Do you never think your life would be easier if you lived in an intellectual vacuum and believed that there was some point to life or that you'd get to eat pie in the sky when you die?
I couldn't get into the vacuum even if I wanted to.
2007-12-27 04:21:44 · 36 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My life is much easier since I stopped deluding myself.
AND it has more meaning now that I know there is no god (or more).
2007-12-27 04:24:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 11⤊ 0⤋
I would also prefer to be welcomed by eleven virgin maidens , but I'm a non-believer.
There is no reason to die or to kill for any idols.
Compared to all the life which were saved due to faith of people, there is much more life destroyed in the name of faith.
How can anybody believe and accept the cruelties - this is true for nearly all great religions, you're not alone.
If you could see the world like an atheist, you would have no reason to kill anymore. Life is what we cherish.
When somebody tells me that this wonderful world could not have been developed, there must be a creator, because its so wonderful, just show him the tests for life which haven't worked.
The only vacuum I see is there, where they God place - above the sky.
2007-12-27 04:37:44 · answer #2 · answered by TheAlchymist 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many people, maybe most, who believe in God, do not live in an "intellectual vacuum". They are educated and have a basic understanding and "faith" in science as well as their religion. Science and religion are not mutually exclusive. Yes, some have beliefs that are not scientific, but that is not because of a complete disregard for science.
Yes, I am an atheist.
2007-12-27 04:30:22 · answer #3 · answered by Lew 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To me, when I look around the world in all it's wonder, I fail to see how anyone could entertain the premise that there is no God. I believe it is the atheist who is, in fact, inside the proverbial intellectual vacuum.
2007-12-27 04:39:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's an existential crisis, the answer is that you need to have faith in yourself and give a meaning to an insignificant existence that is without meaning or purpose.
Naturally life is easier when your a child, having your parents to tell what to do and how to behave, so when you grow up you believe in a Big Dad that is always looking out for you, loving you, taking care of you and telling you what to (thinking for yourself is hard) and ready to punish you if you misbehave.
Maybe its time for us to get out of never-land and face life as it is ...
2007-12-27 04:51:16 · answer #5 · answered by HaNNiBaL 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who says that we don't already believe that there is a point to life? And I'd rather eat pie while I'm alive, since once I die all my pie eating days will be over.
2007-12-27 04:25:56 · answer #6 · answered by phree 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
An intellectual vacuum, surely the reverse is true, those in pursuit of happiness, gain, love all end disillusioned, all is transient temporal and vacuous compared to inner peace, is it not...I am averse to people wasting their lives in the hope that self denial will gain them in the thereafter...
2007-12-27 05:18:18 · answer #7 · answered by VAndors Excelsior™ (Jeeti Johal Bhuller)™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was in that vacuum. Life is better outside of it, and you realize that there is a more realistic point to life than living for the purpose of praising an egomaniacal sky fairy.
2007-12-27 04:26:00 · answer #8 · answered by Reporting is Unchristian *AM* 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oh yeah- I've said it a bunch of times. I would love to just disconnect my brain and float along on a fairy tale. It must be great to never have to think for yourself- just consult a story book and bend its contents to suit your needs. Or better yet-just ask someone else whose brain is in deep freeze. You know, those guys that call themselves 'spiritual leaders' when all they have done is proclaimed themselves better than other people. Also, I would love to be able to alternately blame / justify all the crappy things that happen on some invisible force (ie: Gods Will). Must be a cake walk compared to critical thinking and accountability for my actions.
2007-12-27 04:48:10 · answer #9 · answered by Sarcastibitch 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The point of life is to make the world a better place. It sure isn't to wander around mumbling to invisible spirit gods.
2007-12-29 01:49:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, it would be easier if I could I believe that life was as simple as, "Be good, get rewarded".
But easier doesn't always equal better.
2007-12-27 04:26:01 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋