I am a moral person and a good citizen. I am also an atheist. Your religion has taught you that these qualities are mutually exclusive. They are not. Atheists get our boundaries from an internal set of ethics which our species has evolved with. Our instinct is to control destructive urges. We don't require the threat of eternal damnation in order to good in the world. We do good in the world for the sake of doing good in the world.

Tell me, who is the "better person" The person who does good because it is the right thing to do, or the person who does good because he is afraid not to?

Answer 5

I am not an accident. My parents purposely conceived me. I have been important to them and to me as well as my brothers and sister all my life - as far as I know. I am likewise important to my wife and four children. I am not alone and have never been alone or empty without God. Are you suggesting that I should derive my boundaries from God? Through what, the bible? The Koran? The bible gives me explicit permission to give my daughter away as property. I am commanded by God to kill her and her lover if she were to have sex before marriage. Are these the boundaries you refer to? My wife is my possession. God sanctions the genital mutilation of boys and girls alike, depending on which God I subscribe to. Is this really how I should live my life. Is this what you do? After all without the rules and boundaries of the creator I probably would just go batshit and do whatever I want.

Answer 6

I am sorry you have been so misled pooper..

We actually don't feel that way at all. Life actually has more meaning and purpose after you realize that myth isn't required.

Unfortunately you don't recognize that your instincts are trying to tell you that Leprechauns are real, created you with a purpose and love you. Aren't you Lonely?

Sounds ridiculous right?

If you take away your indoctrination and the fact that your gut tells you what feels right, you would realize that your understanding of where meaning and purpose comes from is actually not real.

You believe that you have meaning and morals because God created you uniquely. You believe this because you were probably brought up that way, and it feels right to you. Just like comfort food, what ever you grew up with, makes you feel comfortable. Faith works in the same way.

If you were brought up to believe that Leprechauns were preparing gold at the end of rainbows for you, you would feel 'right' seeking them.

Answer 7

Um...no. I'm important to my loved ones. As for boundaries, some of us don't need an instruction manual or middleman to tell us right from wrong. We use logic, reason, conscience, and common sense.

What I find sad is how closed-minded some of you are...it's like the conditioning techniques that are being used on you must be turning some switch off in your brain...and makes it impossible for you to reason like a normal human being. THAT is sad.

Answer 8

By your logic I should be sad and in jail. Since I am quite happy, productive, and have lots of friends, money and good health, I have no call to be sad. And I have no desire nor need to commit a crime. Not because I'm well off, but because I am a moral person from a good family of hard-working honest atheists.

Answer 9

Do you assume that if a person does not believe in God, that they don't have a family and friends? You know, societies existed long before Christianity and people have always had bonds of friendship and trust and cohesiveness with or without God. I am happy that you find your worth in God or anything else in your life, but open your eyes and realize that every one is different and we all live our own lives.

Answer 10

I am an atheist and a moral person. I do not need the fear of hell to keep me moral. I am not lonely because I have a circle of family and close friends that I can count on. What is sad is people who only pretend to lead moral lives because they fear torture in the afterlife.