People ask odd questions and they get more odd by the day!
By a show of hands, how many of you are atheists because it is comforting? I will be counting.
This question is a bit challenging, simply because to answer it correctly, I would have to make a generalization on theism which may not be universal. The Judeo- Christian sects believe that they will survive their death in one form and spend this time in eternal bliss, for those who are lucky, with their god in a heaven and the rest who don’t qualify will be BBQ’d for eternity.
The second belief they have and I think this is universal in theism that the gods they worship are concerned with their daily affairs and listens to their petitions.
It is held in the Judeo- Christian sects that man is born fallen, with freewill to or not to follow their benevolent dictator so that in the event they are condemned to be…
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Excellent analysis. But the question implies people have some discomfort in the first place, if not why would we need some comfort?
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A friend recently wrote, hope exists in our vocabulary because around us, there are many unfulfilled dreams. Had it been there were no such, a word such as hope would be without meaning and the same I think is true of comfort.
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am an atheist because it’s what the evidence indicates. I do find it far more comforting than believing in a rather dumb violent deity controlling the universe, at least as how most religions claim.
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I agree with you. I don’t think this question ever arose in my deconversion.
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I think it’s the theists that find comfort in the thought of ‘some god’ that have control over them and that can ‘help’ them. So, whose side am I on? Definitely the atheist side but since I don’t belong anywhere, I’ll just watch everything there from my ‘Googlist’ chair. LOL!
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I think the world looks good from the googlist point of view.
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It (atheism) is definitely less stressful than any belief system. There’s no concern about judgment. That’s my two-cents worth! Good question, my friend! 🙂
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I agree, my friend. I just didn’t think anyone is concerned with such a question. I wonder why this would matter really.
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@ all the atheist friends in humanity who usually visit “Random thoughts”
“Is atheism more comforting than theism?”
No; it is not. People become Atheists just for convenience; not that there is any Truth in Atheism. Atheism cannot stand on its own; how could it give any comfort to others. The real comfort is in Truth; Atheism is a position of doubt and ignorance; it is an illusion.
Please don’t mind; no disrespect intended to anyone.
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